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Hosted by Sal Cataldi · music · EN · 31 episodes
Reading is Funktamental is a monthly one-hour show about great books written about music and music-makers. In each episode, host Sal Cataldi speaks to the authors of some of the best reads about rock, jazz, punk, world, and experimental music, and much more, including some famous musicians. Past guests have included musicians like Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera, Dave Mason, Robyn Hitchcock, and Moon Zappa, and esteemed authors including Joel Selvin and Richie Unterberger. Expect lively conversation with notables and a playlist of great music to go with it. Reading Is Funktamental can be heard the second Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM on Wave Farm: WGXC 90.7 FM and online at wavefarm.org It is also distributed to popular platforms including Apple Pods, Spotify, Pandora and many more. There are also YouTube editions of each episode. </p
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Signup to Generate a PitchReading is Funktamental is a monthly one-hour show about great books written about music and music-makers. In each episode, host Sal Cataldi speaks to the authors of some of the best reads about rock, jazz, punk, world, and experimental music, and much more, including some famous musicians.
Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music is hosted by Sal Cataldi. The show has published 31 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Hole's Melissa Auf der Maur on Her Memoirs of '90s Rock Scene" (6 September 2026, 57 minutes), "Brian Cullman - Memoir of NYC's Rock-N-Roll Zelig" (5 June 2026, 58 minutes), and "Focus - Dutch Masters of Prog Rock with author Peet Johnson" (10 May 2026, 58 minutes).
Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 58 minutes across 31 episodes.
Booking probability for Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music's contact route on record: verified email.
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Sal Cataldi hosts Reading Is Funktamental - A Pod About Books About Music, a music show with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #6
Guest: Melissa Auf der Maur, musician, photographer, author of Even the Good Girls Cry: A ‘90s Rock Memoir and My ‘90s Rock Photographs In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we are joined by musician...
Episode #3
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the fascinating life of a true NYC music original, Brian Cullman, author of How to Prepare for the Past: Travels in Music & Times. New Yorker Brian Cullman is a...
Episode #2
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we turn our attention to one of the great prog bands of all time, the Dutch Masters, Focus. Our guest is Peet Johnson. He is the author of "Hocus Pocus - The Strife & Times of...
Episode #1
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the life and music of Alice Coltrane with Andy Beta, author of Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane. Beta’s book is the first full...
Episode #12
In this episode, we discuss the history and appeal of concept albums with Bill Kopp, author of What's the Big Idea: 30 Great Concept Albums (HoZac Books). Music has always been a vehicle for telling stories – of love...
Episode #11
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the life and music of Ric Ocasek, the driving force of one of New Wave’s most successful bands, the hitmaking machine, The Cars, with Peter Aaron, the author of the...
Episode #10
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss the long history and profound influence of a single song, “Hey Joe,” a tune that binds nearly every strand of 20th-century American popular music. “Hey Joe” was...
Episode #9
In this episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we discuss Bob Dylan's New York, a guidebook and history of New York's key role throughout Dylan's lengthy career. It places Dylan's early career within the storied history of...
Episode #8
The Beatles produced five films during their time together: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be. Some were cinematic successes, and some were not, but―along with subsequent...
Episode #7
For the latest edition of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Richie Unterberger, author of more than a dozen of the great books on rock ' n ' roll history. His latest work was as a contributor to a great book of...
Episode #6
For the latest edition of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Brooke Wentz, author of Transfigured New York , a fantastic book of interviews with leading figures in the experimental music scene in NYC from 1980-1990...
Episode #5
Guests: Steven Lewis, author of Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band Richard Manuel was a fearless original. Sweetly soulful as a vocalist and endearingly creative as a songwriter...
Episode #4
In this month's episode of Reading Is Funktamental, we speak with Walter Kolosky, author of the new book Mahavishnu Memories. Kolosky's latest is his third book, charting the career of the remarkable jazz fusion...
Episode #3
John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world’s most famous unknown artist. “Everybody knows her name, but no one knows what she does.” She has only been important to history insofar as she impacted Lennon...
Episode #2
Six decades after they stormed the British and American charts in 1964, The Zombies are possibly more popular than ever. Their biggest hits, ‘She’s Not There’, ‘Tell Her No’ and ‘Time of the Season’ have been played...
Episode #1
Guests: Joe Boyd, Record Producer & Author of And the Roots of Rhythm Remain Joe Boyd is a legend in music. He was the soundman when Dylan went electric at Newport, the founder of the legendary UFO club in London, and...
Episode #13
Guests: Dan Ropek, Author of Tragic Magic: The Life of Traffic’s Chris Wood Traffic was the most enigmatic British band of their day. Formed in early 1967 by Chris Wood, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason, they...
Episode #12
New York’s Greenwich Village is a compact sanctuary that has attracted a legion of visionaries and non-conformists who had an outsized influence on 20th-century culture – on alternative lifestyles, progressive politics...
Episode #11
Guests: Don Stevenson, drummer/songwriter of Moby Grape & Cam Cobb, author of Weighted Down: The Complicated Life of Skip Spence . He was one of the Holy Trinity of critically revered and maybe unjustly labeled “acid...
Episode #10
Guest: Aidan Levy, Author of Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins. In his new book, Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, author Aidan Levy has created a work nearly as sprawling...
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