Italian journalist and music critic; author of books on popular music and host (with Ema Stokholma) of a Radio Rai program cited in reviews.

Author of 'Beatles e Rolling Stones, apollinei e dionisiaci' (published by Einaudi, cited in reviews) and 'Il romanzo della canzone italiana'. Described in DeBaser reviews as an expert in music analysis and criticism and as a journalist who has worked in radio ('Back to back' on Radio Rai, mentioned in reviews).

Two DeBaser reviews praise Castaldo's clear, engaging prose and expertise in music criticism. One review highlights his short Einaudi essay on the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and the Apollonian/Dionysian reading. The other recommends his wide-ranging history of Italian song with period playlists.

For:Music enthusiasts, readers of music history, fans of Beatles/Rolling Stones and Italian song

 I devoured with utmost calm and intense pleasure, like a fine liqueur.

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 'We risk forgetting it, now that the new millennium travels fast among disembodied virtual sounds. But wasn't the 20th century perhaps the century of the song? If we tried to line up a few thousand songs one after the other, in chronological order, we would obtain the most exhaustive, colorful, truthful novel of the 20th century, at least the one that best recounts its sentimental education. (quote from the book)

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