About this episode

In this episode, Jann Klose interviews Joe Matera, an accomplished musician and music journalist.

EPISODE 142: Joe Matera is an Italian-Australian musician, music journalist, and author. Over the course of his illustrious performing career, he has played guitar for famed British music legend Steve Harley, supported the likes of Canned Heat, The Animals, and Bay City Rollers in concert and earned a top five selling instrumental album on the Australian ARIA chart. He has co-written and recorded music with ABBA guitarist Janne Schaffer, as well as, legendary English pop-rock group The Korgis...

People in this episode

Host: Jann Klose

Guest: Joe Matera

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• performing
• music journalism
• Australian music

Keywords

• Joe Matera
• music journalist
• Australian music
• Steve Harley
• instrumental album

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canned Heat, The Animals, Bay City Rollers, The Korgis

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