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 (of Cockney Rebel fame), performed on the festival stages in Europe and garnered a Top 5 album in 2023 on the Australian ARIA Jazz and Blues chart for his all-instrumental album, ‘The Lone Runner’. His music writings and interviews appear in music magazines across the globe, from Guitar Player and Goldmine in the USA to Record Collector and BBC Classical Music in the UK. He also writes a popular fortnightly music page for the Shepparton News. As an author, he released his first non-fiction book, 'Backstage Pass: The Grit and The Glamour' which was published by UK publishing house, Empire Publications in 2022 and went on to became a #1 best seller on the Amazon Music Book charts in Sweden for two weeks in 2022. In April, 2024 his second book, a semi-memoir, ‘Louder Than Words: Beyond The Backstage Pass’ was published worldwide by Empire Publications, and it too, topped the Amazon Music Book charts in Sweden. www.joematera.com