JOE MATERA – THE MAKING OF ABBA: THE STORY BEHIND THE BAND’S BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM SONICBOND PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY By 1975, ABBA had firmly established themselves in Europe and the U.K. as a substantial singles band with the [...]
THE KORGIS/JOE MATERA/AL STEELE COFFEE IN NEW YORK RENAISSANCE RECORDS I really like The Korgis. Their song in 1980, “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime,” was a surprise but a well-deserved hit. The song did not have the 1980s pop sound but was [...]
JOE MATERA – LOUDER THAN WORDS: BEYOND THE BACKSTAGE PASS EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera has had a very diverse and interesting career in music. The Italian-Australian musician, who is based in Australia, not [...]
JOE MATERA – BACKSTAGE PASS: THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera is an Italian-Australian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. He has released a number of well-received solo [...]