Steve Matteo has written about music, books, film, the arts, and sports
for over 25 years. He has written for such publications as The New York
Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, The
Baltimore Sun, The Hartford Courant, The Orlando Sentinel, The St.
Petersburg Times, New York magazine, Time Out New York, M Music &
Musicians, American Songwriter, Elmore, Crawdaddy!, Harp, Tracks,
Blender, Rolling Stone, Spin, Details, Interview, Elle, Salon, North
Atlantic Review, Gotham, Hamptons, Dan’s Papers, Pulse, Utne Reader,
CMJ, Writers’ Journal, barnesandnoble.com, All Music Guide, Long Island
Press, Sing Out!, Goldmine, Relix, Jazziz, City Pages, Listener, Good
Times, and Jazz Improv. He is also Music Editor of Pulse magazine. He
was formerly the Music Editor of Update and Nightlife magazines. He has
worked in radio as the writer of the “Something New” program for WLIR in
New York; as the Program Director of WNYT, also in New York; and as the
Music and Editorial Director of the nationally broadcast radio program
FM Odyssey. Also, he worked in various capacities for Left Field
Services, Pete Townshend’s U.S.-based company. He is the author of
“Dylan,” a biography of Bob Dylan published in 1998 by MetroBooks, an
imprint of Friedman/Fairfax Publishing, which is owned by Barnes and
Noble. He contributed to the All Music Guide (4th Edition), published in
2001 by Backbeat Books. In 2003 his writings appeared in the book
“Jazziz Chronicles: The Guitarists,” published by Cherry Lane. In 2003,
his work also appeared in All Music Guide to the Blues (3rd Edition),
published by Backbeat Books. His second book, “Let It Be,” on the making
of the Beatles’ album and film “Let It Be,” was published in November of
2004 by Continuum, an imprint of Bloomsbury, and is in its fourth
printing. In 2005 “Let It Be” was published in Italian and Japanese and
will soon be published in Greek. Appearing often on radio and television
to discuss music, he has also lectured at the University of Alabama and
The New School for Social Research, in New York.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry Biography for Ariel Publicity
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Newsday Features and Reviews
New York Times Interview with Steve Matteo
Review of Steve Matteo's Dylan book
Review of Steve Matteo's Let It Be book in Booklist magazine
Review of Steve Matteo's Let It Be book in Ear Candy magazine
Steve Matteo Publicity/Media Resume
Steve Matteo's Cover Story Interview with John McEnroe
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