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Paul Iorio is a writer/reporter/photographer whose work has appeared in almost all the major U.S. newspapers and in many magazines.  He is almost certainly the only person on the planet who has conducted one-on-one interviews with ALL of the following people:  Kate Bush, Roman Polanski, Fela Kuti and Richard Pryor.  

USA Today has called Paul Iorio a pop music "expert."  Spy magazine onxw called him a "trend-spotter."   The San Francisco Chronicle said he "has an original way of approaching a story." Novelist Harry Crews called him "a damn good writer" And Barry Manilow once said "he's a wonderful interviewer -- he's good!" (But don't let that turn you off!)


Paul's writing and reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Phoenix, The Huffington Post, The Toronto Star, Newsday, The Village Voice, Spy magazine, Details magazine, the online edition of Playboy magazine, New Times, Cash Box magazine and other publications. (This list does not include the numerous papers that have run his syndicated stories or the international publications that have published his reporting for Reuters.)

Paul's photography has appeared in The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post and other publications.  (His photography site:  Paul Iorio's Original Photography.

And Paul's original music has been aired on leading alternative radio stations like KALX, KCRW and WFMU. (Music site: Paul Iorio's original music.

Here are audio excerpts from one-on-one interviews conducted by him:  listen to interviews conducted by Paul...

Paul is based in Berkeley, California, and can be reached at pliorio@aol.com.

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