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Joe Iadanza, a Roslyn, New York-based folk-rock, roots and Americana singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, has secured two coveted showcase slots during the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY, Nov. 12-15.

Iadanza is a storyteller and sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz-schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs, who has been steadily gaining fans and critical attention.

The NERFA Conference annually attracts more than 600 performers, concert and festival presenters, agents and promoters, folk DJs, representatives of folk music societies and clubs, and others who are actively engaged in folk and acoustic music circles.

WFUV's John Platt nominated Iadanza to be part of the Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase that kicks off the conference on Thursday night, Nov. 12. Platt previously featured Iadanza on his "Sunday Breakfast" radio show and as part of his "On Your Radar" concert series at The Living Room, one of New York City's premier listening rooms. Iadanza also was selected by a panel of judges to perform a Friday evening Tricentric Showcase - one of only 30 artists from throughout the U.S. and Canada invited to do so.

Iadanza recently named Michael Kornfeld, a veteran communications and public relations strategist and the creator of AcousticMusicScene.com, who also serves on the boards of several music organizations, as his manager. Trespass Music, a Massachusetts-based agency headed by Tracey Delfino -- which also represents such artists as Danielle Miraglia and Les Sampou -- has signed Iadanza to its roster and is helping him to secure more gigs as he broadens his reach across the Northeast and beyond, while a European-based agent and promoter has been retained to plan and promote Iadanza's first-ever concert tour of Europe next April.

Iadanza plans to record his sophomore release early next year with Cake Records founder Evan Brubaker. His independently released 2008 studio debut, Traveling Salesman, is a heart-opening album that spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with what critics have called a "Gatsby-ish" and "distinctly European" jazz feel.

Long Islanders can catch Iadanza when he and His Beautiful Band perform for the Folk Music Society of Huntington's First Saturdays Series at the Congregational Church of Huntington, 30 Washington Drive, Centerport, on Nov. 7. More information about that concert can be found online at FMSH Web Page Main.

For more information on Joe Iadanza, visit Joe Iadanza - Official Website for New York Folk Rock and Americana Singer Songwriter Joe Iadanza - Home Page . To hear a few of his songs, log-on to Joe Iadanza on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads .