Visit the link below to see what he had to say about the single “Skin and Bones”, which was just leaked out through his newsletter yesterday.

http://callitfolk.blogspot.com/2008/03/joe-ladanzas-all-in-good-time-new.html

Thanks for listening!

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String-free-bonus! You can also see a video of Joe performing two songs from the new album during a recent featured-artist performance at the Wagon Shed in New Freedom, PA. Click the link below to enjoy these latest videos:

http://youtube.com/joeiadanza

Review of “Lonesomeville” written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
by Roberta B. Schwartz

Les is back, and she’s back with a fervor and a passion that sweeps you off your feet. It has been a long absence. We have waited nine long years since her last recording, 2001’s Borrowed and Blue (here). And she does not disappoint.

Lonesomeville is an Americana mix of blues and soul-tinged country. There is plenty of loving—hard loving, soft loving, lustful loving—in all kinds of places and spaces—on a train, in bed, on the road, and on the sly.

And then there is the voice—sometimes tough, sometimes tender, and sometimes only rough around the edges. Les has a special affinity for the blues. And she writes them as if she’s lived every last line. The stories come alive in a bluesy caress backed by that inimitable slide guitar.

So what about the songs? The recording opens with the thrilling My My My, which grabs you by the throat and never lets go: “then he caught me/oh he caught me/fought me to the bitter end.” There’s no separating the girl in the song from the hot-blooded passion she craves. And there’s no separating the listener from the melody. Who would want to leave this kind of groove, all bluesy and sexy and alive? It is that kind of tune.

Les surrounds herself with some of the Boston area’s best musicians: Kevin Barry (Mary Chapin Carpenter; Paula Cole) on guitar, Paul Kochanski (Swinging Steaks) on bass, Andy Plaisted (The Giant Kings) on drums and percussion, Mike Dinallo (The Radio Kings) on guitars, Jimmy Ryan on mandolin, and David Ogden and Mark Cunningham on backing vocals. This band of musicians strut their stuff on the driving percussion and guitar-laden sound of Long Hard Train. It’s a musical tour de force. Les’s voice begins as a sultry purr and rises to the beat of the train pounding the tracks.

Lonesomeville sits at the heart of the recording. Here love places one in a quandary—you can quench your thirst for it, or break your heart in the process. Les’s sexy vocals walk the tightrope with equally scintillating accompaniment on electric guitar by Kevin Barry. Lonesomeville is looking like a place one could live in for a while…

Sam & Alice is a country rocker, telling the story of a couple’s love, which takes them “around the bed on all four sides.” Jimmy Ryan on mandolin is simply magnificent.

The recording ends with the bedtime prayer, As I Sleep. And what a glorious way to fall asleep as Les’s voice caresses the lyrics, “free at last, free at last.”

Lonesomeville takes us through lonely hotel rooms, long, hard train rides, honky tonk highways and the bedrooms of hard living lovers. The lucky listener gladly goes along, following Les Sampou on this journey, getting lost in the sexy sway of her voice, and in the tales of love and lovers along the way. Lonesomeville delivers the very best of Les Sampou. Country and blues have never been so luscious and deeply satisfying to listen to. Les hits a bull’s eye in the land of lonesome; in the land of love.

‘Lonesomeville’ is now on sale now at www.lessampou.com

Thursday, Nov. 12th – LilFest, rm 1517 – 1 am
Friday, Nov. 13th – Formal Showcase – 7:20 pm
– Acoustic Music Scene, rm 1318 – 11:45pm
– Flying Cat Cafe, rm 1418 -1:15 am

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

THURS NIGHT
10:15-10:26 – Empire Lounge – Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase
After Midnight – Room 1318 – AcousticMusicScene.com Midnight Hoot

FRI NIGHT
11:05-11:20 – Columbia Room – Tricentric Showcase
12:30-12:45 – Room 1322 – ShenPoto (with band)
1:30-2:00 – Room 1502 – The YaYas (solo swap with Gathering Time)
2:45-3:00 – Room 1323 – Acoustic Live in NY (solo)

SAT AFTERNOON

2:00-4:30 – Room 1318 – AcousticMusicScene.com LI Sound Showcase & Wine Tasting (co-host; performs -2:30-2:40)

SAT NIGHT
12:30-12:55 – Room 1318 – AcousticMusicScene.com (with Joe Crookston)
1:00-1:20 – Room 1416 – Tribes Hill (with band & special guests)
1:25-1:45 – Room 1508 – Batkat’s Whodat (with band)
2:00-2:15 – Room 1523 – SongwritingScene.com (solo)
2:15-3:00 – Room 1411 – L.I. Sound (with band)

Joe Iadanza is Long Island, NY-based a storyteller and a sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, warm, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs. His independently released studio debut, Traveling Salesman (2008), spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with its European jazz feel.

We met Joe at the 2008 Nerfa Conference and have been following him ever since.

He has been featured on John Platt’s WFUV’s Sunday Breakfast program, as well as his “On Your Radar” concert series, and was nominated by John to be part of this year’s 2009 NERFA Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase, and was also selected to be one of this years NERFA Tricentric Showcase performers.

Using smart touring, tireless social networking, and community-focused marketing, Iadanza has worked successfully to build a strong home-base following in a very short period of time. We’re excited to help him expand his reach to the Northeast and Beyond.

A follow-up to his acclaimed debut release is due in spring of 2010. A three-week April 2010 European Tour is already in the works.

Follow Joe Iadanza at:
www.joeiadanza.com
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