Draft:Joe D'Urso Singer Songwriter

Joe D’Urso (born 1964) is a New Jersey based singer songwriter known for his work with the Light of Day Foundation and WHY Hunger (formerly World Hunger Year). Both charitable organizations use music as a method of raising money for research and support.

D’Urso has played with Bruce Springsteen and is a member of the board for two music-based charities; The Light of Day Foundation which has featured performances by Bruce Springsteen 12 times at its signature fundraising concert in Asbury Park, NJ. and WHY Hunger started by Harry Chapin.

D'Urso has also appeared on CBS Saturday Morning, Breakfast Television and Off the Record with Michael Landsberg

Rockland Bergen Music Festival
In 2014, Joe D'Urso founded the Rockland Bergen Music Festival that ran for five years on the grounds of the German Masonic Park in Tappan, NY. Performers included John Sebastian, Shawn Colvin, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Garland Jeffreys, Steve Forbert, Willie Nile and Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers

WHY Hunger
D'Urso is a long-standing board member of WHY Hunger (formerly World Hunger Year) a charity whose goal is to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world.

Light of Day Foundation
The Light of Day Foundation was started by music industry insider Bob Benjamin who was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1998. Since Benjamin was D'Urso's manager, D'Urso has been part of the charity since its inception both as a performer and a board member. He is currently president of the Light of Day Foundation board.