R/e Marc Douglas Berardo:
Singer-songwriter, performer, and keen observer,Marc Douglas Berardo
composes songs that mine the deep feelings and lessons gleaned from real-life characters and situations,
along with an onstage presence that uses humor and deft storytelling
to rally an audience an..
R/e Marc Douglas Berardo:
Singer-songwriter, performer, and keen observer,Marc Douglas Berardo
composes songs that mine the deep feelings and lessons gleaned from real-life characters and situations,
along with an onstage presence that uses humor and deft storytelling
to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and almost spiritual experience.
It’s an adventure that brings to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, or Steely Dan
with a touch of Mark Twain or Hunter S. Thompson for good measure.
An MDB show is a night of laughter and emotion that works to send an audience home
with a renewed sense of possibility.
Berardo’s first music show was in a biker bar in Allston, MA, in 1987.
Since that day, he has never stopped performing made-up songs.
He has opened for or shared the stage with heavyweights such as
The Doobie Brothers,The Pousette-Dart Band, Jimmy Lafave,
Catie Curtis, Martin Sexton, 10,000 Maniacs, John Hiatt,
The New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Buffalo Springfield,
Kevin Welch, Lucy Kaplansky, Eric Andersen,
Eric Taylor, David Olney, Red Molly, Kim Richey, Will Kimbrough,
Walt Wilkins, Ari Hest, Kenny White and Livingston Taylor.
Berardo has performed at numerous nationally known songwriter festivals.
Most recently, the 2024 Red Lodge Songwriter Festival and the 2025 Tucson Folk Festival.
He has been nationally recognized for his music and performances at
the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Song contest, Telluride Troubadour Contest,
Sisters Folk Festival, and 2013 Rams Head Onstage Rammie for Best Show of the Year.
Berardo was a finalist at the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest
and the winner of the Wildflower Art and Music Festival Song Contest.
Marc has participated in several well-regarded song workshops and performance excursions
in exotic locations, including Costa Rica, the Florida Keys, Bimini (Bahamas), and Belize.
Berardo's interview and live performance feature on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show,
The Village, was voted one of the best of the year by listeners.
Berardo was nominated as Best Americana Vocalist by readers of Motif Magazine in early 2017.
In 2023, the Rhode Island Music Awards nominated him as Best Singer-Songwriter..
Berardo’s new full-length record, “The Beauty of This Now,” was released on May 31, 2024.
It was recorded in Austin, Texas, and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt and Walt Wilkins.
John Apice of Americana Highways wrote:
“There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent in the slew of artists
who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…
Marc is cut from the same cloth as James Taylor, early Elton John…”
"Berardo takes you to a place within yourself
to make changes you want to see in the world."
Mary Sue Twohy, The Village, Sirius/XM Radio
Singer-songwriter, performer, and keen observer,Marc Douglas Berardo
composes songs that mine the deep feelings and lessons gleaned from real-life characters and situations,
along with an onstage presence that uses humor and deft storytelling
to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and almost spiritual experience.
It’s an adventure that brings to mind James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Guy Clark, or Steely Dan
with a touch of Mark Twain or Hunter S. Thompson for good measure.
An MDB show is a night of laughter and emotion that works to send an audience home
with a renewed sense of possibility.
Berardo’s first music show was in a biker bar in Allston, MA, in 1987.
Since that day, he has never stopped performing made-up songs.
He has opened for or shared the stage with heavyweights such as
The Doobie Brothers,The Pousette-Dart Band, Jimmy Lafave,
Catie Curtis, Martin Sexton, 10,000 Maniacs, John Hiatt,
The New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Buffalo Springfield,
Kevin Welch, Lucy Kaplansky, Eric Andersen,
Eric Taylor, David Olney, Red Molly, Kim Richey, Will Kimbrough,
Walt Wilkins, Ari Hest, Kenny White and Livingston Taylor.
Berardo has performed at numerous nationally known songwriter festivals.
Most recently, the 2024 Red Lodge Songwriter Festival and the 2025 Tucson Folk Festival.
He has been nationally recognized for his music and performances at
the Rocky Mountain Folks Fest Song contest, Telluride Troubadour Contest,
Sisters Folk Festival, and 2013 Rams Head Onstage Rammie for Best Show of the Year.
Berardo was a finalist at the Kerrville New Folk Song Contest
and the winner of the Wildflower Art and Music Festival Song Contest.
Marc has participated in several well-regarded song workshops and performance excursions
in exotic locations, including Costa Rica, the Florida Keys, Bimini (Bahamas), and Belize.
Berardo's interview and live performance feature on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show,
The Village, was voted one of the best of the year by listeners.
Berardo was nominated as Best Americana Vocalist by readers of Motif Magazine in early 2017.
In 2023, the Rhode Island Music Awards nominated him as Best Singer-Songwriter..
Berardo’s new full-length record, “The Beauty of This Now,” was released on May 31, 2024.
It was recorded in Austin, Texas, and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt and Walt Wilkins.
John Apice of Americana Highways wrote:
“There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent in the slew of artists
who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…
Marc is cut from the same cloth as James Taylor, early Elton John…”
"Berardo takes you to a place within yourself
to make changes you want to see in the world."
Mary Sue Twohy, The Village, Sirius/XM Radio