Marc Douglas Berardo sings about the places and people that are found wherever the river meets the sea. This is where hard nosed fishermen, circus retirees truckers, union ironworkers, old poets, aimless big city debutantes and other wanderers come to begin again and find something real. While Berardo’s songs can pull on your heart strings and take you away, his engaging and warm stage presence keeps things light. Marc has fun onstage searching for the one, two punch of laughter and tears that is always good for the soul.

In 2006-07 alone, Berardo was recognized in several national song contests including The Rocky Moutain Folks Festival (CO), The Telluride Troubadour Contest (CO), Suwannee Springfest Song Contest (FL), The Wildflower Arts Festival (TX) and The Plowshares Song Contest (PA). Marc has shared stages with some of the best in acoustic music including Steve Forbert, Red Molly, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pierce Pettis, Tim O’Brien, The Marshall Tucker Band, Justin Townes Earle, Elien Jewell Band and others.His fourth CD, HARBOR, released in 2006 found success at XM Radio as well as Folk and Public Radio where it tied for #25 with a trio of greats: Jackson Browne, Pete Seeger and Rodney Crowell.

When not traveling to shows in his KIA car, Berardo lives in a secluded and fortified compound near the ocean in Westerly, Rhode Island.

"Berardo sounds like a fishing-town Bruce Springsteen (in Nebraska mode), a soft-toned Don Henley, or a James Taylor with a literary side. The comparisons to singer-songwriter greats are infinite. They're also apt."
Fairfield County Weekly, CT.