Marc Douglas Berardo’s Harbor Songs Featuring Craig Bickhardt

Marc Douglas Berardo’s Harbor Songs feature local and nationally renowned musicians sharing songs and stories – this month with guest Craig Bickhardt.

ABOUT CRAIG BICKHARDT 

“Craig Bickhardt is the American counterpart to Richard Thompson… stylistic, original, creative and daring.” – John Apice, No Depression. 

Craig Bickhardt is a journeyman singer-songwriter and performer with a career spanning five decades. He signed his first record deal at 19 and has since recorded 11 CDs for multiple labels, including Capitol-Liberty Records, Warner Brothers Records, MTM Records, and his own Stone Barn Records label. His latest critically acclaimed CD, Outpourings, reached #2 on the Folk/Americana Chart in 2023.

Craig’s songwriting is praised for its emotional depth and literary lyricism. His original song catalog contains over 800 songs, some of which have been covered by Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, Art Garfunkel, Nicolette Larsen, the Judds and B. B. King. He also wrote and sang the closing theme for 1984’s multiple Academy Award winning film Tender Mercies starring Robert Duvall and Tess Harper. 

Bickhardt continues to tour and perform extensively, captivating audiences with his filigreed acoustic guitar playing, his soulful voice and articulate songwriting. He has appeared at prestigious venues and festivals such as the Grand Ole Opry, Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, and The Bluebird Cafe. He has shared the stage with legends such as Bruce Springsteen, Judy Collins, Harry Chapin, and Stephen Stills, among many others. More at: www.craigbickhardt.com

ABOUT MARC DOUGLAS BERARDO

“Berardo takes you to a place within yourself to make changes you want to see in the world.” — Mary Jane Twohy, The Village, Sirius/XM Radio

“High-quality story-telling, picking, and playing.” — Rob Ellen, The Medicine Show Radio Moose Mobile, U.K.

Marc Douglas Berardo lives on the southwestern coastline of Rhode Island on a river that runs into the ocean. Berardo’s songs mine the deep feelings and lessons gleaned from real-life characters and situations. It’s his songs combined with an onstage presence that uses humor and deft storytelling to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and sometimes 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. After thirty years of bars, theaters, house concerts, and festivals as well as a boatload of song awards and national recognition, Berardo has established himself as the real deal. A lifer that No Depression Magazine called: “sincere, fluid, charming and above all gripping.” 

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…” More at www.marcdouglas.com