 Portland, Maine-Downtown Harbor |
Marc Douglas Berardo News May/June/July 2005 |
May 5-Working on the new CD to be titled: "Harbor." -Players include Steve Combs (bass), Liam Bailey (fiddle/vocals), Chris Berardo (percussion/vocals), Larry Demming (orchestral arangements), and Judd Fuller (bass/vocals). Other players will be showing up as things develop.The record (CD or whatever you call it) is being produced by the great Professor Dick Neal and is being engineered by the infamous Pete Szymanski. Recording has comenced in Stratford, CT in a little house on a big pond. Other sessions are slated for Martha's Vineyard, MA. Excitement levels are running high. Fourteen new songs are on the table including: Shake Out The Dust, Ricky, Trustfund Sally, Better After All, Abuse, Regarding Me and You, Road To Shell and Sand, Blue Wave and others. I will be working with fancy management, a new record lable and a new scheme designed to get this CD out into the rest of the world. I will report the results as they come in.
May 6-In
order to celebrate the new CD, a sale has comenced for 2003's As You Make
Your Way. All CD' s are priced at:
$10.00.
There will be a 10% discount for purchasing more than one at a time: (two
for $18...and so on..). As always, thank you for supporting this music.
Purchases can be made here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mdberardo2
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Some Shows to consider:
May 17-The
WaterColor Cafe-I
will be playing a Tue night show at this fine venue with my pal, Chris Brown.
The food is amazing and the room is ideal for live music. Please come out
and have a listen and a few drinks. Larchmont, NY.
2094 boston post road for details, call 914-834-2213 or go to http://www.watercolorcafe.net/info.html
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May 28-The Vanilla Bean-I will join Liz Reed for what looks to be a fun night of song. Great food in a great room. Also, a beautiful drive. I love the Vanilla Bean. The Boston Globe: ". . . great food - homemade soups, sandwiches, burgers, and the best fish cakes around - in a relaxed atmosphere."
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June
5-The
Norwalk Harbor Splash Festival-I will be on the
Waterside stage at 1:30. This is a great day
out
by the Harbor in South Norwalk. Other acts include the bluegrass supergroup
HOE.
July 3-Town Crier Cafe-This will be what is becoming an annual stop at one of the great music rooms in America, This is the world famous Town Crier. Again, me and my pal Chris Brown (who,incidentially,will be releasing his live CD on this night, a document of his set during our show at The Town Crier last year. The title: Live at the Town Crier, of course.)
Poster:
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more later.