Dana Cooper & Marc Douglas Barardo
Sunday March 22, 2026 at 4pm

Doors open 1:30pm

Admission $20 in advance - Buy Now on My River Tickets.
Admission $25 at the door

Acclaimed singer-songwriters Marc Douglas Berardo and Dana Cooper are teaming up for a special run of shows that highlight their masterful storytelling and seasoned musicianship. Both artists are known for their heartfelt lyrics, engaging performances, and deep connection with audiences. Together, they bring decades of road-tested experience, humor, and soul to the stage—offering an evening of unforgettable songs, harmonies, and stories that celebrate the craft of Americana songwriting at its finest.

Dana Cooper

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Dana Cooper's musical journey began at the young age of 2 when his father would prop him on the bar to singalong with the jukebox. Coming from Missouri, Cooper was surrounded by the sounds of classic country and folk music from an early age. He quickly became enamored with the guitar and taught himself to play and to harmonize vocally by listening to records. By his teenage years, Cooper was performing in coffee houses and clubs around Kansas City, honing his skills as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

Dana has performed on many large stages, including Austin City Limits, Woodsongs, 30A Songwriter Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, Rockport Songwriter Festival, Wheatland Music Festival, and more. Dana's New Album, "The Ghost of Tucumcari," was Voted #1 Album of 2024 on the Americana Highways Readers' Choice Poll. Folk Chart Best of 2024 - Ranked #27 - ahead of Tom Russell, Judy Collins, Lucy Kaplansky, Mary Gauthier, Willie Nelson, and more.

The Album features Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, SusanGibson, Shake Russell, Darden Smith, and Mando Saenz, to name a few.

It has also received rave reviews in American Songwriter, Print Magazine, M Music Magazine, Glide Magazine, Americana Highways, and more.

Artists lending their voices to "The Ghost of Tucumcari" are Lyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, Susan Gibson, MandoSaenz, Darden Smith, Shake Russell, Libby Koch, and more. “The Ghost of Tucumcari” takes listeners on a stirring musical journey across genres from Folk and Rock toCountry and Americana. Standout tracks include the haunting first single "The Ghost of Tucumcari" featuring Grammy winner Lyle Lovett and the rousing rendition of Woody Guthrie’s song "This Land Is Your Land" withLyle Lovett, Hayes Carll, and all the other guest vocalists on the album.

"The Title Track crackles with a mysterious energy that would make for the background music of a David Lynchfilm, where dreamlike patterns form out of the subconscious. With Lyle Lovett on vocals, the track encapsulates the essence of true Americana".- Glide Magazine.

Marc Douglas Berardo

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Marc Douglas Berardo is a thought-provoking songwriter as well as a fancy wooden guitar player who uses humor and deft storytelling to rally an audience and lead them into a deep and sometimes spiritual experience. After over 35 years of performing in every conceivable situation and winning awards and recognition for his songs in a boatload of national festivals like Rocky Mountain Folks, Telluride, Kerrville New Folk, Suwanee and Wiildflower as well as being voted “best interview and live performance feature” on Sirius/ XM Satellite Radio show The Village, Berardo has established himself as the real deal. A “lifer” that No Depression Magazine called: “sincere, fluid, charming, and above all gripping.”

Berardo’s highly regarded 2025 release “The Beauty of This Now” was recorded in Austin, Texas, and produced by Texas legends Ron Flynt and Walt Wilkins. It was one of many highlights in a year that included Berardo as the subject of a feature story by Jan Tomay in the legendary Ink Magazine, as well as, along with the fiery dobro player Abbie Gardner, a headline appearance at the 40th Tucson Folk Festival in Arizona.

John Apice of Americana Highways wrote: “There’s a seriousness to Marc’s compositions that’s not apparent inthe slew of artists who seem to have a lot of nothing to say in an album’s worth of music…Marc is cut from thesame 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 JaneTwohy, 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 writes songs that are witty without being superficial, intelligent without beingponderous, fun without being silly. He performs them with an infectious verve. On top of that, he doesn't seemto have the slightest idea of just how good he is." -- David Olney