[1][2][3] Berardo has been referred to as a possessing a "lonesome, clear voice easily carries an aching beauty"[4] as well displaying musicianship with "fluid, melodic string arrangements based on his acoustic guitar".

[6] Videos from singles released in 2022 and 2023, The Hard Part (2022), Waiting on A Brand New Day (2022), and Letting You Blow Away (2023) were premiered by Americana Highways.

[15] Quiet Places (featuring Red Molly) Passing Through and Ruby from the Downhauler CD made the FOLKDJ-L radio list of Top Albums and Songs of April 2011.

[18] SiriusXM Program Director and on-air host of The Village (Sirius XM) Mary Sue Twohy included Downhauler on her 2011 list of favorite soundtracks.

He has shared stages with a number of well recognized artists and performers including: The Doobie Brothers;[27] John Haitt;[28] Red Molly,[29][30] Livingston Taylor,[31] Cliff Eberhardt,[32] Kevin Welch,[33] Guy Clark,[34] The Pousette-Dart Band[35][36] and Jimmy LaFave.