Born and raised in Washington State, Bertoldi's learned all he knows about music from listening to other songwriters and musicians. His major influences are Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Tom Waits. His songs and/or lyrics have been recognized in major songwriting competitions, such as the John Lennon Song Contest, American Songwriter Magazine's Lyric. His song "Something Good" took First Place in the FOLK/AMERICANA category of the 2019 Great American Song Contest: http://www.greatamericansong.com/hall-of-fame2019.php
Latest News
• 2020 "Something Good" Wins 1st Place in the Great American Song Contest - Folk / Americana Category.
• 2019 "Something Good" Wins 3rd Place in the Indie International Song Contest.
• 2018 "Every Christmas Tree" One of 20 Top winners RadioAirplay's Holiday Song Contest.
• 2017 Songwriter Universe Winner - One of Top 5 Songs of the Month.
• 2017 "Every Christmas Tree" - Finalist in the Great American Song Contest
• 2016 "Solid Ground" - Honorable Mention in Indie International Song Contest
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R.X. Bertoldi is an award-winning singer songwriter from Seattle, Washington. His songs and lyrics have been recognized in international and national songwriting competitions, including the John Lennon Song Contest, American Songwriter Magazine's Lyric Contest, Song of the Year, Mountain Stage New Music Contest. • R.X.'s original "Black Coffee in the Mornin'" and his cover of the Faces' "Ooh La La" were played regularly on XM/Sirius Satellite Radio's Coffeehouse program for a few years, until a major change to their programming direction.
• 2019 - R.X.'s unreleased original, "Something Good" Wins 3rd Place in the Indie International Song Contest.
• 2018 His song "Every Christmas Tree" placed as one 20 Top winners (out of 4,000 entries)in RadioAirplay's Holiday Song Contest.
• 2017 Songwriter Universe Winner - One of Top 5 Songs of the Month.
• 2017 R.X.'s "Every Christmas Tree" - Finalist in the Great American Song Contest!
• 2016 R.X.'s "Solid Ground" receives Honorable Mention in singer songwriter category of the Indie International Songwriting Contest!
• 2015 R.X. Bertoldi & Son's first studio EP Taking Back the Time was on the Americana Music Radio Chart for over eight months running!
His recent album of covers "Strong Roots & Readings" was cut with acclaimed Seattle producer Johnny Sangster. His guidance, solid playing and crew of excellent Seattle musicians he assembled helped make the covers collection Bertoldi's most radio friendly output to date.