Bitter Liberals Nominated for Four Wammies

The Bitter Liberals are proud to be official nominees in four categories for this year’s wammies: Best Folk – Contemporary Group Best Folk Contemporary album – “13” New Artist of the Year Debut Recording “13” If you are a member of WAMA, please consider voting for us. We would greatly appreciate it. Vote here. Particularly […]

Dream of a Good Death by Clark Hansbarger Featuring the Bitter Liberals

The Bitter Liberal’s own Clark Hansbarger’s less than top secret Project Vicksburg has come to fruition. We’re pleased to announce that the resulting CD “Dream of a Good Death” is available for download and purchase. This collection of all original new music explores intimate stories from the Civil War. Website: http://www.civilwarsong.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ClarkHansbargerCivilWarSongs The Bitter […]

What is a Liberal (hint: a cocktail)

The Bitter Liberals is a great name for a band if we do say so ourselves. But did you know we were named after a drink called “The Liberal”? Well kinda. Here’s a tutorial on how to make one (content courtesy of noplasticshowers: glassaholic). The Liberal 0.75 Bourbon (Blanton’s is a good choice) 0.75 Sweet […]

The Bitter Liberals at Barns of Rose Hill 2.21.14: Save the Date

The Bitter Liberals will play a concert at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, VA on February 21st, 2014. Mark your calendars. More soon. Tickets are available now on the Barns of Rose Hill website.

Suni’s House Concert 1.3.14

What a joy. The house concert at Suni’s was an excellent evening for the band and the audience too. The concert was played in memory of Ike who died Thursday the 2nd after thirteen years as a dedicated and very special dog. During the show, the Bitter Liberals debuted several new songs and unveiled Clark […]

Ring in the New Year with the Bitter Liberals House Concert

The Bitter Liberals are playing a house concert in White Post, Virginia just after New Year’s Day on Friday January 3rd 2014. We hope you can join us. We’ll be playing a bunch of new songs that we’re still working on in the studio along with tried and true old favorites. We’re very proud to […]

The Bitter Liberals in the Studio 12.14

One year to the day after the Newtown children’s massacre we found ourselves in the studio recording two songs compelled by that awful event. We took our time working this go ’round, recording three songs properly and producing 5 sketches. All of these songs will show up on a new CD sometime sooner rather than […]

The Bitter Liberals in White Post, VA 01.03.14

The Bitter Liberals are pleased to present new material for 2014 to be debuted in White Post, VA. What: The Bitter Liberals in concert with new songs for 2014 Who: Allen Kitselman (guitar/vocals), Mike Jewell (conga/vocals), Gary McGraw (violin/vocals), Clark Hansbarger (guitar/vocals) When: Friday, January 3rd, 2014, Doors open at 7:00 pm, music starts at […]