Summer Harvest

The new Bitter Liberals CD has arrived. Just like the other fruits of our labor. Special thanks to Will Shenk from National Media Services (engineering), April Claggett (art), and Amy Barley (photography and endless musica). COME HELP US CELEBRATE!

New CD: The Bitter Liberals CD Release Concert 8.9.14 at BRH

The Bitter Liberals new CD Again is in final production at National Media Services and will be officially debuted at a concert in Berryville, VA Saturday August 9th. Tickets are available now. Who: The Bitter Liberals — Allen Kitselman, Clark Hansbarger, Mike Jewell, Gary McGraw What: CD Release Concert for the new CD Again Where: […]

Bits from Leesburg Acoustic on the Green Show

Special thanks to Stilson Greene and Acoustic on the Green for adding us to this summer’s lineup in Leesburg. The show Saturday night was great: perfect weather on a sultry summer evening and an appreciative audience who was engaged and thoughtful. It is a rare thing indeed to have the privilege of playing original music […]

The Bitter Liberals in Leesburg, VA at Acoustic on the Green 7.26

Come see the Bitter Liberals perform at Acoustic on the Green in Leesburg, VA Saturday July 26. The concert is free and open to the public. We will be playing songs from both 13 and Again. See you there!

The Bitter Liberals Again Proof Arrives Today (launch 8.9.14)

A quick trip to National Media Services in Front Royal today resulted in a handful of Mastered CD proofs for the band and a complete proof of the really cool packaging designed by April Claggett. What fun! Assuming everything is kosher from a bits front, we’ll start the duplication process so that we can have […]

Gently Let Down By Catherine Tonight in Dulles

Bitter Liberals Allen Kitselman and Gary McGraw will perform with Phil Rossi (from Ditched by Kate) as Gently Let Down by Catherine tonight at Cigital‘s Technology Fair 2014. Some thoughts that Phil wrote down about this project can be found here. For what it’s worth, Allen and Gary concur.

Save the Date: CD Release Concert 8.9.14 at BRH

The Bitter Liberals are proud to announce that our second CD “Again” will be released August 9th with a concert at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, Virginia. Details to come, but save the date! We can’t wait to show you what we’ve done. Tickets are available now for the show.

Engineering Bright Penny: From the Bitter Liberals Second CD Again

The almost final step engineering the recording of Clark Hansbarger’s song Bright Penny at National Media Services. Gary McGraw and Will Shenk spend a couple of hours or so on each track. The last and final step is choosing a song order and mastering the final disc to balance out the song levels. Looks like […]

Again is in the Can: The Bitter Liberals Second CD

Monday was the last day of studio time putting down raw bits for the new CD, “Again.” As always, it was an intense time of great concentration and fun. We really love working with Will Shenk. Here is a very nice vignette video that Will shot while we were recording. We recorded two songs this […]

Ghosts, Figments, Mass Hypnotism and the Civil War

Though there were 130 people packed into the Barns of Rose Hill for the Civil War CD debut (on a Thursday!!), only one person had a camera! Thank the stars for Michael Hobert! Needless to say, the concert was magical. Clark’s high concept was a smash hit in practice. The audience was rapt, and the […]