The Bitter Liberals Perform Songs from Dream of a Good Death BRH 5/22

Save the date. The Bitter Liberals will perform Clark Hansbarger’s Civil War CD Dream of a Good Death live at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryvill, VA THURSDAY May 22. Get tickets here. We’re proud to be associated with this fine piece of work. Come join us for a concert and some history. While […]

The Bitter Liberals Studio Work (CD#2 “Again”)

Friday we were all back in the studio at National Media Services in Front Royal hoping to get the last five songs from Again into the can. Three out of five is not bad. We recorded Pick One, Scarlet at Midnight, and Worry Me No More. Six hours later, we were toast. Working with engineer […]

The Bitter Liberals: Studio work on Again (CD#2)

Clark Hansbarger and I spent six hours in the studio yesterday with Will Shenk working on the new Bitter Liberals CD. National Media Services has added a new soundproof recording room to their arsenal (there are now four rooms separated by glass). The mixing console and monitor room are being recombobulated too. But the NMS […]

CD2 Title Track: Again (download it now)

Clark Hansbarger and I were in the studio today creating final mixes for the new CD, which according to Leesburg Today is called Again. As always, working with Will Shenk at National Media Services in Front Royal was a joy. Hard and tedious work, but very rewarding. Here is a pre-release mp3 file of Allen […]

On Fire Again: The Bitter Liberals in Leesburg Today

A fantastic article in today’s edition of Leesburg Today does a great job capturing the essence of the Bitter Liberals. Come see for yourself Friday at the Barns in Berryville. On Fire Again: The Bitter Liberals Rediscover the Joys of Collaboration

The Bitter Liberals in the Studio for CD #2

Yesterday we returned to National Media Services in Front Royal and cut three more tracks for the new CD with Will Shenk. That gets us to six tracks of raw bits in the can. We’ll probably end up with 10 tracks on the CD when it’s done. We won’t really know until we’re farther along […]

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 […]

The Bitter Liberals House Concert 1.03.14 (save the date)

The Bitter Liberals live. We’ve missed you guys the last couple of months. But we’ve been busy while you’ve been gone, writing new music! We plan to perform a bunch of new sensitive big boy music for you at a house concert in Clarke County on Friday January 3rd, 2014. (Contact us via email for […]

Road Trip: The Bitter Liberals near Washington DC at Glen Echo 8.1.13

Have you been to the bumper car pavilion at Glen Echo Park? (Some of us have done modern dance there. Others of us grew up nearby.) It’s road trip time. Well, the Bitter Liberals would love to have you and your urban friends join us for a special FREE concert at Glen Echo park on […]