Dream of a New Death: Civil War Show at the American Theater

The American Theater in Hampton, VA is a beautiful performance center with excellent acoustics. The Bitter Liberals played a Saturday show for an appreciative audience. Road trip! The Civil War show (as we call it) involves the presentation of a few slides setting context followed by a song inspired by the situation. High concept. And […]

The Bitter Liberals in Berryville 8.9.14

What a show. We love performing in Berryville—our very own hometown. The arts thrive in our community, and we hugely appreciate that! Thanks for helping us celebrate the release of our new CD Again with great style and panache. We performed all 11 of the songs on Again during the show. Here are some videos […]

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 […]

Allen Kitselman on Songwriting

This weekend, Allen Kitselman transformed a cold rainy evening in Leesburg into a magical time with his outstanding musicianship, his astute storytelling, his humor, and his empathy. There was not a dry eye in the place at times, and that had nothing to do with the weather. Allen’s deeply-personal songs touch your soul and warm […]

The Bitter Liberals Love Loudoun 3.8.14 Show

Great show last night at Franklin Park Arts Center. An appreciative crowd of over 100 came to be part of it. Thank you! We can rock. We can roll. The title song for the new CD is Again. Here is a live version. A pre-release studio mp3 is also available. We love playing our music […]

The Bitter Liberals Love Berryville: BRH 2.21.14 Show

We always love playing our hometown. 130 people came out to fill the house at BRH Friday. The audience was engaged, appreciative, and a little sassy. Just like we like it. What a show! We played some fan favorites. And some new songs, including Tammy Lee. Worry me no More is one of the new […]

The Bitter Liberals: Musica for the Studio and 2.21 Concert

Last night we spent some time working out the arrangements for the four new songs that we will record in the studio this Sunday. That will get us to seven songs in the can for the new CD! We also spent some time chatting with reporters from Leesburg Today and the Winchester Star. Amy was […]

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 […]

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 […]