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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Clark Hansbarger and company have been practicing. Those Civil War songs are sounding shiny. In fact, things are sounding very good indeed. All we need now is you. Please come hear us play the Civil War CD live tomorrow night! We promise you a good show. Who: Clark Hansbarger, Allen Kitselman, Gary McGraw, Mike Jewell, […]
Come one come all to hear the Bitter Liberals and several other talented area musicians perform the songs from Clark Hansbarger’s Civil War CD Dream of a Good Death Thursday May 22nd at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville, VA. Buy your tickets now. Who: Clark Hansbarger, Allen Kitselman, Gary McGraw, Mike Jewell, Rob […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bitter Liberals Allen Kitselman and Clark Hansbarger make up the more ancient half of the band backing Kara Hansbarger. Kara & Co will play a show at the The Opera House in Shepherdstown, WV Thursday April 3rd. Music starts at 7pm. Bitter Liberals fans will not be disappointed. More information and advance tickets here: The […]
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 […]
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