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
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here’s a video from the Purcellville show, featuring the song 100 Cigarettes from our CD 13.
Boy did we have a blast at the Bitter Liberals Richmond house concert hosted by Betty Schutte-Box last weekend! Now we’re looking forward to our biggest show ever. We’ll play the 200 seat auditorium at Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville Virginia. Please come out and see us, it’s sure to be a memorable evening […]
Almost all of the songs we write tell stories. Over the last 13 weeks, we have shared those stories with you on this blog. Here is an index to the stories behind the song for each song on 13 (in CD order). An index to the stories: TMA Cool Half Moon Sky Laura Lou Time […]
Betty Shutte-Box very kindly offered her gorgeous back yard overlooking the James river in Richmond for an intimate house concert Saturday evening. We set things up on the patio facing the lights of Richmond winking over the river. It was a magical evening at the height of Spring. During the show, we played two sets […]
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