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 […]

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 […]

Civil War CD Debut TOMORROW at BRH: Get Your Tickets in Advance

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, […]

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 […]

Kara Hansbarger in Concert with Bitter Liberal Dad

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 […]