Since we started performing our original music in September 2012 we’ve done 33 shows in venues all over the region from Richmond to Hampton to Shepherdstown. Our very first public appearance was at the Barns of Rose Hill opening for Nashville talent David Olney on September 19, 2012. We played our first full length headlining […]
Thanks to Loudoun Now for coverage of Sunday’s upcoming show in Aldie. Hope to see you there! There are a few tickets left. Call (540) 687-6681 to reserve your spot. More information about the show here.
We appreciate people who love our art (music, that is; you, that is), and we also appreciate fellow artists who create visual art. We do what we can to cross pollinate with the visual arts whenever possible—bringing you original visual art with all of our musical shows. Take, for example, our go to band artist […]
Somehow we have not played a show at our hometown venue the Barns of Rose Hill since August 2014 when we debuted our second CD Again. We’re psyched to play a show at home again! Come out and see us. Tickets are available now for the Saturday June 4th show: CLICK HERE 4 TICKETS We’ll […]
Clark Hansbarger’s Civil War show Dream of a Good Death was customed designed to be played in an old church in his boyhood home of Union, West Virginia. We played the show on a blustery night that ended in rain, starting at dusk. Gorgeous. A Confederate reenactor set the stage as the audience arrived. As […]
Tune in to KKCR (Hawaii) at 7:30pm EST for a live interview featuring the Bitter Liberals music. Here is the episode in its entirety. (Note: though the call did drop temporarily, I called back in.) Learn more about Where’s Aubrey and Chaukori Blue on the Where’s Aubrey website. Learn more about Gary McGraw on his […]
The Bitter Liberals are headed down to Union, West Virginia, this Saturday to perform Clark’s Civil War show Dream of a Good Death. We love performing because it is really fun, but this should be an interesting show for other reasons too. We will be playing in an old African Methodist church, named after the son […]
Victor Gottlieb, who has become an institution at the Tin Pan in Richmond, shot video during the Bitter Liberals show 2/20. Here is the show in its entirety. Thanks Victor! This show features Charles Arthur with the band as the fifth liberal. Thanks to all who came and helped us celebrate two band birthdays. Charles […]
You all know that the Bitter Liberals are playing a show this Saturday night in Richmond at the Tin Pan. But did you know that we’ll be celebrating two band birthdays? One of us (the young one) will be celebrating turning 50 with fiddle in hand. The other of us (who shall also remain un-named) […]
The Tin Pan is not only a fantastic place to see live music in Richmond, it is also a superior bar. Barman and co-owner Kevin Liu has written a book on mixology. Longtime Bitter Liberals fans know how McGraw feels about that! In fact, did you know the band itself took its name from a […]
The Bitter Liberals 