The WAMMIE-nominated Bitter Liberals play all original music of texture and maturity, featuring rich storytelling, fine vocals, and seasoned musicianship. Troy & Paula Haag’s sound is a characterized by delicate yet driving acoustic guitar, propulsive percussion and intimate vocal harmonies.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 • Doors, Bar, & Kitchen open at 7pm • Show starts at 8pm
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The Bitter Liberals play all original music, and as it turns out, they don't have all that much to be bitter about. A favorite at theaters and listening rooms throughout the mid-Atlantic region, The Bitter Liberals play all original music of texture and maturity, featuring rich storytelling, fine vocals, and the seasoned musicianship of Allen Kitselman, Mike Jewell, Clark Hansbarger, and Gary McGraw.The Bitter Liberals two CDs "13" and "Again" have together received six Wammie nominations from the Washington Area Music Association, including Best Duo/Group and Best Recording in the Folk-Contemporary category, Best New Artist and Best Debut Recording. Whether playing alone or opening for national acts like James McMurtry or David Onley, The Bitter Liberals present an evening of joyful collaboration and memorable musicianship.
The Bitter Liberals together combine over 200 years of performing experience. Allen Kitselman, a Councilman in nearby Berryville, VA where the band is based, was the founding member of Genghis Angus, heard on Mountain Stage, MTV, and radio stations across the nation. Mike Jewell, the smokehouse pitmaster of the famous Monk's BBQ, has been playing music since he was nine. Fiddle player Gary McGraw who has performed twice in Carnegie Hall in NYC as well as in many other venues all over the world is also a world-famous expert in computer security. Guitarist Clark Hansbarger, in addition to being an NEA Fellow, is a PEN Syndicated Fiction award winner.
Richmond-based multi-instrumentalist Charles Arthur says, "The Bitter Liberals knock me out in so many ways—their unique sound, especially. Kind of Appalachian, with the fiddle and acoustic guitar, but then add percussion and harmony vocals and it becomes something else altogether. Mix that with the thoughtful songwriting and amazing arrangements. I don't know - I have a hard time describing music with words. Put it this way - I spent a fair amount of time out in Americana-ville playing shows and recording, and these guys are absolutely as good as anything I've ever heard. I'd weasel my way into them if I could."
TROY & PAULA HAAG https://youtu.be/9BCt_OC_iQQ http://www.troyandpaulahaag.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TroyandPaulaHaag/ Troy and Paula Haag are a Northern Virginia-based husband and wife, singer/songwriter duo that regularly perform in the Northern Virginia area. Their music is steeped in Americana, folk, country, and alternative pop. Contemporary, yet fully informed by the American and English folk rock heyday of the 1960s and 1970s, their sound is a characterized by delicate yet driving acoustic guitar, propulsive percussion and intimate vocal harmonies.
Troy and Paula's music is a mixture of the traditional and the contemporary. Favorite musicians include the Beatles, Richard & Linda Thompson, Bob Dylan, Pentangle, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Iron + Wine, Gillian Welch and Leonard Cohen. The combination of strong songwriting, dynamic live performances and bond as a husband & wife duo, provides an ideal connection for creating pieces of beautiful, sincere, and authentic music. They describe the music as "a mash up of folk, rock, & Cosmic American."