Self-described as “bloody folk,” Bitter Pill plays a dark and anachronistic combination of Folk, Jazz, Blues, and Vaudeville - mixed with original spoken word as well as reading from classical literature. We just released our first album,“Prepare Your Throats,” a collection of traditional and original songs from the soundtrack of our staging of William Shakespeare’s violent, bloody, grotesquely ridiculous abomination of a play, “Titus Andronicus.” Bitter Pill is a family affair featuring Emily Butler on vocals and her dad, Billy Butler, on cello; along with Mike McKay on banjo/mandolin, Jon McCormack on guitar, Tomer Oz on acoustic guitar, and a rotating roster of singers, circusers, actors, and awkwards.