JUNE 2012 Epolyphony Music And Video By Steve Chase I just listened to the new


disc from Larry Keel and Natu- ral Bridge (http://larrykeel. com/), who recently played at the Opera House. Their new album, Classic, is a smokin’ col- lection of fresh traditional and newgrass tunes. Fauquier County native and


guitarist Keel plays this set with his band made up of his wife Jenny Keel on bass, Will Lee on banjo, and Mark Schimick on mandolin. Keel has produced a number of albums over the years, and he was an early win- ner of the artist competition at Telluride Bluegrass. I saw him with Keller and the


Keels in 2010 in Telluride, a set you can find on bt.etree.org. It’s good to see that his cur- rent band is busy touring and making this fine music—they have the chops and the vocal prowess to create what could well could become a true “clas- sic.” Just put it on and play it through—every song, most written by the band, will speak to you. On Keel’s website, there is a


quote from Tony Rice praising Larry’s playing. After listening to Classic, I think Larry is right up there with Tony in his pick- ing, and hopefully this disc will get more people to notice this great band. You can download the track Love at larrykeel. bandcamp.com/album/classic and see a video of Larry play- ing the same tune from the last JamCruise, at the Bluegrass Today website bluegrasstoday. com/39270/classic-from-larry- keel.


Bruce Hornsby (brucehorn- sby.com) has also been giving away music from his recent tour with Bob Weir, which you can find on the fansite bruuuce.com. There are two shows for download, each with


a solo set for each musician and a duo final set. Well worth the download. You can get the March 31 show at bruuuce. com/2012/04/06/bruce-and- bobby-weir/ and a second April Fool’s Day show at bruuuce. com/2012/04/22/bruce-and- bobby-weir-part-two/. If you like the Grateful Dead,


you should know a bunch of shows have popped up on You- Tube. We’re talking WHOLE concerts, not just clips. If you have the bandwidth and a big screen to hook into, your Dead Couch Tour is complete. Here’s a show to start with youtu.be/ ri7o3XwLUmo, from 9-10-91 at Madison Square Garden in NYC.


Festival Time It’s June, and the festival


season is well underway. There is a great tool at JamBase that allows you to plug in your zip code and number of miles you’re willing to travel—and voila, you get a comprehen- sive list of great music events. I typed in 25443, and set the mileage at 100, and got a hand full of interesting events. Bump the mileage up to 300 or 500, and the music opens up with dozens of choices. Whether it’s Bonnaroo, FloydFest, the Jerry Garcia birthday Bash (we- farmhippies.com/27th-annual- jerry-garcia-birthday-bash) or the Shenandoah Riverside Fes- tival (shenandoahriversidefes- tival.webs.com), there is great music to be heard this summer. Get out there! How Much Do you Really Need to Know About Me? Finding better ways to share


music and information with friends on the Internet in- trigues me, but there is one issue that has me concerned, especially after I read a couple of opinion pieces about how


Facebook manages sharing. Be- ing able to share what a person listens to should be easy and well-controlled—by that per- son! If I don’t want to share something, I shouldn’t have to, just as I may not want to know every article a friend has read in the last day from the Wash- ington Post. Sharing has become an im-


portant component of social media sites that is directly connected to raising revenue. Molly Wood’s piece from last Fall is a good rant (news.cnet. com/8301-31322_3-57324406- 256/how-facebook-is-ruining- sharing/), questioning if the sharing is a way to better con- nect to your friends, or if it is really just an easier way for ad- vertisers to learn more about you to tailor advertising. I think you know the answer, and crit- ic Marshal Kirkpatrick calls these programs really noth- ing less than malware (http:// www.readwriteweb.com/ar- chives/why_facebooks_seam- less_sharing_is_wrong.php). Nowadays, if I see a friend


has read an article or listened to something interesting and I click on it, if I get that annoy- ing “intercept” page asking me to authorize the host to know everything about me, I click the back arrow. When you see that screen, you can decide for yourself.


Keep an eye on the schedule


at The Opera House. Upcoming shows in June and July include Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (.dumpstaphunk.com/), The Alchemystics (alchemystics. com/), Dangermuffin (danger- muffinmusic.com/), and Fur- nace Mountain (furnacemoun- tain.com), just to name a few. More at www.operahouselive. com.


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