Ancient Future "World Without Walls" Reunion Concert
World jazz featuring Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug McKeehan (keyboards, piano), and Ian Dogole (percussion) plus special guests including Pandit Habib Khan (sitar)
Tuesday, June 7, 8 pm
Yoshi's San Francisco
1330 Fillmore St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
Tix: $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Buy Tix.
Info: 415-655-5600, or www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco
Poster (944 k pdf). Facebook Event.
Lunch Hour Preview "Teaser" Show
Tuesday, June 7, Noon
City of Concord Free Summer Concerts
Todos Santos Plaza
Concord, CA 94520
Issue 13. Winter/Spring 2011:
Welcome to the World Rhythms News, an infrequent newsletter dedicated to world music education. In this issue:
El Zaffa Rhythm
World Music Workshop at Esalen March 18-20, 2011
Music Lessons Via Skype
Ancient Future Performs at The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur 3/20/11
Ancient Future Duet In Concert
Featuring Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard and fretless guitars) and Mariah Parker (santur)
March 20, 2011, 7 pm
The Henry Miller Library
Highway 1
Big Sur , CA 93920
Venue Website: www.henrymiller.org
Tix Tel: 831-667-2574
Tix: $20 adv/$25 door. Seating is limited to 60. Advance purchase recommended at www.henrymiller.org/events.html.
Poster (400k): www.ancient-future.com/pdf/3_20_11_henrymiller.pdf
Facebook Event.
Ancient Future In Concert
Ancient Future Duet Hi-Res Photo by Jialiang Len Gao (3.9 MB)
Matthew Montfort - scalloped fretboard and fretless guitars
Mariah Parker - santur (hammered dulcimer)
Welcome Spring with a World Music Workshop at Esalen, Big Sur
Got Rhythm? Develop Your Inner Rhythm by Studying World Music
World Music Workshop by Ancient Future Leader Matthew Montfort
Weekend of March 18-20, 2011
8:30 p.m. 3/18/2011 through 11:30 am 3/20/2011
Schedule: Friday, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, 7:30 pm – 10:00pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Esalen Institute
55000 Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
Cost: Workshop alone: Regular Rate- $385. Friends of Esalen Rate- $360.
With Bunk Bed Room: Regular Rate- $530. Friends of Esalen Rate- $505.
With standard accommodations: Regular Rate-$695. Friends of Esalen Rate- $670.
Reservations: 831-667-3005.
Fax: 831-667-2724. Email: info@esalen.org.
Download event poster: Esalen3-18-11.pdf (628 k)
Facebook Event
Timna-Tal Music Presents Ancient Future In Concert
Saturday, January 29, 7 pm
Village Homes Community Center
2661 Portage Bay East
Davis, CA 95616
Tix: $13 in advance, $15 at the door
Info: 530-867-1032
Email: info@timnatalmusic.com
Venue Website: www.timnatalmusic.com
Ancient Future Website: www.ancient-future.com
Facebook Event
Download Concert Poster
Celtic Raga Program
Celtic (kel'tik), adj. of the Celts, their Indo-European languages, culture, etc.
raga (räg'a), n. [Hind.] a melodic recipe for a mood including ascending and descending note patterns and a hierarchy of note importance
December 2010 Issue:
Welcome to the Ancient Future Times/Future Ancient Record
In This Issue of the Ancient Future Times:
Major Ancient Future Web Site Update
•Sale to Celebrate Store Catalog Upgrade plus Skype Lessons to Celebrate Education Section Upgrade!
In This Issue of the Future Ancient Record:
An Ancient Future from Now In a Parallel Universe...Paleontologists Discover the Future Ancient Record
•A Message from Evolved Beings from the Future
The Ancient Future Times
World Music Newsletter of the Band Ancient Future
Major Ancient Future Web Site Update
Sale to Celebrate Store Catalog Upgrade plus Skype Lessons to Celebrate Education Section Upgrade!
The Ancient Future Web site is undergoing a very major update. Ancient-Future.Com was designed in the early 1990's and built in a word processor on an Atari ST! Ancient-Future.Com was one of the first sites optimized for dial up connections to present world music in an interesting manner, so it garnered a lot of awards in the early days of the Internet.
Kent Jones Reports on the Strange Instruments Played at the Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival in San Francisco
Matthew Montfort Showcases Unusual Guitars at Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival
Matthew Montfort, guitarist and bandleader of the pioneering world fusion music group Ancient Future, was interviewed and performed on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC on Friday, September 24th, 2010. Kent Jones, the Rachel Maddow Show's pop-culturist, was in San Francisco September 23rd and 24th to cover the opening of the Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival. Matthew Montfort kicked off the festival by showcasing his unusual guitars: the Godin Glissentar, an 11 string fretless guitar, and the scalloped fretboard guitar, a special modified instrument able to produce ornaments characteristic of the sitar.
Matthew Montfort Interviewed on Rachel Maddow Show
World Music for Guitar Performance at Peña Pachamama by Matthew Montfort
With Pre-Show Dinner Percussion Playshop Party
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Dinner Starts: 6 pm
Dinner Percussion Playshop Party: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Guitar Concert: 8 pm
Peña Pachamama
1630 Powell near Union
San Francisco CA 94133
Tix: Guitar concert only or dinner percussion playshop party only: $12, $14 if no food is ordered. Both the guitar concert and dinner percussion playshop party: $20, $24 if no food is ordered. Peña Pachamama Special: Dinner entree, drink, dinner percussion playshop, and guitar concert: $39.95
Info: 415-646-0018 or visit www.penapachamama.org
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145173652162207
Download poster (448 k): www.ancient-future.com/pdf/8_18_10_pachamama.pdf
Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 8 pm
The Waterfront Concert Theater
4211 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
Venue Website:
Venue Email: swan@thewfr.com
Tix Tel: 310-448 8900
Tix: $10 adv, $12 door
Doors Open: 7:30
Ancient Future Website: www.ancient-future.com
Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133412903356073
Poster (356k): www.ancient-future.com/pdf/7_28_10_thewfr.pdf
January 2010 Issue:
Welcome to the Ancient Future Times
Email newsletter of the World Fusion Music Ensemble Ancient Future
Twitter: Matthew Montfort (MatthewMontfort) • Ancient Future Band (Ancient_Future) • Ancient-Future.Com Records (WorldFusion)
Facebook: Matthew Montfort Fan Page • Ancient Future Fan Page
