June 2011 Issue:
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In this issue:
Ancient Future World Without Walls Lineup Reunion Concert Around the Corner
•Yoshi's, San Francisco, June 7, 8 pm: First Performance in Over 15 Years
Capitol Records Schedules Digital Release of World Without Walls by Ancient Future to Celebrate Reunion Concert
•First Digital Release of Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain
Frets & Strings: An Evening of Acoustic Guitar
•Freight and Salvage, June 5, 8 pm
Ancient Future World Without Walls Lineup Reunion Concert Around the Corner
Yoshi's, San Francisco, June 7: First Performance in Over 15 Years
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 (Invite Your Friends!). Full Press Release.
Ancient Future circa 1990. Photo by Irene Young.
On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings will reunite to perform for the first time in over 15 years. The reunion show at Yoshi's San Francisco features Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar, Jim Hurley on violin, Doug McKeehan on keyboards, Ian Dogole on percussion, plus Kash Killion on bass, Mariah Parker on santur, special guest sitarist Pandit Habib Khan, who appears with this exact band lineup on the song "Socha Socha" on the Planet Passion recording, and world dancer Sapphira. There is a "teaser" concert featuring the core lineup at noon the same day at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord.
Examiner.Com: Historic Ancient Future Reunion Concert just ahead!
"This is a one-time-only chance to catch this special reunion performance by the lineup that played over a hundred concerts together between their first appearance on August 21, 1988 at the Concert in the Forest, a benefit for the Friends of the Cathedral Forest near Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon, and their August 26, 1995, show for the Calaveras Arts Council. The band hasn't played in its original configuration since the show in 1995 so this is going to be a rare treat!"
"Examiner.com has recently seen Matthew Montfort collaborating with Arabic musicians at city college and a tabla player at the Himalayan fair in Berkeley as well as fellow guitar pickers at the Freight and Salvage. He is in peak form and with the original band members that created groundbreaking recordings like 'Asian Fusion' and 'World Without Walls' joining him it is sure to be a stellar, dynamic concert that may sell out and is not to be missed!" – Johnathon Bakan, SF Asian Music Examiner
India Currents: Ancient Future, Ageless Fusion
"Ancient Future is one of the rare bands whose genesis is in world fusion. The upcoming concert will reunite Montfort on scalloped fretboard guitar, Jim Hurley on violin, Doug McKeehan on keyboards, Ian Dogole on percussion, and master musician Habib Khan on sitar...with the sound reminiscent of the silk-smooth Shakti by Zakir Hussain and group, especially in Hurley’s 'Lakshmi Rocks Me.' Montfort’s 'Gamarock' has whiffs of India and flower-power. Dogole’s 'Mezgoof' is based on the qawwali style. McKeehan’s drama in 'Turkish Taffy' will appeal to the Bollywood soul." – Priya Das, INDIA CURRENTS, May 2011
Sunday Night Live with Jane Heaven on KPFA: Ancient Future and it's spawn
A visit with guitarist bandleader Matthew Montfort of Ancient Future and music spawned of the World Without Walls and Asian Fusion era of the band. Violinist Jim Hurley, keyboardist/producer Doug McKeehan and Shafqat Ali Khan featured.
This audio archive will be available until Sunday, June 12th 2011:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/70183
Capitol Records Schedules Digital Release of World Without Walls by Ancient Future to Celebrate Reunion Concert
First Digital Release of Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain
On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings will reunite to perform for the first time in over 15 years at Yoshi's San Francisco and other venues. To celebrate the reunion concerts, Ancient Future's classic 1990 World Without Walls recording is scheduled to be released by Capitol/EMI Records at major digital retailers such as iTunes and Amazon.com MP3 Store for the first time ever on June 7, 2011.
As its name suggests, World Without Walls by Ancient Future depicts a musical world without borders. This classic 1990 recording features Ancient Future members Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar, steel string guitars, electric guitars, classical guitar, guitar synthesizers, mandolin), Jim Hurley (acoustic violins, Zeta electric violin, steel string guitar), Doug McKeehan (piano, synthesizers), and Ian Dogole (dumbek, talking drum, congas, bongos, udu, shaker, bass drums, cymbal, sleigh bells, kendang, kajar, ceng-ceng, bells, chimes).
The record also features guest performances by world music legend and tabla master Zakir Hussain (tabla, kanjira), Gary Brown (fretless electric bass), Jeff Narell (steel drums), Vince Delgado (tambourine), Jack Dorsey (drum set), Bill Douglass (acoustic bass, Chinese flutes), and Bruce Kaphan (recording engineer, shaker).
The inviting melodies and ingenious use of ethnic textures make World Without Walls one of Ancient Future's most accessible and broadly appealing releases ever.
Tabla master Zakir Hussain
Frets & Strings: An Evening of Acoustic Guitar
Freight and Salvage, June 5, 8 pm
Featuring Matthew Montfort, Teja Gerken, Steve Baughman, Pete Madsen, Patrick Landeza, and Jon Mendle
Sunday, June 5, 2011, 8 pm
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St.
Berkeley, CA 94702
Info: 510-644-2020 or freightandsalvage.org
Tix: $20.50 advance/$22.50 door
Poster (376 k pdf). Facebook Event (Invite Your Friends!)
In what is certain to be a guitar concert highlight of the year, the Freight & Salvage presents six of the Bay Area's finest instrumentalists in a stunningly diverse range of styles. The evening includes fingerstyle guitarist Teja Gerken (who is also a senior editor at Acoustic Guitar magazine), world music pioneer and scalloped fretboard wiz Matthew Montfort (of Ancient Future), acclaimed Celtic player Steve Baughman, blues and slide expert Pete Madsen, Hawaiian slack-key specialist Patrick Landeza, and fresh from a tour with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, rising classical guitar star Jon Mendle.
The Hear & Now with Derk Richardson on KPFA: Acoustic Guitarapalooza
Fingerstyle guitarist Teja Gerken previews his big guitar night with fellow pickers Matthew Montfort, Pete Madsen, and Jon Mendle (and maybe Patrick Landeza, who, like Steve Baughman, is also on the Freight show).
Live on the Air, June 2, 2011 - 10:00pm:
www.kpfa.org/live-musical-performance/acoustic-guitarapalooza
An audio archive will be available until Thursday, June 16th 2011.
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