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7/7/2014
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Ancient Future Tahoe/Reno Concert Tour

Ancient Future Hammered and Picked Duet

Photo of Mariah Parker and Matthew Montfort

Hammered & Picked: World Folk for Guitar & Dulcimer
Featuring World Guitar Pioneer Matthew Montfort and Composer/Hammered Dulcimerist Mariah Parker

Friday, July 25, 7:00 p.m.
Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival
St. Patrick's Episcopal Church

341 Village Blvd.
Incline Village, NV 89451
Suggested donation: $20 for adults
Info: music@sierraguitar.org

Ancient Future's Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard guitar) and Mariah Parker (hammered dulcimer) will perform material from the band's many recordings influenced by Celtic, Latin American, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, European and American music. They will be joined by special Tahoe area guests including world dancer/violinist Sapphira and guitarist/cellist Larry Aynesmith.

Video of Moonbath by Ancient Future

Video of Ancient Future Duet Performance of 'Moonbath'

Ancient Future Guitar and Tabla Program

Featuring World Guitar Pioneer Matthew Montfort and Tabla Virtuoso Vishal Nagar plus Special Guest Mariah Parker

Matthew Montfort and Vishal Nagar
Hi-Res Photo of Matthew Montfort and Vishal Nagar by Devki (1 MB)

Sunday, July 27, 3:00 p.m.
Reno Artown Festival
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center

Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
Info: 775-298-1893
Suggested donation: $5 children, $15-$20+ adults.

Strains of passionate flamenco and ethereal Indian raga emanate from this improvisatory program featuring world guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort accompanied by renowned Indian tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar. Mariah Parker will accompany them on santur for a portion of the program.

Video of Yearning for the Wind by Ancient Future

Video of 'Yearning for the Wind' with Matthew Montfort and Vishal Nagar

Biography

Photo of Mariah Parker, Matthew Montfort, and Vishal Nagar
Hi-Res Photo of Mariah Parker, Matthew Montfort and Vishal Nagar by Devki (2 MB)

Celebrating its 35th year in 2014, Ancient Future is the world's first and longest running ensemble dedicated to world fusion music, with dozens of programs featuring master musicians from around the world. Their guitar and tabla duet program has appeared in a variety of settings, from the huge audience (police estimate of 35,000 people) at the Summer of Love 30th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco to the Festival Internacional de la Guitarra on the golden coast of Spain near Barcelona. Their world folk program features material with Celtic, Latin American, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, Eastern European and American folk themes.

The programs will feature music from the ground breaking world music recordings of Ancient Future along with music from the solo releases of Matthew Montfort and Mariah Parker.

"It was heart-warming to see teenage girls in swirling dresses swaying and twirling to the Indian themes (almost like morning ragas) of Ancient Future, one of the morning performing groups." —Philip Elwood, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER (review of Summer of Love performance, that according to the San Francisco Chronicle, was famed concert promoter Chet Helm's "crowning achievement")

Matthew Montfort (scalloped fretboard and fretless guitars)

Photo of Matthew Montfort
Hi-Res Photo of Matthew Montfort by Julie Marten (2 MB)

Matthew Montfort is Ancient Future's leader and has released two solo guitar releases: Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar and Sympathetic Serenade, for which he was lauded as one of the world's 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists by DigitalDreamDoor. Montfort is a pioneer among guitarists who have had their fretboards scalloped in order to play various forms of world music that require intricate note-bending ornaments while still being able to play chords.

Vishal Nagar (tabla)

Vishal Nagar
Hi-Res Photo of Vishal Nagar by Inni Singh (5 MB)

"He has magic in his hands" - Hindustan Times

Vishal Nagar is considered one of the most gifted tabla players of his generation. Born into a family of musicians, Vishal has been surrounded by music in an extremely musically creative and artistic environment. Vishal had his initial training with the late Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan of the Delhi Gharana. After his Ustad's untimely demise, Vishal continued his training under the guidance of Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan. He also has had intense rhythmic training from his mother, the renowned and highly respected Kathak dancer and vocalist, Urmila Nagar.

Mariah Parker (santur)

Photo of Mariah Parker on piano

Hi-Res Photo of Mariah Parker by Ross Pelton (1.6 MB)

Mariah Parker is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. She released her first solo recording of her compositions, Sangria (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2017), in 2009. Her CD release party drew a full house at the famous Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland for her Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble, which features a stellar lineup of musicians including the Grammy-winning Paul McCandless of the group Oregon.

Recent Recordings on Ancient-Future.Com Records

Yearning for the Wind by Ancient Future

Yearning for the Wind Cover

Yearning for the Wind by Ancient Future. Ancient-Future.Com AF-90352. Signed Enhanced Audio/Video E-CD-R-$17.98: Buy E-CD Now. (Ships by 7/22/14)

Composed by scalloped fretboard guitar innovator Matthew Montfort, Yearning for the Wind is a poignant piece based on Rag Kalyan, an evening raga that corresponds to the Lydian mode. The composition in three movements also incorporates harmony and other guitaristic elements. A duet with Indian tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar, who is considered one of the most gifted tabla players of his generation, Yearning for the Wind is set in matta tal, a nine beat rhythmic cycle. As a bridge between the slow and fast sections of the piece, Vishal Nagar performs an elegant tabla solo over the soft nine beat groove that slowly builds up to a vibrant rela (a fast tabla composition characterized by rapid drum rolls). Recorded in December 2013, Yearning for the Wind was produced for the Archive of Future Ancient Recordings, This is the first audio/video release in Ancient Future history, just in time for the band's 35th anniversary year!

The Archive of Future Ancient Recordings by Ancient Future

Temporary CD Cover

Archive of Future Ancient Recordings by the band Ancient Future. (Ancient-Future.Com AF-2030). Recording Newsletter Package (128kbps MP3): $15. Buy Link. Download Supporter Package (320 kbps MP3): $25. Buy Link. Limited to 300 packages. Limited Edition CD Sponsor Package (CD quality .wav): $50. Buy Link. Limited to 200 packages. Honorary A & R Representative Package (Hi-res 24 bit .wav): $75. Buy Link. Limited to 100 packages.

The Archive of Future Ancient Recordings (A.F.A.R.). is Ancient Future's ambitious fan-funded recording project. There is already 70 minutes of music in the archive available to subscribers, with more coming as money is raised for production.

Planet Passion by Ancient Future

Planet Passion CD Cover
Planet Passion

Planet Passion by Ancient Future (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2010) $17.98: Buy Link . (>YTmusic.)

"If the members of the United Nations formed a world-fusion band, it might look and sound a little something like Ancient Future’s re-issue of their seventh recording. Featuring instrumentation from Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East, Planet Passion is a mythical story of love, flirtation, seduction, courtship, marriage and longing. Manose Singh’s bansuri flute and Matthew Montfort’s scalloped fretboard work stand out in this eclectic, visionary global village, where each track features its own unique set of players. At its best, Planet Passion strives to preserve the world’s vast musical heritage via international collaboration: the idea that one protects the old by creating something new. This is at the heart of fusion music and the heart of Ancient Future’s global aesthetics, too: a diverse, unified world without borders, a multicultural community, a new, reconstituted sonic reality." — Ryan Allen, LEO WEEKLY, Louisville, Kentucky

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort

Seven Serenades CD Cover
Matthew Montfort

Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar by Matthew Montfort. (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2008). $17.98: Buy Link . (>YTmusic.)

"Because Montfort’s guitar has a scalloped fretboard, his fingers touch only the strings, enabling him to produce ornaments more characteristic of the sitar. This album reveals a thorough knowledge of Hindustani microtonal ornaments, transferred in ways that create one of the most distinctive guitar sounds in contemporary music. However, it also reveals a lifetime of exploration in world music, which can be immediately summoned in a flash of inspiration. When this level of mastery is reached, there is no need to rewrite. The first improvisation has the depth of a reworked composition." — Teed Rockwell, INDIA CURRENTS, March 2009

Sympathetic Serenade CD Cover
Matthew Montfort

Sympathetic Serenade by Matthew Montfort. (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2012). Signed Mini EP CD-R- $12.98: Buy Link. (>YTmusic.)

"Both Matt Montfort and his band Ancient Future have been reviewed in FAME before, and the work is always superlative, but this one, a CD 11-minute single, is an expression of solo virtuosity on a variant axe which isn't employed by very many. Primarily a Spanish composition, there's nonetheless always a generous infusion of raga structures and riffs in Montfort's work as well as more Westerly rhythmatics. Sympathetic Serenade is no exception. Brilliant modern semi-neoclassical work with very strong ties to the traditional residing within progressive annals." – Mark S. Tucker, FAME

Sangria by Mariah Parker

Sangria CD Cover
Mariah Parker - Sangria

Sangria by Mariah Parker (Ancient-Future.Com AF 2017). $17.98: Buy Link . (>YTmusic).

Sangria by Mariah Parker blends the driving rhythmic syncopations of Latin jazz with the entrancing, asymmetrical meters of East India. This debut recording features her original compositions that draw musical inspiration from Brazil, Cuba, Spain, and India.

“One of many examples of the infusion of East Indian music into Western music, but to my ears one of the most successful.” — AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

77 Word Radio Announcement for Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival Incline Village

The pioneering world music group Ancient Future will perform a concert featuring scalloped fretboard guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort and hammered dulcimerist Mariah Parker plus special Tahoe area guests including world dancer/violinist Sapphira and guitarist/cellist Larry Aynesmith at the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival on Friday, July 25, 2014, at 7 p.m., at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, located at 341 Village Blvd. in Incline Village, Nevada. For information, email music@sierraguitar.org. There is a suggested donation of $20 for adults.

87 Word Radio Announcement for Reno Artown Festival

The pioneering world music group Ancient Future will perform a guitar and tabla concert featuring scalloped fretboard guitar pioneer Matthew Montfort and tabla virtuoso Vishal Nagar with accompaniment by Mariah Parker on santur on Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m., as part of the Reno Artown Festival at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, located at the Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124, at the University of Nevada, Reno. For information, call 775-298-1893. There is a suggested donation of $5 for children, and $15 to $20 or more for adults.

117 Word Radio Announcement for Bay Area Concert Tour

The pioneering world music group Ancient Future will perform two different concert programs in the Reno/Tahoe area. On Friday, July 25, 2014, at 7 p.m., they will perform their world folk program at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, located at 341 Village Blvd. in Incline Village, Nevada. On Sunday, July 27, at 3 p.m., they will perform a guitar and Indian tabla program as part of the Reno Artown Festival at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, located at the Wells Fargo Auditorium, Room 124, at the University of Nevada, Reno. For information on the Incline Village concert, email music@sierraguitar.org. For information on the Reno concert, call 775-298-1893. There is a suggested donation for each of the concerts.

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