Matthew Montfort
ancientfuturemusic.bsky.social
Matthew Montfort
@ancientfuturemusic.bsky.social
Guitarist and leader of the world fusion music ensemble, Ancient Future.
"Tarantas Alap" is the first solo flamenco guitar recording by Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort. Listen to the whole piece at: orcd.co/tarantasalap

#flamenco #raga #worldfusion #guitar
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My first ever solo recording on flamenco guitar drops this Friday, 12/12/25! But you can pre-save it now at orcd.co/tarantasalap!

And stay tuned because it's the improvised introduction to my composed piece Tres Tarantas Tres, coming 2/13/26: orcd.co/tarantas
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
orcd.co/eastsun
itunes.apple.com/album/id/179...
This version of East of the Sun features Paul McCandless on oboe, an important early musical influence on Ancient Future founders. Preorder on his birthday, 3/24/25!
March 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy birthday in the beyond to Zakir Hussain. We will miss you forever here on earth...
March 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Celebrating Kurt Cobain's birthday, Ancient Future's second ever rock cover is available for pre-save on streaming sites and as a pre-release Instant Grats download on Amazon & Apple Music starting 2/20/25!

orcd.co/spiritofnirv...

#nirvana #worldfusion #indianmusic #kurtcobain #ancientfuture
February 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
February 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Regarding a mimed performance 1/12/67, #JimiHendrix said "The one thing I really hate is miming, it’s so phony." In honor, Ancient Future's "killer" trash can ending video from the recording session for it's new cover song has absolutely no miming!
orcd.co/purplehazeaf
January 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
On 12/26/66, Jimi Hendrix wrote Purple Haze between sets at The Uppercut Club in London. Ancient Future releases its version with Vietnamese đàn bầu (one string instrument with whammy bar!) on 1/10/25. Preview and pre-order it now at:
orcd.co/purplenamhaze
#JimiHendrix #PurpleHaze #VietnameseMusic
December 26, 2024 at 7:56 PM