First #Rapture Ancient Future was on West Coast Live along with Bruce Cockburn 5/21/11. Sedge Thomson jested about the coming doom. We played "End of the Beginning" as a nod. But when I returned home several bushes were gone, and there was an empty pair of work boots at the bottom of the stairs!

Our 'Purple Nirvana' release opens the Third Ear Music podcast airing September 5-11, 2025! It's also on Radio ROCKSERWIS.FM on September 4 if you are in Poland.

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For Northern California Music Lovers: Free World Rhythms Workshop at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance, June 18 at 7 PM!
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After the release of Purple Nirvana, Ancient Future's iHeart page lists Imagine Dragons as a similar artist for the first time!
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#imaginedragons #nirvana #sia

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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!

Happy birthday in the beyond to Zakir Hussain. We will miss you forever here on earth...

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!

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#nirvana #worldfusion #indianmusic #kurtcobain #ancientfuture

The latest Ancient Future Times is out now showcasing new music and video releases 46 years after Ancient Future's first concert! #hendrix #nirvana #worldfusion #worldmusic www.ancient-future.com/news2025.html

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#worldfusion #fretless #vietnamese #indianmusic

55 years ago, Jimi Hendrix performed at the Winter Festival For Peace benefit for the Vietnam Moratorium effort. Ancient Future's "Purple Haze" cover features a Vietnamese monochord, so it brings forth both #Vietnam and #Hendrix, who told Rolling Stone that show was “like the end of the beginning.”

And here's exact same ensemble configuration of Ancient Future with Mariah Parker, Ian Dogole, and Matthew Montfort that played today performing 10 years earlier!

On January 25, 1992, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. In honor of that, we played our cover, "Spirit of Nirvana," at the benefit at the Friedman Event Center in Santa Rosa. It's available for preview and preorder now at: orcd.co/spiritofnirv...

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!
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Hendrix recorded Purple Haze 1/11/1967. Purple Haze (Vietnamese Đàn Bầu Style) is an instrumental version by Ancient Future with Bui Huu Nhut on the monochord with a whammy bar. It dropped yesterday, so meet us in the Ancient Future. Don't be late.
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#jimihendrix #worldfusion

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:
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#JimiHendrix #PurpleHaze #VietnameseMusic

On December 7, 1991, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana hit Billboard's Hot 100. And Ancient Future is releasing a cover next year! Find out more:
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Ancient Future's first ever cover of a popular song, "Purple Haze (Vietnamese Đàn Bầu Style)" is now available as an Apple Music instant grat download on Hendrix's 82nd birthday!
Instant Grat Download:
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Preview on Streaming Platforms:
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