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Ancient Future — Purple Spirits cover artwork. A purple cover with three images inside circles. One of the images is a photo of Zakir Hussain.

Album reviews

Ancient Future Honors Musical Lineage on Purple Spirits

Angel Romero May 23, 2026 No Comments Abbos Kosimov Aditya Kalyanpur Ancient Future Benjy Wertheimer Bui Huu Nhut flamenco guitar fretless bass George Brooks Glissentar 11-string fretless guitar Kai Eckhardt Mariah Parker Matthew Montfort Paul McCandless santur scalloped fretboard guitar tabla Uzbek percussion Vietnamese music world fusion world music

Ancient Future — Purple Spirits (Tributes to Musical Giants) (Ancient-Future.Com Records, 2026) On Purple Spirits, Ancient Future has gathered multifaceted and imaginative tributes to artists…

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Concert reviews

“Splendour of Masters” tour: Hindustani + Carnatic Indian classical music, plus Jazz!

Madanmohan Rao February 2, 2012 3 Comments George Brooks Indian classical music Shujaat Husain Khan Vikku Vinayakram

One of the more unusual lineups of Indian classical musicians took the audience to new heights of excellence and entertainment: the concert series “Splendour of…

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