Ancient Future's "Planet Passion" is a collection of mythical stories of love from around the world. Its also a shoe-in perfect Valentine gift for for music students, yoga, dance, belly dance, meditation, peace activists, social change activists, environmentalists, dead heads (Ancient Future is an offshoot of the Grateful Dead).

Any fans of World Music, World Fusion, International Music, Ethnic Music, or New Age; that like any of these artists: Dead Can Dance, David Byrne, Ry Cooder, David Lindley, Peter Gabriel, Carlos Santana, Sinéad O'Conner, Enya, The Chieftains, Clannad, Altan, Alan Stivell, Mickey Hart, Diga Rhythm Band, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Zakir Hussain, Tabla Beat Science, Shakti, John McLaughlin, Oregon, Shadowfax, Jai Uttal, Harry Manx, Prem Joshua, Sheila Chandra, Deepak Chopra, Biddu Orchestra, Transglobal Underground, Afro-Celt Soundsystem, Gipsy Kings, Mustafa Sandal, Zap Mama, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Khaled, Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate, Habib Koite, Youssou NDour, Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Oliver Mtukudzi, Yoshida Brothers, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Susheela Raman, Okan Murat Öztürk, Kamil Alipour, Egberto Gismonte, Airto Moreira, Nana Vasconcellos, Buena Vista Social Club, Mama Keita, Black Uhuru, Haiti Twoubadou, Anastasia Moutsatsou, Ozomatli, Sukay or Queen Ida will love this CD!

HEAR SOME TRACKS HERE:
http://www.ancient-future.com/planetpassion.html

The tracks contain nineteen top masters of Indian, Nepalese, African, Cuban, Celtic, Arabic, Palestinian, Jewish, Indonesian, Chinese, Eastern European and American music traditions. Each cut on the CD features a different version of the band. Since the term “world fusion music” was coined at the band’s inception in 1978, Ancient Future has evolved from a quartet into a large musical family of world fusion music ensembles led by scalloped fretboard guitarist Matthew Montfort. (via ancient-future.com)