Opening for Widespread Panic on Oct 30th (Jul 27)
We're still firming up our full Halloween weekend plans but we're very pleased to announce we'll be opening for Widespread Panic on Oct. 30th in New Orleans at the UNO Lakefront Arena. Ticket on sale is still TBA but check out Widespread's page for more info in the meantime.
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Recording (Jul 15)
Here's Pete in the studio near El Paso. The four of us are here until Sunday laying down new tunes. Eddie stays on to mix for another week, then we are on holiday for the whole of August.
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Jelly Jazz Feature (Feb 01)
Read the in-depth Eddie Roberts feature and interview on the Jelly Jazz website.
Jam in the DAM Packages & Contests! (Nov 24)
Jam in the Dam is BACK after taking a year off. Fans will once again be flying across the pond to take part in "The Festival that Changed the Rules". This year's JITD will feature Umphrey's McGee, Les Claypool, Yonder Mountain String Band, The New Mastersounds, The Bridge, and 30db (Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin).
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Jambase - 50 Unsung Classics of the 2000s
"Most contemporary studio funk and soul albums can't hold a candle to the pillars of the '60s and '70s. There's something missing, some essential rawness or more simply, not enough attention to the details or enough chops to make things sting. With Plug & Play U.K. lions The New Mastersounds staked their claim as one of the finest purveyors of hip shaking goodness since, well, James Brown and Grant Green were new faces on the scene. It isn't work to be swept away by the wah-wah addled seduction of "Thermal Bad" or the organ splash of "Altitude," but even better, they never let things fall into a same-y pocket, varying their funkin' with smart, flexible songwriting and playing touched by a churchly fervor. Cherry female vocalist Dionne Charles ladles abundant soul into her four cuts, but even when there's not a singer the Mastersounds maintain interest with their crisp, dexterous playing and snaky, purely enjoyable tunes. In a time where far too many people think bunk like Black Eyed Peas and John Legend is soul music, The New Mastersounds are around to keep things honest and true." - Dennis Cook
Jambands.com - Ten Years On
"With Ten Years On The New Mastersounds, Britain?s best-kept-secret in funk, mark their first decade together with a dozen red hot tunes to keep you plenty warm this winter, no matter where you live. Rarely does a band come along with so fitting a name as these four Brits, and they?ve got more chops than a karate tournament. The roots of their sound draws from the greatest '60s and '70s funk, soul and beyond, rounded out with a confident new school coolness and originality of vision that you just can?t fake." Read the full review here.
Coals to Newcastle...
"The New Mastersounds - From Leeds to New Orleans," the independent feature-length documentary, has been accepted to screen at 3 film festivals in the Autumn: Royal Flush Festival in NYC; Naples, FL; and Leeds, UK. More details and a link to a trailer for the movie to follow soon.
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MRG
From the new album 'Ten Years On', out now on >
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Chocolate Chip
Madrid, Feb 2010 - NMS perform on Spanish TV for "Los Conciertos de Radio 3" with our friend Chip Wickham on flute.
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Ten Years On
"From the opening speed jam "San Frantico" to the closing toe-tapper "Make Me Proud," British funk exports The New Mastersounds shine on Ten Years On. Grace Potter sits in on a nice reworking of her bluesy "Nothing But the Water" (shades of "Cold Blood") and Skerik adds horns on "Ooom." While guitarist Eddie Roberts deftly shifts between chicken-scratch funk and Wes Montgomery flourishes ("The Road to Fuji"), Joe Tatton alternates from sparkly Rhodes to soul-drenched organ ("Make Me Proud"), never missing a beat. The group even pulls off the dance-themed "Cielo and Ooom." The New Mastersounds are a revelation. - Steve Bloom"
(Relix Magazine - Ten Years On Review)
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