No News is Good News  (posted 3 days ago)       

Hello. Couldn't think of anything we needed to tell you, but we thought this photo of Pete walking off stage in Tokyo last month was rather nice, so I have had to write something to accompany the photo on our home page. TTFN x Simon

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US Tour in March w/ Trombone Shorty  (Jan 12)       

We're kicking off 2010 with an international tour including Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom. Our first US tour will begin March 3rd in Boulder, CO at The Fox Theatre with hype worthy New Orleans natives Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. Also joining the entire tour will be San Francisco Bay Area musician (and son of 10x Grammy winner Carlos) Salvador Santana.
After mutually admiring each other's music this will be the first time we'll be out with Trombone Shorty, hitting some of the West Coast's most renowned venues including the El Rey in Los Angeles, The Fillmore in San Francisco and the Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR. The collaboration that will come is shaping up to be one for the record books. Check our tour dates page for more info.

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Jelly Jazz Feature  (posted 8 days ago)       

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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Relix Magazine - Ten Years On Review

"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"

Hole in the Bag 5 star Review

"...Hole in the Bag is a fat nugget of organs, wah-wah and clattering drums if ever there was one, and sees the band do their best Meters impression to date. So much is this the case in fact, that should Cyril Neville and co. ever hear it they'll be swearing on their mum's lives that this is a long lost cut off 1969 classic The Meters and doubtless wondering how it ever got missed off the final mix as they scratch greying afros."
(Monkeyboxing.com)

Radio Session Tonight!

We just finished recording a session at Radio 3 in Madrid for the 1-hour show SATELI 3 presented by Charlie Faber. It goes out tonight at 1am in Spain, 12am GMT (7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MT, 4pm PST). Click on the headline to stream 'en directo' from the R3 website.

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MRG

From the new album 'Ten Years On', out now on >

ON OUR JUKEBOX NOW

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San Frantico studio session

Hall Place Studios, Leeds, Feb 2009 - Eddie, Pete, Si and Joe lay down the first track of the new album "Ten Years On" which is out now on CD/LP/itunes.

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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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more >TOUR DATES
Thu Feb 11Sala Apolo 2
BARCELONA, SPAIN
Fri Feb 12Wah Wah
VALENCIA, SPAIN
Sat Feb 13Tempo
MADRID, SPAIN
Fri Feb 26Jazz Cafe
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Sat Feb 27The Wardrobe
LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM
Wed Mar 03Fox Theater
BOULDER, CO
Thu Mar 04Grand Ballroom
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO
Fri Mar 05Agave
AVON, CO
Sat Mar 06Ogden Theater
DENVER, CO
Mon Mar 08Belly Up
ASPEN, CO