March Tour Has Begun and April Tour Announced  (posted 6 days ago)       

We've begun our tour with Salvador Santana and will be joining up with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue on Saturday, 3/6 on Denver. We'll be hitting some of the West Coast?s most nest venues including the El Rey in Los Angeles, The Fillmore in San Francisco Berbati's Pan in Portland, OR. After our US March tour wraps up we will be heading to Jam in the Dam in Amsterdam! We hear this is a party not to be missed with a fantastic lineup including NMS, Umphrey's McGee, Les Claypool,Yonder Mountain String Band, The Bridge, and 30db (Brendan Bayliss & Jeff Austin). Then back to the east coast in April. Check out our tour dates page for the complete April tour. Come party with us!

Festival News is Better News  (Feb 12)       

We are excited to announce a slew of festival dates. We're joining the line-ups at Rites of Spring, Summer Camp, Mountain Jam (JUST ADDED)High Sierra Music Festival and Bear Creek Music Festival. More festivals to be announced shortly. For now, check out the iSierra (High Sierra) announcement video, music courtesy of NMS. And don't forget we'll be at Jam in the Dam and on the West Coast in the meantime!

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.

Craig Charles BBC Session  (Jan 02)       

We will be appearing tonight, Saturday 2nd Jan, on the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, on BBC6Music. There'll be some chit-chat with Craig, live renditions of 3 tunes from Ten Years On, plus a hastily-arranged cover version of a Michael Jackson track, which features Chip Wickham on flute. The show goes out from 7-10pm GMT, and we'll be joining in between 7.30 and 9pm. If you miss it, you can listen again (worldwide, we are assured) for the following 7 days online.

Live in San Francisco  (Nov 25)       

Now available on itunes, this album was recorded at The Independent in SF over two nights in July 2008.

NYC Triumph  (Nov 09)       

Hooray! We sold out Saturday night's gig at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. The Higher Hands, from Baltimore, played a strong opening set, with a sit-in from Pete on "War". NMS then played 2 sets, with Joel Cummins from Umphreys McGee joining us on Fender Rhodes for a tune. And here's a photo of us standing at the bottom of the Washington Monument on Friday.

New album out on itunes this week!  (Nov 01)       

Ten Years On, the sixth studio album by The New Mastersounds, goes on sale on itunes and other digital retailers on Monday November 2nd. The CD and LP will be available 2 weeks later, on November 16th.

November Dates  (Sep 03)       

Feels like it's been awhile since we've been in the US. We're glad to be heading back starting 11/4 in Charlottesville, VA at the Outback Lodge. From there we'll be hitting some of our favorite spots including the Bowery Ballroom in NY, The 8x10 in MD and the Bear Creek Music Festival. Check out our tour dates page for a complete listing and tour updates.

September Dates Added!  (Aug 22)       

We've just added 2 more shows to our September run. We'll be making a stop in Iowa City, IA and Milwaukee, WI. We're glad we mad such a good impression on the mid-west that they want us back so quickly! We'll be kicking off the run at moe.down in Turin, NY on 9/4. Check out our tour page for a complete listing.

Philly, All Good, Forecastle & JPF Nomination  (Jul 10)       

We've been nominated for Best Funk Song of 2009 by the Just Plain Folks Music Organization! Check it out here.

New Orleans 2009  (May 09)       

Photo by Greg Aiello

Here's a jolly nice review of the House of Blues New Orleans show by Deroy Murdock:

"On Sunday at 2am the House of Blues showcases the New Mastersounds, an outstanding Leeds, England-based quartet whose guitar, bass, drums, and electric organ fill the spacious venue with enough musical thrust to echo a septet. Their captivating instrumental groove recalls Booker T. and the MGs and the J.B. Horns, James Brown's backup band. From one energetic flash of brilliance to the next, this band mesmerizes the crowd and keeps it gyrating very, very hard until Simon Allen and Eddie Roberts, respectively, lay down their drum sticks and guitar pick at about 5:20 in the morning."

We would have played right up to last call (which we were told was 5.30am) if the devious tricksters at the venue hadn't set the stage clock 10 minutes fast, based on the fact that last year we played till 6am. Next year we will insist on independent UN timekeepers.

Free Download of Thermal Bad  (Mar 26)       

Check out our iLike.com profile for an exclusive free download 'Thermal Bad'. You can also enjoy streaming the entire "Plug & Play" album.

Plug & Play US Release & Tour  (Mar 06 2009)       

We are excited to announce the US Release of 'Plug & Play' featuring 4 bonus tracks. The album is available on iTunes now. You can also get the CD at our shows or a store near you from March 10th. To co-incide with the release we're hitting the road, starting the same day 3/10 in San Diego. We're heading up the West Coast then inland via MT and ID to Colorado, ending up in Denver on March 28th. Then in April we'll be gadding about the South East with DJ Logic & Moon Taxi. It's about time we were paired with a DJ, and a great one at that! See the tour page for all confirmed dates.

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