JOURNAL

Ticket Giveaway  (posted 2 days ago)       

In the run-up to our 10th anniversary, we are giving away a pair of tickets for our London Jazz Cafe show this Friday 10th October to the first 5 people who can name our most recent album, which features vocalist Dionne Charles. Answers by email only to freetix@newmastersounds.com - we will notify you wihin 24 hours if you have won. Over 18s only. Right of admission reserved.

Dionne to play NYC  (Sep 12)       

Vocalist Dionne Charles, featured guest on the recent 'Plug & Play' album, will make her debut US appearance in New York City on November 7th and 8th at Sullivan Hall. The band will then continue down the East Coast, finishing up in Live Oak, Florida, for the Bear Creek Music and Arts Festival the following weekend. See tour page for details of all confirmed dates,.

Holland / Belgium Tour  (Sep 02)       

Just back from another US trip, The New Mastersounds are headed this weekend to Holland and Belgium for 4 gigs with Dionne Charles:

Thurs Sept 4th - AMSTERDAM, NL - Melkweg
Friday Sept 5th - UTRECHT, NL - SJU Jazzpodium
Saturday Sept 6th - ROTTERDAM, NL - Rotown
Sunday Sept 7th - SINT NIKLAAS, BE - Villa Pace Festival

Tour Update  (Aug 22)       

Coming off of the success of their last US stop off in July, it is with much pleasure and anticipation that The New Mastersounds announce their encore US tour of 2008. The NMS carry on their momentum gained from their Summer Tour; highlighted by 2 sold-out nights at SF?s Independent and by a headlining performance on the Field of Heaven stage in Japan at their first ever Fuji Rock appearance. Check out reviews from the last leg of the tour: Fuji Rock Music on Main
The NMS will first appear in August at the Sunset Concert Series in Telluride, continuing on to the Fox Theatre in Boulder and then opening for Widespread Panic at Jazz Aspen Snowmass. After that it's off to Ohio, to close out their visit with a performance at Gratefulfest.
WED AUG 27 SUNSET CONCERT SERIES TELLURIDE, CO.
THU AUG 28 FOX THEATRE BOULDER, CO.
FRI AUG 29 JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO.
SAT AUG 30 GRATEFULFEST GARRETTSVILLE, OH

Album Launch gig with Dionne Charles  (May 22)       

Vocalist Dionne Charles joined us at Cargo in London for the 'Plug & Play' album launch on Friday. You can listen to her incredible voice on the new single King Comforter, released Monday 16th June (vinyl 7"/itunes) and also the featured track on the NMS juke box this month.

The Blue Nile  (Apr 29)       

The Blue Nile super-jam which took place before the NMS late-night show Saturday night: The Stanton Moore Trio expanded to include Eddie and Pete, Robert Walter, Will Bernard, Big Sam, Topaz, Cheme, Jonathan Batiste, Trombone Shorty, and probably more... Jolly good fun, this Jazzfest business.

UK Release Date Announced  (Apr 19)       

The new album - Plug & Play - will be released in UK on Monday June 30th on CD/LP and on itunes a week earlier. It features vocalist Dionne Charles (whose own band Baby Charles released their debut album earlier this year) on 4 of the 11 tracks, plus there are appearances from master percussionist Sam Bell (This Is What We Do; Live At La Cova.) Early DJ responses have been extremely positive ("Their best yet," etc...) but you'll have to judge for yourselves when it comes out. We will be posting sneaky previews on the jukebox in the run-up to the release, so check back often!

Karl Denson & NMS in NOLA  (Apr 01)       

Karl Denson will be performing with The New Mastersounds at the Blue Nile late-night show in New Orleans on Tuesday April 29th. Karl is known for his sax and flute work with Lenny Kravitz, The Greyboy Allstars and his own band, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and was a guest performer on the US-version of the 2005 NMS album This Is What We Do. If reciprocal sit-ins between Karl and Eddie in the past are anything to go by, this promises to be a very special show, so book early!

Knockout East Coast Tour!  (Mar 18)       

We're just home, still buzzing from an amazing 2 week tour - 2 great slots at Langerado Music Festival, followed by a road trip from Atlanta to NYC. As word spread up the coast the shows got even busier, with Philly and New York selling out. We encountered such incredible enthusiasm and dedication from music-lovers along the way and want to say a hearty thank you to all of you who showed your support and made the trip such a success. We'll see quite a few of you next month in NOLA, and we hope to come back to the East Coast again later in the year. Big love from Si, Pete, Joe and Eddie.

Phase Two of New Album Complete!  (Feb 11)       

We invited vocalist Dionne Charles up to Leeds at the end of January to write and record tunes for the new album. Eddie starts mixing next week. The release should be early May - check the site regularly for updates and exclusive audio previews.

Suited in San Francisco  (Jan 16)       

Eddie on stage at the Independent, San Francisco on Friday 11th Jan. The gig was sold out before doors opened at 7.30pm. To celebrate our achievement we made a bit of an effort with the outfits. You can buy the 2-disc live-CD here.
Photo byJudy Parker

Radio Session  (Jan 12)       

The hospitality awaiting us at KUSP in Santa Cruz on Thursday. The session went out live but is archived online on the station website here

Studio Session  (Jan 03)       

Simon and Joe at Hall Place Studios in Leeds just before Christmas. The NMS are working on the new album which is expected to be completed in time for an April release.

Back in the studio  (Dec 20)       

Yesterday was the first day of recording for the new album. Lots of new tunes and grooves in the pipeline, and our photographer chum Dan Medhurst is on hand to document the whole silly process.

Eddie and JJ  (Nov 17)       

Eddie sits in with JJ Grey and Mofro at the Odgen Theater, Denver.

Eddie Bo & Pete Shand  (Oct 22)       

Pete meets New Orleans funk legend Eddie Bo backstage at the Marseille gig, October 20th

Yikes!  (Oct 20)       

Touring British funk band falls for hilarious Bordeaux shopping centre car park advertising gimmick.

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