New Mastersounds JOURNAL

September Tour

2010-09-03T18:59:00.002+01:00

The band is back across the pond starting on September 3rd at Jazz Aspen in Aspen, CO. From there they'll be heading to Chicago for a North Coast Music Fest day time set and official after party at The Double Door. The following day they will head south with stops including the Head Jamz Music Fest right outside of Nashville, TN, as well as headlining shows in Chattanooga, TN, Athens, GA and Black Mountain, NC. The final stop will be in Hancock, NY on Saturday the 11th for the Catskill Chill Music Fest.

Opening for Widespread Panic on Oct 30th

2010-07-27T00:11:00.002+01:00

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.

Recording

2010-07-15T01:51:00.001+01:00

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.

HSMF Late Night

2010-07-13T07:24:00.001+01:00

Here's a photo of our High Sierra late-night show by our friend Casey Flanigan. The July run was a lot of fun, ending with a short-but-sweet set at All Good festival on Saturday night. (video clips from that gig coming soon.) Next tour will be back in USA in September. Check the site regularly for updates.

Summer Plans

2010-06-14T10:45:00.001+01:00

Spent a few days in Chicago earlier this month - here's a shot of Anish Kapoor's Bean sculpure, taken just before we saw Antibalas play at Millennium Park. Home in Leeds now but coming back across the pond at the end of June to play the RocksOff cruise in NYC, then flying over to Cali for High Sierra Music Festival, driving across through Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, making a quick stop in Steamboat, Colorado, before finishing the tour at All Good Music Festival in West Virginia. Then we're going to El Paso, Texas for a week to record the new album. Got all that?

Summercamp, Mountain Jam and Maine

2010-04-29T01:54:00.004+01:00

We are wrapping out our Southern states tour with a stop in Mobile, AL tomorrow at Soul Kitchen and the grand finale down in New Orleans at House of Blues. We'll be back briefly at the end of May for 3 nights at Summercamp, a stop at Mountain Jam and a headlining show in Maine at the Porter City Music Hall. Have no fear,we'll be back in July for High Sierra and All Good.

April Southern States Tour

2010-04-17T00:15:00.006+01:00

The Sonoma International Film Festival was a great success! Thanks to everyone for coming out to the viewing of "Coals to Newcastle" and the show after. Our southern states tour kicks off in Asheville, NC on 4/17 at the FREE outdoor event Asheville Earth Day. We'll be joined by the funky Chicago band Lubriphonic on all of our upcoming dates. The tour wraps up at House of Blues in New Orleans during Jazzfest! Check out our tourdates page for the complete listing.

Sonoma Film Festival - April Tour

2010-03-22T22:34:00.006Z

The Sonoma Film Festival will lead off April 15th at the Sebastiani Theatre with the world premiere of "Coals to Newcastle: The New Mastersounds,from Leeds to New Orleans." This will be the first time the festival will open with a documentary! We'll be making a special trip in for the festivities playing April 15th at Little Switzerland. From there we will be heading to Asheville, NC to kick off our tour at Asheville Earth Day. Check out our tourdates page for the complete listing.

Jamming in the Dam

2010-03-21T14:48:00.001Z

The USA March run finished on Friday night at the Double Door in Chicago. The tour presented Eddie with several opportunities to hone his recently-acquired skiing skills: at Steamboat Springs and Beaver Creek in Colorado, and North Star in Tahoe. We just arrived in Amsterdam and are now resting up in the hotel in preparation for the first of 3 consecutive gigs at Melkweg for Jam in the Dam.

March Tour Has Begun and April Tour Announced

2010-03-04T21:48:00.002Z

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!

NMS Live Q & A at 1pm PST/4pm EST

2010-03-03T20:37:00.000Z

Watch live video from newmastersounds on Justin.tv

Festival News is Better News

2010-02-12T01:10:00.005Z

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!

No News is Good News

2010-02-06T22:44:00.001Z

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

US Tour in March w/ Trombone Shorty

2010-01-12T22:37:00.003Z

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.

Leeds under Snow

2010-01-10T11:11:00.002Z

Been at home for a while, so instead of the usual picture of us mucking about on tour somewhere, here's a shot of Roundhay Park in Leeds taken by Simon on Thursday. The entire UK is also under a blanket of snow, and as usual there's transport 'chaos' and everything is postponed due to 'health & safety'. This is an important and well-established British tradition.

Craig Charles BBC Session

2010-01-02T12:40:00.001Z

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.

Holiday Merch Discount

2009-12-16T19:04:00.005Z

We're throwing a holiday sale on all NMS Merch. Use the code 'holiday' for 20% off your purchase of NMS goods, so buy your favorite NMS fan something they'll love. The discount applies to the copies of 'Ten Years On' & 'Plug & Play' we've added to the store. The discount code is valid through 1/4/2010. Happy holiday shopping!

Live in San Francisco

2009-11-25T14:40:00.003Z

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

Tour Report

2009-11-14T19:53:00.001Z

We've had a great tour, with sold-out shows in NYC and Atlanta. Finishing it off this weekend at Bear Creek Music Festival, then back to UK. We'll be back in the US in March. Keep an eye on the site for tour details.

NYC Triumph

2009-11-09T00:16:00.001Z

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!

2009-11-04T23:59:00.001Z

The new album is indeed out now on itunes, but we also thought you'd enjoy this photo of Joe on the stairs in Richmond VA this morning, day 2 of our US tour. The new CD, freshly pressed, will be on sale at all the gigs (2 weeks before official CD/LP release!)

New album out on itunes this week!

2009-11-01T23:05:00.001Z

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.

Eddie MDs Fantasy Funk Band for BBC

2009-10-31T14:18:00.005Z

Tune in to BBC 6Music tonight from 6pm to 9pm GMT to hear Fantasy Funk Band on The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show.
Listeners voted for their favourite living British player on each instrument. The elected musicians got together yesterday at the BBC's legendary Maida Vale Studios to record a selection of classic tunes - here's the lineup:
Eddie Roberts - guitar, arranger, MD
James Taylor - Hammond organ and piano
Ernie McKone - bass guitar
Mike Bandoni - drums
Snowboy - percussion
Dionne Charles - vocals
John Turrell - vocals
The Haggis Horns:
Jim Corry - saxes, Atholl Ransome - saxes, Malcolm Strachan - trumpet

Eddie will be with Craig for the first hour of the show to talk about the session. You can listen live in the UK on DAB, or online.

November Dates

2009-09-03T19:58:00.014+01:00

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.

Mid-West Dates Added

2009-08-23T01:34:00.001+01:00

We've just added two more cities to our September run, namely Iowa City on Wed 9th and Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thurs 10th. We fly straight from Madrid at the end of our Spain tour to kick off the US run at Moe.Down in Turin, NY on September 4th. Check out the tour page for complete listings.