March Tour Has Begun and April Tour Announced (posted 7 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!
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NMS Live Q & A at 1pm PST/4pm EST (posted 8 days ago)
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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.