New Mastersounds JOURNAL

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.

September Dates Added!

2009-08-22T01:19:00.003+01:00

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.

New Festival Dates Announced

2009-08-06T20:41:00.003+01:00

Hello all! About to take a couple of weeks' summer hols but letting you know we've been added to the bill for Trinumeral Festival near Asheville North Carolina on Saturday September 12th, and also for 'Jam in the Dam' - a 3-nighter at Melkweg in Amsterdam in March, along with Umphrey's McGee and Les Claypool. See the tour page for all details and links.

Philly, All Good, Forecastle & JPF Nomination

2009-07-10T00:24:00.003+01:00

We've been nominated for Best Funk Song of 2009 by the Just Plain Folks Music Organization! Check it out here. We're also wrapping up the 2nd leg of our summer tour this week. Catch us at: TONIGHT: World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA Friday 7/10/09: All Good Music Festival - Masontown, WV Saturday 7/11/09: Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY Sunday 7/12/09: Ottawa Blues Festival - Ottawa, ON For detailed info check out newmastersounds.com

Summer Tour - Bumbershoot, Harvest Fest & Tahoe added!

2009-05-27T23:05:00.003+01:00

We are pleased to announce two more US festival dates: Bumbershoot in Seattle and Harvest Fest in Minnesota. We are also taking a detour from Colorado to Tahoe City on 7/30, to go back to the beautiful River Ranch.
Check out The New Mastersounds on tour throughout the Midwest and beyond. This time we've partnered with Jambase to give away a pair of tickets to each of our our club shows, with the grand prize of two tickets to Bumbershoot. View details of the contest at Jambase.com

For complete live listings check our tour page.

New Orleans 2009

2009-05-09T09:50:00.003+01:00

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.

US Festival Dates

2009-04-30T00:28:00.002+01:00

6/4-6/5 Wakarusa Festival - Ozark, AR http://wakarusa.com
7/10 All Good Summer Music Festival - Masontown, WV http://www.allgoodfestival.com
7/11 Forecastle Festival - Louisville, KY http://www.ForecastleFest.com
7/12 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2009 - Ottawa, ON http://www.ottawabluesfest.ca
8/1 Phamily Reunion - Idaho Springs, CO http://www.phamilyreunion.com
8/2 Funk Fest - Acme, PA http://www.ilovechurchmusic.com
9/4-9/05 Equifunk - Equinunk, PA http://equifunk.com
11/14-11/15 Bear Creek Music Festival http://bearcreekmusicfestival.com/

Free Download of Thermal Bad

2009-03-26T23:31:00.005Z

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

The Fillmore, San Francisco

2009-03-17T21:09:00.004Z

Unless we're mistaken, this is where King Curtis's 'Memphis Soul Stew' was recorded! Good gracious, and there we were playing on the same stage!

Plug & Play US Release & Tour

2009-03-06T20:27:00.001Z

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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