New Mastersounds NEWS

USA July Tour Dates Announced

2008-05-15T00:36:00.001+01:00

Our next American adventure starts on July 9th on a riverboat in NYC and finishes in Louisville Kentucky on July 27th. Check the tour page to find out where we're playing in between.

Jambase.tv Interview

2008-03-24T00:31:00.002Z

Follow the link to the video interview recorded for Jambase at Langerado Festival, in which members of the band discuss what it's like playing at festivals.

Relix Radio Interview Now Online

2008-03-19T10:31:00.002Z

Listen Here to the Relix Radio podcast interview that we did at Langerado Music Festival, featuring an extremely silly acoustic version of the new abum track 'Hole in the Bag'

WKCR Interview

2008-03-17T09:47:00.003Z

Follow the link to the NMS interview on WKCR broadcast live before the Sullivan Hall show in New York City. Featuring exclusive previews of new album tracks, fresh from Eddie's virtual mixing desk. Also check out Friar Funk's show Night Train on WKCR.

MOJO MAGAZINE APRIL

2008-03-04T19:54:00.001Z

Next month's MOJO magazine comes with a free CD - "The New Dictionary of Blues and Soul," a 'hand-picked collection of modern day grit 'n' grooves' featuring tracks by The Sugarman Three, Sharon Jones, James Hunter, Eli Reed, Watermelon Slim, and... The New Mastersounds. Here's what Mojo's editor has to say about how he made the selection: "While every artist represented here is unique, all of them share a love of roots music that reverberates through their own performances." Precisely!

Daptone Doppelgangers

2008-02-20T08:56:00.002Z

Interesting feature on the excellent All Music blog. Now that elements of the classic funk/soul sound are showing up again on mainstream records, journalists are starting to connect the dots. It's a shame Top of the Pops was axed from BBC1 - they'd surely have had us on there miming to One Note Brown.

NMS Feature on Jambase.com

2008-01-17T00:28:00.000Z

Read the article about NMS on American music website Jambase.com

Feast of Love

2007-11-12T14:06:00.001Z

This apparently rather charming film, starring Morgan Freeman, is on general release in the UK this month. If you stay for the end credits you'll hear our track 'Your Love is Mine' featuring the vocal delights of Corinne Bailey Rae. The song was originally released on our 2003 album 'Be Yourself' and then again as a single in 2006.

Simon records with Corinne Bailey Rae

2007-11-03T22:42:00.001Z

Simon played drums for Corinne Bailey Rae on a recording session for BBC Radio One's 'Established 1967' album. High profile artists were approached and asked to pick a tune from a particular year to cover. Corinne had chosen the 2006 Raconteurs track 'Steady as She Goes'. Also on the recording were ex-NMS organist Bob Birch, Roughneck bassist Neil Innes, and Ben Barker - from the Haggis Horns - on guitar. The session was recorded at Hall Place Studios in Leeds by NMS regular engineer Richard Formby.

(photo: Corinne jamming on Simon's drums in between takes)