The New Mastersounds: Behind 26 Years of FUNK with Eddie Roberts

In Episode 29 of the Music Festivals Podcast, I talk with Eddie Roberts about his long and amazing musical career, from his beginnings in Jazz to the formation of his funk band The New Mastersounds. In 2024, they celebrated their 25th anniversary as a touring band. Eddie is a Welsh-born guitarist, music producer and entrepreneur, and The New Mastersounds are one of this year's headliners for the upcoming Whippersnap Music & Arts Festival that will happen at the Florida Sand Music Ranch in Brooksville, FL from February 19th - 20th, 2025. In the conversation, you'll get the history of the band and learn when and why Eddie chose to make the move from the U.K. to the U.S. We get into the band's line up of members, how they approach studio recordings, some of their notable live performances, favorite venues and so much more. We dig into their 2025 U.S. tour that includes a stop at the 4848 Festival held in Snowshoe WV, and how Eddie got to know the guys from Greensky Bluegrass which helped land that gig. You'll even hear a surprising story about how Eddie fell in love with sailing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎙️Key Moments in our Conversation 🎙️ 03:50 Opening for Gray Boy All Stars in Chicago 07:12 Smooth Transition: Joe Joins Band Effortlessly 10:41 Back to Basics: Four-Piece Band's Fresh Return 16:20 "Reminiscing Bear Creek Festival Atmosphere" 18:07 Brooksville Music Fest Weekend Preview 20:21 Weekly Podcast Growth and Thanks 🫠 About The New Mastersounds 🫠 Website: https://www.newmastersounds.com Tour: https://www.newmastersounds.com/tour Instagram:   / newmastersounds   Facebook:   / newmastersounds   YouTube: ‪@newmastersounds‬ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1DJVv... Apple:   / the-new-mastersounds   Merch: https://www.newmastersounds.com/shop-1 🌴 About Whippersnap Music & Arts Festival 🌴 https://www.whippersnapfest.com/ https://floridasandmusicranch.com/ https://www.whippersnapfest.com/whipp... 🎟️ Win Festival Tickets -- Sign up for The Neighborhood Newsletter 🎟️ Website: https://musicfestivalspodcast.com/ 🔎 Find NeighborN8 🔎 Instagram:   / neighborn8fests   Request coverage: https://musicfestivalspodcast.com/con... ------------------------ 🙏 Production Credits 🙏 Music Festivals Podcast is a Production of NRMedia Group, LLC https://www.nrmedia.biz/ Title sequence music bed Holly Bowling from Dark Star Jubilee 05/25/24. Holly's Website: https://www.hollybowling.com/ Stream the set on Nugs: https://bit.ly/holly-bowling-set-DSJ24 Closing Music Bed Created by NeighborN8 with help from Suno AI https://suno.com/me 🎥 B-Roll Credits 🎥 @‌FunkCitynet The New Mastersounds at Whippersnap Music and Arts Festival, 2-22-24    • The New Mastersounds,  LIVE SET 1, Whipper...   @‌universityofleeds Aerial Campus Tour of the University of Leeds    • University of Leeds: Aerial campus tour   @‌ebjazz93 Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, "Hot House" at DuMont Television, 02/24/52    • Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, "Hot Hou...   @‌LADDHOOVER Greyboy Allstars (Part 1) 03/20/99    • GREYBOY ALLSTARS (Part 1) 3/20/99   @‌yurly555 San Francisco City Tour    • San Francisco City Tour...   @‌steveroth116 New Orleans 2014    • New Orleans 2014   @‌aljazeeraenglish US Extends Coronavirus Travel Ban to UK, Ireland    • US extends coronavirus travel ban to UK, I...   @‌tomyaley7877 The New Mastersounds, “The Vandenburg Suite”, 3/29/24 Cervantes, Denver, CO    • The New Mastersounds, “The Vandenburg Suit...   @‌4848festival 4848 Festival 2024 Recap    • 4848 Festival // 2024 Recap   @‌wondergrassfestival Daniel Rodriguez - "Steal The Night Away" Live from RiverWonderGrass June 2024    • Daniel Rodriguez - "Steal The Night Away" ...   @‌whippersnapfest Whippersnap 2024 Recap    • Whippersnap 2024 Recap