The New Mastersounds

One of the cornerstone acts of the U.K. retro-soul scene, the New Mastersounds play taut, old-school funk, vintage R&B, and groove jazz with a confident swing that has earned them positive press and led to collaborations with major acts across the globe. The bulk of their recordings are instrumentals, though they've cut sessions with noted vocalists, including Corinne Bailey Rae on 2003's Be Yourself and Lamar Williams, Jr. on 2019's Shake It. After three years sidelined by outside circumstances, the New Mastersounds returned with 2022's The Deplar Effect, recorded when the ba...