Max Wareham & The National Bluegrass Team is our “Featured Artist of the Week”! Tune in each weekday morning at 7:45 AM (ET) to hear our volunteer disc jockey play at least one cut from their upcoming album and then give you a chance to win a FREE pair of guest list passes to see them and opening performers Elsie & Ethan perform live on Friday, June 21st from 8 – 10 PM in the Rockport Opera House!
Max Wareham is a banjo player, songwriter and author from Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and was featured on the Grammy-nominated album “Calling You From My Mountain.” After two years of touring nationally with Peter, Max recorded his own album, Dagommit! The album features Chris Eldridge and David Grier on guitar, Laura Orshaw on fiddle, Chris Henry on mandolin, Mike Bub on bass, Larry Atamanuik on snare drum and guest singer and producer Peter Rowan. “For the album, I wanted to pull from some of the nooks and crannies of the tradition, using effects and arrangements that have largely been forgotten. I wanted to bring back to life some lost qualities of the music in a contemporary setting.” Recorded by multi-Grammy winning engineer Sean Sullivan (Molly Tuttle, Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, Jerry Douglas), Wareham’s commitment to early innovators of the instrument shines on this forthcoming record of soulful original songs, highlighted by the hard-driving chemistry of Nashville’s preeminent bluegrass stars.
Max is currently touring with his band The National Bluegrass Team, featuring international mandolin prodigy Jean-Baptiste Cardineau on mandolin, Sufi poet-turned-flatpicker Ali Telmesani on guitar and multi-instrumentalist Emma Turoff on bass. Their Maine tour presenting tunes from the album (released later this year) includes MidCoast stops in Rockport and Belfast.
Max Wareham and The National Bluegrass Team will perform Friday, June 21st at Rockport Opera House from 8 – 10 PM. Beloved MidCoast musicians Elsie and Ethan (of Springtide) will open. Tickets at rockportoperahouse.org or at the door.
On Saturday, June 22nd the Team will play at Marshall Wharf Brewing Company from 7 – 10 PM. Marshall Wharf Brewing is located at 36 Marshall Wharf, Belfast, Maine. For more information: marshallwharfbrewing.com
DJ Denis will interview Max live via telephone on Friday, June 21st at 8:30 AM!