LOCAL/LIVE Max Niemann & The Fellow Travelers 11/26/24
POSTED:: November 21, 2024
FILED UNDER:: In-Studio Performances, Local/Live
Join Poundcake Punk DJ Maggie Iken and Music Director Sid McCain for another session of Local/Live with Max Neimann and the Travelers
Roaming a sonic trail blazed by country punks and folk poets immemorial, pre-Dylan on up through Tweedy and Lenderman, Max Niemann packs a punch that’s as heartfelt as it is biting. Following in the footsteps of the American troubadour lineage, he beckons it into the present with songs that are as likely to strike a chord with the modern metropolitan as they are the lonesome wanderer. With his ever-evolving band of Fellow Travelers at his side, the group provides rustic and rollicking backdrops for the hard-nosed yet intimate stories of joy, suffering and striving that occupy Niemann’s songs.
Over the last few years, much of Niemann’s focus has been dedicated to fronting the rowdy rock ‘n’ roll band, Diet Lite, whose sharp wit and electrically energetic live sets have garnered the band a dedicated following across the Midwest and beyond. As he begins to ramble out in a new direction, Niemann’s performances tap into much of the same passion, opting however for lush Americana over rambunctious rock. Well, for the most part, that is.
Max & The Fellow Travelers’ debut release, “The Fellow Travelers,” is out now and available to stream wherever you listen.
Local/Live is engineered by Nick Elert and produced by Sid McCain and Maggie Iken. Hospitality is provided by Cedar Teeth Pizza.
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