The Mixtape: Warren Maxwell

This week on The Mixtape Charlotte Ryan talks to Warren Maxwell, frontman of Trinity Roots, Little Bushmen and even did a stint in Fat Freddy Drop.

Photo: Image courtesy of Pat Shepherd

Warren Maxwell has made a significant contribution to music both in New Zealand and internationally as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and a driving force behind many musical projects.

Born in Auckland of Tuhoe, Kahungunu, Ngai Te Rangi, and Scottish ancestry Warren started playing guitar aged 6 years, and started joining and forming bands from intermediate school. After studying Jazz at the School of Music at Massey University, he formed a dub reggae trio ‘Trinity Roots’ with some of his co-alumni, and joined soul/funk band ‘Fat Freddy’s Drop’: two of New Zealand’s best loved bands.

Warren continues to perform with Trinity Roots on lead vocals and guitar (following a hiatus from 2005- 2011), and he is the leader of psychedelic blues quartet Little Bushman. Both bands tour extensively nationally and internationally to great acclaim.

Warren is a senior lecturer in the new Bachelor of Commercial Music degree offered at Massey University.