this week’s opener (10/4) is:

Maverick Sabre

🔮the vibe…

soulful textured voice that feels like a warm fireplace 🧯

🏡the roots…

London, England📍

📖 the story…

• Michael Stafford (aka Maverick Sabre) was born in London, but grew up in New Ross, Ireland 🇮🇪

• As a teenager, he was mainly interested in hip hop. He would produce beats and rap on them.

  • Eventually he started singing because he needed hooks for his songs.

• He began performing local gigs at 15 in Ireland, but struggled to make traction because of the limited ‘Irish Hip Hop’ scene….go figure!

• It was in his teens that he was discovered by UK hip hop artist Plan B who encouraged him to move to London to pursue music

  • side note: I used to love Plan B. He did a concept album called “The defamation of strickland banks” which was a whole story about a guy unjustly sent to jail 🧼 It’s great.

• Once in London, Plan B helped Sabre enter the local scene, and Sabre dropped his debut single, “Let Me Go” in 2011 (reaching #16 on the UK charts) 📈

• His success grew after releasing his first two albums, “lonely are the brave”, and “Innerstanding”.

  • But for his third album (2019) he chose to release it independently 🎤

• Since this release, Maverick Sabre has been a huge advocate for independent artists

  • He has mentored some of the most promising British artists including Jorja Smith (who he has multiple songs with Sabre)

• Maverick has a new album dropping in 13 days - and it’s set to be 🔥

🎙️ the 🔝 performance…

I used to have it all (live from KOKO) ⬇️

🎧 the 🔝 songs…

good man - spotify / apple music

lay down on me (released today) - spotify / apple music

📇 the rest…

• he is currently touring the UK

• new album, burn the right things down, drops soon

• IG

📩the word…

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