Maverick Sabre

Maverick Sabre
Maverick Sabre
Birth name Michael Stafford
Also known as Maverick Sabre
Born 12 July 1990 (1990-07-12) (age 21)
Origin Hackney, London, United Kingdom
Genres Soul, Post-dubstep, Reggae fusion, Hip Hop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Rapper
Years active 2008 – present
Labels Mercury
Associated acts Professor Green
Chase & Status
The Streets
Website mavericksabre.com

Maverick Sabre (born 12 July 1990)[1] is an English/Irish vocalist and rapper, born in Hackney, London in England.[2] Associated with genres such as R&B and Folk, Sabre is known for his eerie vocals and guitar playing. In January 2011, Sabre appeared on Professor Green's single Jungle, which peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] His debut EP, The Lost Words released on 7 March 2011, with the single "Look What I've Done" preceding the release the week before.[4]

Contents

Career

Early history

Maverick Sabre was born Hackney, London, England.[2] During his childhood Sabre moved to Ireland, where he grew up in New Ross, County Wexford, but later returned to London to pursue a musical career.[2]

2010: Breakthrough

His career began in 2008 when he appeared on the album Sense The Terror by Irish rappers Terawrizt and Nu-Centz. Sabre appeared on two tracks: Lucky and Used To Blame.[5] Sabre furthered his career in 2009 when he featured on Jermicide & Danny Digg's album Middle Class, collaborating on three tracks: Afraid, Where We Go and Still With Me.[6] Sabre then returned to working with his earlier cohorts, featuring on Terawrizt's album Written in Stone and Terawrizt & Nu-Centz' album Sense The Terror 2, appearing on tracks such as Life Fly By. On 25 November 2010, Sabre released his debut mixtape, The Travelling Man, in the United Kingdom. The release was a free digital download and featured the track Sometimes along with a promotional video to accompany the song. On 6 January 2011, Sometimes was released as a promotional single without rapper Wretch 32. Sabre guested on drum and bass duo Chase & Status's second studio album No More Idols, on a track entitled Fire In Your Eyes. He also features on Sleepless, a song regularly performed live by Chase & Status, however no studio version has been released to date. Sabre featured on Professor Green’s fourth single Jungle, released on 1 January 2010, which was featured on the album Alive Till I'm Dead.[7] The single debuted at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 31 the following week.[3] On 28 February 2011, Maverick released his debut single Look What I Done, taken from the extended play The Lost Words, released on 7 March 2011.[4] On 19 April 2011, Sabre performed with a live band on BBC2’s Later… with Jools Holland.[8] After his performance of Oasis's Wonderwall on Chris Moyles' BBC Radio 1 Comic Relief show, Maverick's extended play The Lost Words reached number 2 in the iTunes Store Top Ten Songs chart. In 2011, he also appeared on The Script's Science & Faith Tour supporting the Irish band on their sell out tour and performed his future hit 'Let Me Go' which entered the UK Top 40 singles chart at number 16 in August 2011.

2011-Present: Lonely Are the Brave

On 25 July Maverick Sabre's first single "Let Me Go" was released and entered the UK chart at number 16. He will be releasing his debut album, Lonely Are The Brave, on 30 January 2012.[9]

Discography

Studio albums

Album Title Album Details
Lonely Are the Brave

Extended plays

Album Title Album Details
The Lost Words

Mixtapes

Album Title Album Details
The Travelling Man[10]
  • Released: 25 November 2010

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[11]
IRE
[12]
"Let Me Go" 2011 16 46 Lonely Are the Brave
"I Need" 18 32
"No One" 2012

As featured artist

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
UK
[13]
2011 "Jungle"
(Professor Green featuring Maverick Sabre)
31 Alive Till I'm Dead
"In the Air"
(True Tiger featuring Professor Green & Maverick Sabre)
52

Promotional singles

Year Song Album
2011 "Sometimes" The Travelling Man
"Look What I've Done" The Last Words
"Where We Gonna Go"
"Give Me A Reason"

Guest appearances

Year Title Album Artist
2010 "Afraid" Middle Class Jermicide & Danny Diggs
"Where We Go"
"Still With Me" Jermicide, Danny Diggs & Johnny Roulette
2011 "Fire In Your Eyes" No More Idols Chase & Status

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