★★★★★
O2 Shepherds Bush After taking two years out to experience life before the release of his second album, you could almost feel how good he was feeling on the night as his enthusiasm and positive vibes washed over the crowd. The break left fans eager to hear what the singer will be bringing to the table next and the lucky audience in the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire were able to get a taste...
- www.music-news.com
2014-11-07
★★★★★
Michael Stafford is a hard man to place. A Londoner raised in the south-east of Ireland, he crams reggae, no-holds-barred soul and jazzy hip-hop into his repertoire when he sings as Maverick Sabre. His slickly produced debut album seems precision-tooled for crossover success - the next single "No One" brazenly echoes Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" - but somehow it doesn't feel cynical...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2012-02-09
★★★★★
While the title of this debut album is certainly an astute, if elementary, observation, its contents can't claim kinship with the sentiment. Not that anything here offends: throughout, our protagonist mixes not-so-gritty street tales with a fusion of pop-soul, rap and reggae tropes which tick myriad mainstream boxes...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-02-06
★★★★★
Ever since Maverick Sabre appeared on Professor Green's Jungle - a snarling dystopian view of modern urban landscapes - there was a sense that this was an artist that would not only go places, but stand out from the rest of the pack. For 21-year-old Michael Stafford, born in Hackney but raised in Ireland, there's a richness and collective wisdom to the creation 'Maverick Sabre' - like all great musical personas, Sabre speaks as the voice of the people, a mouth-piece for the many...
- www.musicomh.com
2012-01-16
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