Actually, there are very few white artists who make black music, get away with it and stay relevant. For example, Gentleman, Sean Paul and Matisyahu in 2012 have their heyday behind them. Is there finally someone who equals the inviolability of Eminem or Ali Campbell of UB40? Maverick Saber is a young English / Irish singer who is on the eve of an exciting period. Will the public embrace his debut
… album Lonely Are The Brave? His dark-colored, Jamaican accented voice is quite agile and he knows how to forge subjects such as love affairs, police brutality and nostalgia into a credible whole. The reinterpretations of What They Do by hip-hop band The Roots and Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come actually add little to an album that is known production-wise, but still sounds exciting enough. Maverick raps, accompanies himself with a guitar and involves so many genres (hip-hop, r & b, soul, funk) in his music style that he will undoubtedly attract a lot of attention. But can he also keep that attention? (GL)more