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Placenames[link]

United Kingdom

• Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire
• Stow, Lincolnshire, also known as Stow-in-Lindsey
• Stow, Scottish Borders, properly Stow of Wedale
• Stow Bardolph, Norfolk
• Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
• Stowmarket, sometimes abbreviated to Stow
• Stow, Shropshire, also known as Stowe

United States of America

• Stow, Maine
• Stow, Massachusetts
• Stow, Ohio

People[link]

• Alexander W. Stow, jurist
• John Stow, historian
• Randolph Isham Stow, South Australian Judge and Attorney-General
• Silas Stow, politician
• T. Q. Stow, South Australian pioneer Congregationalist, father of Randolph

Establishments[link]

• Stow College, Glasgow, Scotland
• Walthamstow Stadium, nicknamed "The Stow", former greyhound track in East London

Events[link]

• Stow Fair, Lincolnshire, a lost medieval fair

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Robin Millar is a record producer and musician, known variously as ‘The Original Smooth Operator’, ‘The man behind Sade’, and ‘Golden Ears’ [Boy George]. Born in London to an irish father and West Indian mother he has conquered blindness to become one of the world’s most successful ever record producers with over 150 gold, silver and platinum discs and 55 million record sales to his credit. His 1984 production of ‘Diamond Life’ the debut album by Sade was named one of the best ten albums of the last 30 years at the 2011 Brit Awards.

He has worked as a fundraiser for vulnerable people for 30 years and in March 2012 Millar underwent a 12 hour operation to install a bionic retina in his right eye to help research into future treatment for blindness.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.^[1]

Early life[link]

Millar was born with retinitis pigmentosa at St George’s Hospital, which is now The Lanesborough Hotel, Hyde Park Corner.^[2] Despite poor vision he attended attended mainstream state school Enfield Grammar School from 1963–70 and then read law at Cambridge University from 1970-73.^[2]

Musical career[link]

After gaining his law degree,^[3] Millar moved into the music industry initially as a guitarist and artist, putting out records with Atlantic and WEA and working with ex-Velvet Underground singer Nico. He found his niche as a record producer in the early 1980s when he started Power Plant Studios. Power Plant became the most fashionable haunt of the London 1980s music scene. After working with post punk band Weekend in 1982, his breakthrough came in 1984 with seven consecutive Top 10 albums; including Eden by Everything but the Girl, Working Nights by Working Week, and especially the multi-platinum selling Diamond Life by Sade.

Later he produced albums by Fine Young Cannibals (Fine Young Cannibals), Colin Hay (Looking for Jack), Big Country (The Seer), Patricia Kaas (Je te dis vous), Kane Gang, Bhundu Boys and Randy Crawford amongst others. Millar arranged the music for the film, And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...^[4] Millar's song "Rich and Poor", co-composed with Colin Vearncombe, was recorded by Randy Crawford on her 1989 album, Rich and Poor.^[5] His 2003 solo album, Kiss and Tell was released by the Nujaz record label.^[6]

Millar has worked as producer, arranger, musician, songwriter and mixer, with Sting, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Chrissie Hynde, Alison Moyet, Brand New Heavies, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Willard White, Mick Hucknell, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Françoise Hardy, Catherine Deneuve and Malcolm McLaren. His productions have sold over 55 million copies worldwide and have been awarded 150 platinum, gold and silver awards.^{[citation needed]} They have won every major music award including Grammy and Brit Awards.^{[citation needed]}

He is also a champion for vulnerable people and was awarded the 2002 Windrush Award for this work. He has made campaigning records and produced fund-raising concerts as Patron for UNICEF, UNHCR, Oxfam, Nimibian Freedom Fighters, Chilean Solidarity and Oxfam. He is a long-time trustee of The Vietnamese Boat Peoples' Appeal.^{[citation needed]}

Millar trained as a recording engineer, classical and jazz musician and arranger, and has trained dozens of top engineers and producers, including Jim Abbiss the producer of Arctic Monkeys & Adele. He also works as a mentor and inspirational guide to FTSE business leaders and people in the public eye, with famous clients from the world of business, music and politics.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, he produced MP4's version of The Beatles', "Can't Buy Me Love".^[7]

Millar is a patron of The Music Producers Guild, which he helped found in 1987.

Millar is currently executive producer of a major worldwide series of concerts to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Edith Piaf, with shows planned for Carnegie Hall, New York, The Royal Albert Hall London and major venues in France, Germany, Russia, Europe and the Far East. He has been collaborating with Australian singer/songwriter Eran James whom he met through Elton John in 2010

Production credits[link]

In addition to those listed above, Millar's work as a record producer includes credits on the following:-

• Hope and Glory - Tom Robinson Band
• Wonderful Life - Black
• Nouveau Monde - Pierre Schott
• Paris - Malcolm McLaren
• Mickey Hart's Mystery Box - Mickey Hart
• Urban World Music - Hiroshima
• Singles Collection - The Bluebells
• In T.R.O.U.B.L.E. Again - Vic Godard
• Ive Mendes - Ive Mendes
• Sound of the Style Council - The Style Council
• Sungrooves - Mark Riva
• In The House - Dimitri from Paris
• Shev and the Brakes - Shev and the Brakes
• To Touch You - Tyrone Berkeley^[8]
• "My Favourite Town" - POLA ^[9]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

Maverick Sabre (born Michael Stafford; 12 July 1990 in Hackney, London)^[1] is an Irish-English singer-songwriter and rapper.^[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 in the UK Singles Chart.^[3] His debut EP, The Lost Words was released on 7 March 2011, with the single "Look What I've Done" preceding that release the week before.^[4]

Career[link]

Early history[link]

Maverick Sabre was born in Hackney, London.^[2] At the age of four Sabre moved to Ireland, where he grew up in New Ross, County Wexford, but later - following the suggestion of UK singer/rapper Plan B - returned to London to pursue a musical career.^[2][5][6]

2010: Breakthrough[link]

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".^[7] He also featured on rappers Johnnyboy and Intox's 'Propaganda EP' and released his own tracks such as "Lonely Side Of Life" and "Fade Away". 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".^[8] Maverick Sabre also performed on SB.TV with the song "They Found Him A Gun"^[9] and featured in BBC 1Xtra 'Jail Tales' programme, performing "These Walls".^[10] 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 "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.^[11] 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 BBC Two's Later… with Jools Holland.^[12] 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, and performed his song "Let Me Go", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 16 in August 2011.

[edit] 2011-present: Lonely Are the Brave

On 25 July 2011, Maverick Sabre's first single "Let Me Go" was released and entered the UK chart at number 16. He released his debut album, Lonely Are The Brave, on 6 February 2012.^[13] He then released singles "I Need", "What Have I Done To You" and "No One" Maverick Sabre also featured on a remix of his song 'I Need' with rappers Chipmunk and Benny Banks. He then featured on the track 'We'll Never Know' alongside rappers Akala and Logic. On Sunday 29th January 2012, he appeared on the Sunday Night Sessions segment of The Late Show with Joanne Good on BBC London 94.9^[14].

Discography[link]

• Lonely Are the Brave (2012)

References[link]