Maverick City Music, a popular American contemporary Christian band is set to hold a Kingdom Tour concert in Kenya.
The band known for their uplifting songs will perform in Nairobi on August 17 before moving to Mombasa on August 18, 2024.
Maverick City was founded in 2018 by Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay.
The band which started as a group of songwriters working together has since grown into one of the most revolutionary music collectives in contemporary Christian/gospel music.
The Grammy award-winning gospel group is currently comprised of eight members namely, Alton Eugene, Naomi Raine, Chandler Moore, Brandon Lake, Maryanne J. George, Aaron Moses, Harold Brown, and Joe L Barnes.
According to Maverick City Music founders Tony Brown and Jonathan Jay, their initial plan was not having a full-on music group.
The duo had planned on having their song writers compose songs for other artists as opposed to singing themselves.
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Naomi Raine, one of Maverick City Music’s first members, said in a past interview that they would write the songs, sing and record them but then send them to other artists.
“We got together in a room, sang the songs and recorded it to send out to artists for if they wanted to sing them,” Raine said. “It ended up being this really beautiful music.”
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Naomi also spoke of how the name Maverick came to be.
She highlighted that Tony had texted her the name Maverick City and came into the epiphany of having his writers sing the songs they write instead of having other artists singing them.
“A week later, I got a text from Tony with the name Maverick. ‘What do you think of Maverick City Music? Why do we need to get someone else to sing when we are already singing for it?” Naomi informed.
Years later, Jay and his team have brought together over 100 Christian artists and songwriters — and that effort birthed hundreds of songs.
Jonathan Jay, described Tribl, the force behind Maverick City Music, as an amplifier to the world of worship.
“The heart of Tribl is to be an amplifier to the world of what worship sounds like,” he stated.
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Maverick’s Success and Awards
The Jireh hitmaker released their first EP, Maverick City, Vol. 1 in 2019 which was ranked in the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums.
Their first full-length album, Maverick City Vol. 3 Part 1, was released in 2020. That album garnered even more success, landing at No. 6 on Top Christian Albums and No. 2 on the Top Gospel Albums Chart.
The band is mostly known for singles such as “Man of Your Word” ‘Jireh,” and “Promises.”
In 2022, they were nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Best Gospel Album, and Best Gospel Performance/Song.
According to Raine and another member of the band, Lizzie Morgan, winning was surreal to them for they had never expected to create as many albums as they did, let alone earn one of the most prestigious accolades in music.
“We started in such small spaces, so to see something small that we had no idea was going to be as big as it was really, really special to celebrate all together,” Morgan said.
Raine added that the success could also be attributed to the impact worship music has in the world adding to the great work God is doing through Maverick City and in the church.
“It’s also evidence of the effect that worship music has had on the world in the past few years and what God is doing through Maverick City Music and in the church,” Raine said.
The Kingdom Tour Concert taking place in Kenya, will also feature renowned gospel artist Kirk Franklin who is known to join Maverick City on World Tours.
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