Eduardo Hernández Saucedo—better known as Ed Maverick—taught himself how to play guitar at the age of 16. A year later, in 2018, he signed a major-label deal. It’s easy to hear why. Songs like “Fuentes de Ortiz”, a huge hit from his debut album, shimmer with a melancholy magic that’s a combination of his plaintive strumming and smoky, yearning vocals. There are very few bells and whistles because, quite simply, Ed Maverick doesn’t need them. Instead, he’s armed with just a few chords and the bitter, beautiful truth of life.