Mumford & Sons released their second studio album Babel on 24 September 2012, with a track listing of 12 songs, and a deluxe edition containing three exclusive songs. The lead single ” I Will Wait ” premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show on 7 August. On 29 August…
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In April 2011, the group joined Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on the inaugural Railroad Revival Tour , which was inspired by the Festival Express tour across Canada in 1970 that included Buddy Guy , Janis Joplin , The Grateful Dead and The Band…
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On 7 December 2010, in collaboration with Dharohar Project and Laura Marling , Mumford & Sons released an EP album recorded in Delhi, India. The album was recorded in a makeshift studio with traditional Rajasthani musicians and features four collaborations, including multicultural mash-ups of Marling’s “Devil’s Spoke” and Mumford &…
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In their first performance on US network television, the band played “Little Lion Man” on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on 17 February 2010. This appearance was followed by a performance of ” The Cave ” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 26 February 2010. Mumford…
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In a March 2010 interview, Ray Davies announced that Mumford & Sons would be appearing on his forthcoming collaborations album. Marcus Mumford confirmed this in an interview the same month, stating, “I am more excited about that than I have been about anything before in my life”. Mumford & Sons…
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In August 2009, Mumford & Sons signed a licensing deal to Island Records in the UK, to Dew Process in Australia and New Zealand, to Glassnote Records in North America and Cooperative Music in the rest of the world, and through its own label Gentlemen of the Road. Dew Process…
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In February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessi’s Ark , Sons of Noel and Adrian , Peggy Sue and others. June 2008 marked the band’s first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival . They also toured Australia with Laura Marling, whose disinclination to interact with…
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Throughout 2008 and into 2009, Mumford & Sons performed in small to moderate venues in the UK and US, exposing audiences to Love Your Ground tracks and other material that would eventually become Sigh No More . The band finally recorded Sigh No More with Markus Dravs , who had…
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In early 2008, the band began working with manager Adam Tudhope, who, as part of management company Everybody’s, also represents Keane and Laura Marling. It was through Tudhope’s connection that Mumford & Sons was exposed to their future A&R at Island, Louis Bloom, who began monitoring the band. Bloom told…
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Mumford & Sons was formed in December 2007 by multi-instrumentalists Marcus Mumford , Ted Dwane , Ben Lovett , and Winston Marshall . Band members play acoustic guitar, drums, keyboard instruments, bass guitar, and traditional folk instruments such as banjo , mandolin and resonator guitar . The band name originates…
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