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 . Travelling exclusively in vintage rail cars, the three bands performed in six “unique outdoor locations” over the course of a week starting in Oakland , California. Ketch Secor of Old Crow told American Songwriter that “It’s like we left all our baggage at home and just brought our instruments”, often writing new songs while on the train. “We were just on these old rattling rails. It was a railroad odyssey that would have made Woody and Doc tip their hats and blow their whistles,” he says. They appear in the musical documentary Big Easy Express , directed by Emmett Malloy, being made of the trip which premiered March 2012 at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW Film) in Austin , Texas —winning the Headliner Audience Award. The film went on to win “Best Long Form Video” at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Mumford & Sons played at the Glastonbury Festival on Friday 24 June 2011, and then embarked on a North American tour on which they frequently performed songs from the upcoming album. They recorded two songs for Andrea Arnold ‘s adaptation of Wuthering Heights , one of which (entitled “Enemy”) is featured during the closing credits. In June 2012, Mumford & Sons contributed the song “Learn Me Right” with Birdy to the Pixar film Brave .
Joined Railroad Revival Tour
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