Usually, I am not a very big fan of bands that would be
classified as "folk" anything. Mumford is an exception though. Being
one of my favorite bands, the amount of musical talent they have alone should
be enough to gain the respect of musicians, and music lovers all over the
world. The amount of passion and emotion that they put into their work is
something that you don't find much of these days. Formed in December of 2007,
the band is from London. The band consists of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett,
Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwane. Later in their career, they would be known as
one of the "West London folk scenes", but Mumford insisted they were
neither folk nor a scene, but rather a non-exclusive community. I just chose to
describe them as folk music to give people a general idea of the kind of music
they play. In 2008, the band signed with
Management Company Everybody's which
delivered them to A&R at Island, Louis Bloom. With no record out yet, the
band traveled all around U.K., U.S. and Australia, performing materials which
would later become "Sigh No More". This amount of traveling, they
were steadily gaining followers. It was time to start recording. In May of
2009, the EP “The Cave and the Open Sea” was released. The EP got them some notoriety
, which in turn earned them a record label with Island Records. The first
single off of their first full length album was “Little Lion Man”. The album “Sigh No More” was released in
2009. The album received phenomenal reviews with music critics, and fans of
folk music. People were able to connect with the group. It’s easy to see that
the band is passionate about what they do. Their music also inspired people to
try and learn guitar. All in all, the band is composed of a group of phenomenal
musicians. I would highly recommend checking them out, if you haven’t already.



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