Musically Mumford And Sons keep close to the roots of folk and bluegrass, but cleverly translate the songs into a wider world of the popular. Not in the throw away sense of the word, in the true sense of the word.
The band formed at the tail end of 2007, when Marcus Mumford met banjo player Winston Marshall at the infamous West London folkster hangout Bosun’s Locker on King’s Road. The pair discovered a shared joy of bluegrass and country music, and quickly added Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane into the cocktails that brings to life the lyrics Mumford had been penning.