By: Allison Norton
Winner of the ARIA Most Popular International Artist in 2010, Best British Album for Brit Awards in 2011, and Grammy Award Nominee for Best New Artist and Best Rock Song (Little Lion Man) in 2011, Mumford and Sons is rising to the top of the charts and to the hearts of British and American audiences alike.
Bonding over their love for county, bluegrass an folk music, the band formed in December of 2007, in Britain, as a four man group with Clive “Marcus” Mumford as the front man; other members include Ben Lovett, Country Winston, Ted Dwane. They combined a sound like no other, with deep lyrics, a harmony sung by each member, and a variety of instruments played in one given song including: the mandolin, cello, guitar, piano, accordion, drums, banjo, dobro and string bass.
After releasing their EP called Love Your Ground in December of 2008, the fans grew in number. In the coming May of 2009 they released a second EP called The Cave and the Open Sea which then allowed them to produce their first real album. In Britain, their album Sigh No More released in October of 2009 and released in the United States in February 2010. They had their first T.V. performance, on the Late Show with David Letterman on the 17th of February, performing Little Lion Man live.
If you love music as much as I do, you should check out either, White Blank Page or The Cave. Both songs are on the album Sigh No More, as well as the single Little Lion Man. This band will really grow on you, with there genuine sound and beautiful lyrics.
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