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News | Mumford & Sons in the final stages of a new album

16 February 2012
By Ellie Rumbold
News | Mumford & Sons in the final stages of a new album

Mumford & Sons have announced that they are in “the final stages” of their new album, following the 2009 debut album Sigh No More. Ben Lovett, multi-intsrumentalist from the band, spoke to MTV News saying: “We are in the final stages, we’re not finished, we don’t quite know the exact tracklisting. We have kind...
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News | Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe train tour documentary announced

4 February 2012
By Lynn Roberts
News | Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe train tour documentary announced

A film about Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show’s railroad trip across America will be debuted at SXSW. Big Easy Express documents the Railroad Revival Tour the bands embarked on in April last year. Playing sold out shows in 6 cities – from San Francisco to...
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News | Mumford & Sons speak out about new album

15 December 2011
By Lynn Roberts
News | Mumford & Sons speak out about new album

Mumford & Sons' Ted Dwane: "Our new album is doom folk, like Black Sabbath meets Nick Drake"
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Live | Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Beirut, The Vaccines, Owen Pallett @ Hyde Park, London, 30 June

11 July 2011
By For Folk's Sake
Live | Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Beirut, The Vaccines, Owen Pallett @ Hyde Park, London, 30 June

Arcade Fire played a pleasing smattering of hits, the best for me being ‘Roccoco’ (lots of good ooh-ing from the crowd), ‘Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)’, which made me a bit teary, ‘Haiti’, ‘Intervention’, ‘We Used To Wait’, ‘Keep The Car Running’ and ‘Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)’. The band have written so many good songs,...
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Tags: Arcade Fire, Beirut, Mumford & Sons, Owen Pallett, The Vaccines
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Mumford & Sons to play gig in aid of AFC Wimbledon

2 May 2011
By Ian Parker
Mumford & Sons to play gig in aid of AFC Wimbledon

It’s been an amazing year for Mumford & Sons. Over a million copies of Sigh No More have been sold. They’ve received Grammy Award nominations and played live on US network televsion with Bob Dylan. So how do you follow that? With a fundraiser for non-league football club AFC Wimbledon, obviously. The band have...
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News: Emily & the Woods reveals new video, and EP launch

21 April 2011
By Lynn Roberts
News: Emily & the Woods reveals new video, and EP launch

A new favourite of ours here at FFS HQ, Emily & the Woods is releasing her second EP ‘Eye to Eye’ on May 4th with a launch party at The North London Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Road. While you wait for the EP, here’s the sweet new video for ‘Steal His Heart’, which features...
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Editor’s picks… Jens Lekman, The Wedding Band, Richard Hawley, The Extra Lens

25 March 2011
By Lynn Roberts
Editor’s picks… Jens Lekman, The Wedding Band, Richard Hawley, The Extra Lens

Some kind soul (/pirate) has put the Mumford & Sons limited edition EP that they recorded as The Wedding Band up on YouTube. It features the Mumford boys wuth Nick Etwell, Callum Lindsay, Jesse Quin, Adam Stockdale and David Williamson. Listen here. >> Mumford & Sons website | Jesse Quin’s band Mt. Desolation ....
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For Folk’s Sake interview: Rachel Sermanni

21 March 2011
By Lynn Roberts
For Folk’s Sake interview: Rachel Sermanni

Rachel Sermanni has just finished a tour of the Highlands supporting Mumford & Sons and is currently in Austin, Texas where she’s performing at SXSW. FFS spoke to her ahead of her gig at the Old Queen’s Head in London last month. Sermanni’s smoky vocals and effortless stage presence belie her young age. She...
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From the archives: FFS interviews Mumford and Sons

12 March 2011
By Lynn Roberts
From the archives: FFS interviews Mumford and Sons

In September 2008, FFS interviewed Mumford and Sons ahead of their Blue Flowers gig at the George IV in Chiswick – where Laura Marling, Jay Jay Pistolet, Noah and the Whale played surprise sets
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Mumford & Sons headline NME/Communion show

8 February 2011
By Lynn Roberts
Mumford & Sons headline NME/Communion show

Communion – run by Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett and Cherbourg alum Kev Jones – have teamed up with the NME to promote a special folk show at London’s Dingwalls. Headliners Mumford & Sons will be joined by Anna Calvi (read our review of her brilliant album), Marcus Foster and new FFS favourite Rachel...
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