Marcus Mumford

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Marcus Mumford, during the Gentleman of the Road stopover in Aviemore , Scotland in 2015

Marcus Oliver Johnston Mumford (born January 31, 1987 in Anaheim , California , United States ) is a British musician , songwriter and front man of the folk rock band Mumford & Sons .

Life

Marcus Oliver Johnston Mumford was born in Anaheim, California , the son of John and Eleanor Mumford, the current leaders of the Christian church organization "Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland" . At the age of six months, his family moved back to Wimbledon , England , where the family originally came from. Together with his future band member, keyboardist Ben Lovett, he attended King's College School before he decided to study Classical Studies at the University of Edinburgh . However, he left the university in 2006 after studying for a year and moved to London, where he performed as a solo artist in a small pub called “Bosun's Locker” and met other musicians such as Noah and the Whale , Cherbourg and Laura Marling .

He then went on tour for Marling as a drummer , where he met the rest of his band Mumford & Sons . Since they all played in different bands and had similar tastes in music, they decided to form their own band with Mumford's lyrics, which he had already written during his time in Edinburgh, and other new songs written during the tour.

After Marcus Mumford was with Laura Marling until around Christmas 2010, he was engaged to British actress Carey Mulligan , who was almost two years older than him, since July 2011 . The two married on April 20, 2012 and had a daughter in September 2015. The second child was born in September 2017.

Discography

As a solo artist

Singles

Guest Posts

  • 2020: Lay Your Head on Me ( Major Lazer feat. Marcus Mumford)

With Mumford & Sons

Quote

"When you write a song, sitting naked on your bedroom floor, it's the most private thing you can do. I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly. Then you do the most public thing possible: You record it and ask people to play it on the radio. It's pretty weird when you hear people singing that private moment back at you. "

- Marcus Mumford at Rolling Stone

"I haven't heard anything that sounds as good as that. I don't mind them. A lot of fucking people hate them in England. I think it's the waistcoat and facial hair. I don't mind them. I think that guy's got a good voice ... I wish I had written that song. That's the biggest compliment I can pay whoever wrote that. "

- Noel Gallagher on the song The Cave , written by Marcus Mumford

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jared Sagal interviews Mumford and Sons EXCLUSIVE !!! on YouTube from June 4, 2010, accessed November 27, 2011
  2. ↑ Rick pearson: The bookshop band Mumford & Sons on thisislondon.co.uk from September 11, 2009, accessed November 27, 2011
  3. ↑ Rick Pearson: Mumford & Sons: How a British Folk Band Became (Almost) as Popular as Justin Bieber on theatlantic.com on May 11, 2011, accessed on November 27, 2011
  4. ↑ Annett: Interview with marcus mumford and ben lovett on roteraupe.de from November 25, 2011, accessed on November 27, 2011
  5. ↑ Lynn Roberts: From the archives: FFS interviews Mumford and Sons on forfolkssake.com, September 23, 2008, accessed November 27, 2011
  6. ↑ Katie Nicholl: It's Mumford and Fun as Carey Mulligan dates folk singer on dailymail.co.uk of March 28, 2011 (English), accessed November 27, 2011
  7. ↑ Colin Robertson: Marcus Mumford to marry Carey Mulligan on thesun.co.uk of July 26, 2011 (English), accessed November 27, 2011
  8. ↑ Katie Nicholl: Mumford and wife: Carey Mulligan and her folk star are married among the hay bales in a barn - by groom's father on dailymail.co.uk April 21, 2012, accessed April 23, 2012
  9. ↑ Emma Powell: Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford name their daughter Evelyn
  10. ↑ Austin Scaggs: Marcus Mumford on Backing Dylan, Naked Songwriting and Why Arcade Fire Rule His World on rollingstone.com, March 4, 2011, accessed November 27, 2011
  11. ↑ Noel Gallagher: 'I wish I had written Mumford & Sons'' The Cave '' on nme.com from August 12, 2011 (English), accessed November 27, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Mumford, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mumford, Marcus Oliver Johnston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, songwriter and front man of the folk rock band Mumford & Sons
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Anaheim , California, United States