Apr
Why Mumford & Sons' Winston Marshall is going to change his tattoo and stop going by the nickname "Country Winston"
- GQ: Why the word "tour" [as a tattoo]?
- Winston Marshall: Um, because I love tour.
- GQ: Not "touring"? Not even "tour!" with an exhortatory or celebratory exclamation mark? Could you only afford the four letters?
- WM: Yeah, at the time... [He grins.] I'll add the 'ing' now. I know it's not very imaginative.
- GQ: While we're at it, why the nickname "Country"?
- WM: I'm not up for it any more; I'm going to change it. It was from an old band where we had pseudonyms. I kept it because I thought it was fun. There was Hillbilly Harry, Duvet Crocket, Kid Fiddler... The problem is, at the time, for me, country music meant bluegrass. Now I've spent time in America I've realised I don't actually like country music.
Dec
To celebrate the end of a successful year and as a gift to all my followers, Mumford & Sons Blog has put together a playlist of some of the best Mumford & Sons concert highlights of 2012. This collection is comprised of high-quality tracks that represent a wide variety of performances from throughout the year. Here is the track list:
- Babel (Kevin & Bean’s Breakfast with Mumford & Sons)
- I Will Wait (US Stopover Compilation, Portland)
- Roll Away Your Stone (Pinkpop Festival)
- Not With Haste (iTunes Festival)
- Below My Feet, feat. Harry Cargill/Guitar (Southside Festival)
- White Blank Page (Pinkpop Festival)
- Timshel (In:Demand Uncut)
- Little Lion Man (US Stopover Compilation, Bristol)
- Lover of the Light (Live on Letterman)
- Thistle & Weeds, feat. Harry Cargill/Guitar (Hurricane Festival)
- Lovers’ Eyes (iTunes Festival)
- Ghosts That We Knew, feat. Ross Holmes/Fiddle (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
- Awake My Soul (CD102.5 Big Room, Columbus)
- Whispers in the Dark (Live at The Wireless, Sydney)
- Dust Bowl Dance (iTunes Festival)
- The Cave (Rockness Festival)
BONUS TRACKS - Tessellate, orig. Alt-J (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Special)
- Reminder (In:Demand Uncut)
- Where Are You Now (Kevin & Bean’s Breakfast with Mumford & Sons)
- The Boxer, orig. Simon & Garfunkel (with Emmylou Harris and Jerry Douglas, CMT Crossroads)
- Lover of the Light [Stripped Down Version] (In:Demand Uncut)
- Not In Nottingham (Marcus Mumford & Taylor Goldsmith, M&S and Friends Daytrotter Session)
- If I Needed You (with Emmylou Harris and Jerry Douglas, CMT Crossroads)
- Awake My Soul, feat. Dawes and Jerry Douglas (US Stopover Compilation, Dixon)
Click here to download the Mumford & Sons 2012 Concert Highlights collection now! Please note that all images used in the album art are copyright James Marcus Haney.
For a huge selection of full Mumford & Sons concerts and performances from 2009 to the present, click here to explore the Download Finder on Mumford & Sons Blog.
Congratulations to Mumford & Sons for a successful 2012, and here’s to an even more incredible 2013! Happy new year to all!
Sep
Do you know where I can download songs by Captain Kick and the Cowboy Ramblers?
Hello there! I have just updated the download link on my original post, so you should now be able to download all six tracks from there. Any previous reblogs will no longer work.
Some of you may be asking, “Who are Captain Kick and the Cowboy Ramblers, and why are they relevant to Mumford & Sons Blog?” Well, CKatCR was the band Mumford & Sons’ banjoist Winston Marshall was in prior to Mumford & Sons. Some other CKatCR members you may recognize are Noah and the Whale’s Tom Hobden and Charlie Fink, King Charles, and Harry Cargill, formerly of Matthew and the Atlas, who played for Mumford & Sons during their 2012 European summer festival tour while Marcus Mumford’s hand was broken.
Here’s a photo of CKatCR at their first ever gig, courtesy of the band’s myspace page:
That is Winston Marshall in the middle.
Thank you for the question!
Jul
Awake My Soul
“Awake My Soul” | Mumford & Sons | Hurricane Festival 2012 Highlights
Click here to download this track and other highlights from Mumford & Sons’ 2012 Hurricane Festival set!
Jul
Harrison Cargill performs with Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on 14th July 2012.
Photo © Rui M. Leal.
Jul
Harry Cargill performs with Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on 14th July 2012.
Photo © Pedro Figueiredo.
Jul
Mumford & Sons perform in Ancona, Italy on 4th July 2012. This video features the band performing a bit of “Winter Winds” and the whole of an epic “Dust Bowl Dance.” Enjoy!
Jul
Ghosts That We Knew
“Ghosts That We Knew” | Mumford & Sons | Hurricane Festival 2012 Highlights
This track will be on Mumford & Sons’ upcoming album, Babel.
Click here to download this track and other highlights from Mumford & Sons’ 2012 Hurricane Festival set!
Jul
Mumford & Sons perform the song “Below My Feet” from their upcoming album Babel at Rock Werchter in Belgium on 30th June 2012. The audio is terrific in this video!
Click here for photos, videos, interviews, and more from Mumford & Sons’ appearance at Rock Werchter 2012.
Jul
Mumford & Sons perform at Optimus Alive in Portugal on 14th July 2012.
Photo © Filipa Oliveira.
Jul
Harry Cargill plays with Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on July 14, 2012.
Photos © Dumitru Tira.
Jul
Harrison Cargill joins Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on July 14, 2012.
Photo © Pedro de Castro Photography.
Jul
Mumford & Sons perform at Optimus Alive in Portugal on July 14, 2012.
Photos © Conceição Pires.
Jul
By request, more shots of Harrison Cargill performing with Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on July 14, 2012.
Photos © Conceição Pires.
Jul
Harry Cargill joins Mumford & Sons at Optimus Alive in Portugal on 14th July 2012.
Photos © Diogo Rodrigues.
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