The British group formed in 2007 with singer/guitarist/drummer Marcus Mumford, vocalist and banjo/dobro player, Winston Marshall, vocalist/keyboardist, Ben Lovett, and vocalist/bassist, Ted Dwane.

Mumford & Sons have also helped pre-existing musicians reach a wider audience by bringing folk music back into the mainstream. One such artist is Ben Howard, whose musical career began in 2009.

Nurturing a passion for the folk musics of the British Isles and Ireland with experimental tendencies, they explore the ways in which traditional music holds queer histories, proto-feminist ...