Mumford & Sons is an English folk rock band formed in London in 2007, one of the acts that led the early-2010s folk revival. Sigh No More (2009) is the banjo-driven debut that started it all, and Babel took home the Album of the Year Grammy in 2013 — start with either. Shop Mumford & Sons vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Mumford & Sons formed in London in 2007 around Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Ted Dwane, and Winston Marshall. They are widely cited as one of the foundational acts of the late-2000s and early-2010s folk rock revival alongside contemporaries like the Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men, and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. Their 2009 debut Sigh No More became a international hit, with the singles Little Lion Man, The Cave, and Awake My Soul reaching massive audiences. Their 2012 follow-up Babel won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2013. Their 2015 album Wilder Mind marked a creative pivot toward conventional electric rock, with fan and critical division. Winston Marshall departed in 2021 amid political controversy following his Twitter endorsements of right-wing journalist Andy Ngo. They returned in 2025 with Rushmere.
Mumford & Sons's sound combines folk rock, indie folk, alternative rock, Americana, indie rock, and bluegrass with Mumford's distinctive vocal delivery, extensive acoustic stringed instrumentation (banjo, mandolin, double bass), and lyrical content drawing on literary and religious imagery alongside contemporary indie folk songwriting traditions.
Gentlemen of the Road and Island/Glassnote pressings of the Mumford & Sons catalog have been issued in extensive color variant editions and elaborate limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.
Listeners new to Mumford & Sons typically start with Sigh No More (2009) or Babel (2012).
