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| Courtesy of Kmeron, Marcus Mumford |
Marcus Mumford, Country Winston, Ben Lovett, Ted Dwane. These are the four names that will be on anyone's good music tasting lips for years to come. After releasing the strongest debut album I have ever grown to love, I can only imagine that the decade will be dominated by Mumford & Sons.
I'm pretty sure that they will be quite pleased with their past week. For a band that formed in late 2007 I doubt that anyone could have predicted that they would be flying so high right now.
As if nominations at the BRITS for British Breakthrough Act and British Group were not enough, they also received Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rock Song. Oh, and within two days they performed live at the Grammys with Bob Dylan and picked up the British Album of the Year award. Now that's what I call a good week.
So, how can four country-dressed boys from West London bring folk back to the mainstream audience?
The exploding banjo rants along with the heart-wrenching mandolin rhythms have created the perfect balance to attract a much wider range of listeners than most. The lads from London have revolutionised the city's music scene showing the world that although N-Dubz and Chipmunk are amazing...they have some other talents too.
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| Courtesy of Kmeron, Ben Lovett |
The album held true British anthems such as 'Little Lion Man' and 'The Cave' which have achieved great success, with the former up for a Grammy award. However, it was the beautifully ability for the album to flow so naturally with such a solid structure throughout and not a weak point anywhere to be seen.
With their powerful and memorable performance at last year's Glastonbury Festival they stamped their place in British music forever. Their nominations at the BRITS were expected by many, and few could disagree with their presence.
They have extended their tour to include several dates in Scotland and Ireland in order to showcase new material for a smaller venue of fans. An intimate headline slot at London's Dingwalls for the Shockwave NME Awards this week will be a great opportunity for fan feedback. They will need to go beyond what is expected of them if they are to produce another world-beating album like Sigh Mo More.
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| Courtesy of The Queen's Hall, Laura Marling |
Folk has been the talk of the musical town recently with singer/songwriter Laura Marling picking up an unexpected British Female Solo Artist award at this week's BRITS. Her follow-up album I Speak Because I Can has touched hearts stretching outside the UK and although she has not been as commercially successful as Mumford, it shows that the genuine musical talents are being noticed in this country. Apologies Cheryl.
Mumford have officially stamped their mark on making folk an incredibly dominating genre in popular music. And I can't see it changing while they're still around. Bring on album number two.
Below are all the nominations for the BRITS 2011 and the 2011 Grammy Awards involving Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling. In bold are the winners of each category.
The 2011 Brit Awards
British Female Solo Artist
Cheryl Cole
Ellie Goulding
Laura Marling
Paloma Faith
Rumer
Rumer
British Breakthrough Act
Ellie Goulding
Mumford & Sons
Rumer Warner
Tinie Tempah
The XX
British Group
Biffy Clyro
Gorillaz
Mumford & Sons
Take That
Take That
The XX
British Album of the Year
Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Plan B – The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Take That – Progress
Tinie Tempah – Disc-Overy
The XX – XX
The 2011 Grammy Awards
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Best Rock Song
Neil Young – 'Angry World'
Mumford & Sons – 'Little Lion Man'
Kings of Leon – 'Radioactive'
Muse – 'Resistance'
The Black Keys – 'Tighten Up'
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