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Mumford & Sons released a new single “Believe,” confirming earlier reports that the band’s upcoming album Wilder Mind
The album Wilder Mind will be released May 4, 2015.
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Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms and Will Forte fill in for Mumford & Sons in the band’s latest video for the song “Hopeless Wanderer.” The funnymen capture everything Mumfordy about the group, also showing the band has a nice sense of humor. Check it out.
I like the song too.
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Mumford & Sons recently collaborated with Elvis Costello to record Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” They made the recording for Bono’s One campaign to get world leaders to focus on poverty issues as the leader meet in Northern Ireland at the G8 summit.
In this video, Elvis Costello and Mumford & Sons talk about the song before playing it. Check it out.
We have discussed on Chimesfreedom the connection between “The Ghost of Tom Joad” and the work of Woody Guthrie. In the video at the end, you see Costello bring the song back to Woody Guthrie with an impromptu singing of “So Long It’s Been Good to Know You,” whose history we also have discussed.
The new recording of “The Ghost of Tom Joad” is part of a collection of protest songs that you can listen to for free and learn more about on the One website, including songs by Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, The Cranberries, and may others. The collection is listed as “songs that changed the world.”
What do you think of the new version of “The Ghost of Tom Joad”? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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Mumford & Sons will release their new album Babel on September 24 according to the band’s website (although other websites list the date as September 25). But you do not have to wait that long to hear “I Will Wait” off the band’s upcoming second album. They played the new tune in concert last October.
Mumford & Sons bass player Ted Dwane recently told Rolling Stone to expect some darker songs on the new CD than were on the band’s debut Sigh No More, saying the band is “really excited to broaden the spectrum of people’s perception of what we are musically.” It sounds like fans will be excited too.
What do you think of the new Mumford & Sons song? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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