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Sofa Session: Marcus Mumford

Marcus Mumford plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from his new self-titled solo album.

Marcus Mumford plays a Sofa Session for Jo, including music from his new self-titled solo album.

Deep in the winter of early 2021, Marcus Mumford retreated to the tiny studio on his farm in England with the sole intention of shaking off the writer’s block that had plagued him for months.

Within hours he’d sketched a song called 'Cannibal', an intimate reflection on the sexual abuse he’d endured at age six and the hidden trauma he carried for decades. Having recently begun the work of unraveling years of denial and making his way to recovery, Mumford felt compelled to continue exploring that experience with relentless honesty—a journey that ultimately led to his debut solo album self-titled, an intensely personal, powerfully resonant portrait of healing, forgiveness, and freedom from shame.

Marcus is a founding member of Mumford & Sons, who have topped the Billboard 200 with three of their four studio albums and sold 3.7 million albums in the UK. The band has won numerous awards, including two BRITs, an Ivor Novello award and two GRAMMY’s including Album of the Year.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Confidence Man

    Holiday

    • Tilt.
    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Mumford & Sons

    I Will Wait

    • Gentleman Of The Road / Universal Island.

  • We Are Scientists

    Operator Error

  • Loyle Carner

    Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)

    • Nobody Knows (Ladas Road).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Oasis

    Cigarettes & Alcohol

    • Definitely Maybe.
    • Big Brother Records.
    • 008.

  • Hot Chip

    Broken

    • Freakout/Release.
    • Domino Records.
    • 4.

  • beabadoobee

    The Perfect Pair

    • Dirty Hit.

  • Jack White

    Queen of the Bees

    • Third Man Records.

  • Tori Amos

    Cornflake Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.

  • Jamie xx

    KILL DEM

    • KILL DEM.
    • Young.
    • 1.

  • The O’Jays

    I Love Music (A Tom Moulton Mix)

    • Nile Rodgers Presents Disco Inferno.
    • Warner Music TV.
    • 63.

  • Los Bitchos

    Good To Go!

    • City Slang.

  • Van Morrison

    Moondance

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Sep 2022 19:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2