I may be in denial about my computer being on the blink, but after another hot and muggy Halloween, one thing is frighteningly clear
November 2022
Marcus Mumford review – great songs, but no hoedown
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London For this solo show, Mumford is justified in focusing on his album, one of the year’s best. But the venue and sound do it no favours
September 2022
Marcus Mumford: ‘I didn’t just want to hang traumatic stuff out there and trigger people’
The singer’s unflinchingly honest debut solo album, Self-Titled, addresses the sexual abuse he suffered as a child. He talks about shame, addiction and redemption – and meeting the pope
August 2022
Marcus Mumford: ‘I was sexually abused as a child’
Mumford & Sons frontman has said that his debut solo single is about ‘the first of a string of unhealthy sexual experiences at a really early age’
July 2021
The Tim Dowling column
Tim Dowling: I tell the audience I’m quitting – they don’t get the joke
The band has barely played live in 27 months, and I have forgotten what it’s like to address a crowd
June 2021
Winston Marshall quits Mumford & Sons after Andy Ngo controversy, citing free speech
Guitarist and banjoist prompted backlash in March after supporting Unmasked, Andy Ngo’s book criticising the anti-fascist protest movement, antifa
March 2021
Winston Marshall on break from Mumford & Sons after praising rightwing writer
Marshall said he would ‘examine my blindspots’ after endorsing a book by controversial US commentator Andy Ngo
May 2020
Don’t stand so close: how live music has changed its tune in lockdown
Amy Winehouse's stilettos in Island Records auction for coronavirus
November 2019
Mumford & Sons star: UK needs small venues to nurture talent
Ben Lovett says UK risks falling behind rest of Europe without more grassroots support
May 2019
Tickets: can you trust the new wave of resale sites?
Beat the touts by using big agencies’ fan-to-fan services, or bag a deal at their ‘ethical’ rivals
November 2018
Mumford & Sons review – ambitious tour sets sail on a sea of mediocrity
Mumford & Sons: Delta review – humdrum Mumfords
Mumford & Sons: Delta review – a lightweight lunge for mass appeal
Mumford & Sons on Jordan Peterson, the Grenfell tragedy – and being hated
September 2018
This week's new tracks
This week’s tracks reviewed: The Joy Formidable, Avril Lavigne, Mumford & Sons
The Joy Formidable swagger in with a lip-curled cracker, Avril Lavigne’s back with a meh, while the Mumfords return with another trite radio ballad
March 2018
Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Lady Gaga to feature on Elton John covers albums
The pop and country-themed covers collections of Elton John and co-writer Bernie Taupin’s best-loved material are released on 6 April
June 2017
Ariana Grande among the stars at One Love Manchester – in pictures
The concert for the victims of the Manchester Arena terrorist attack attracts stars including Katy Perry and Take That at the Emirates Old Trafford
March 2017
New band of the week
New band of the week: Phoenix and the Flower Girl (No 145)
The last ever New Band of the Week brings an appropriately phantasmagoric end to the column’s 11-year run
September 2016
A different country: why 2016’s exciting new Americana is Antipodean
From Julia Jacklin to Nadia Reid, a new wave of young Australian and New Zealand-based artists are giving Nashville’s heartland genre a wry overhaul
