Marcus Mumford, “(self-titled).” With Marcus Mumford as the chief songwriter and patriarchal namesake his band, you wouldn’t be faulted for thinking of Mumford & Sons as a solo project. Yet there are things so personal that are better owned entirely by the person who experienced them. (Self-titled) is an…

Mumford & Sons perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2019. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — One year, they were playing Popscene to a couple hundred people. Fast forward a decade, and they were being handed the John Steinbeck Award by two of the Bay Area’s premier…

Since the release of Wilder Mind in 2015, Mumford & Sons have experimented with breaking out of their folk rock bubble. Their new album, Delta, positions itself as a somewhat experimental, yet entirely familiar, addition to the band’s discography. If Wilder Mind made a stab toward Top 40 alt-rock, Delta doesn’t quite…

Mumford and Sons perform at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on May 30, 2013. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. BERKELEY — “How many of you are students?” Marcus Mumford surveyed the packed crowd at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theatre Thursday night, the second of three consecutive sell-outs for London folk-rockers Mumford & Sons. “How…