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Marcus Mumford on releasing new music during coronavirus crisis: “We have a responsibility to entertain”

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"Recorded music is so important at a time like this." Marcus Mumford has said artists have a “responsibility to entertain”, after he released two new songs in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.

The Mumford & Sons frontman surprised fans last month by released his powerful charity cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ to raise money for the families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, only days before the UK headed into lockdown.

He followed it up last week with ‘Lay Your Head On Me’, an unexpected collaboration with Major Lazer. Despite the world’s attentions being firmly fixed on the pandemic, Mumford believes that new music can provide a welcome dose of escapism during the darkest of times. “It’s kinda funny releasing songs from

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