Today over at Christ & Pop Culture, my latest feature went up. In it, I make a case for the authenticity of Mumford & Sons amidst a sea of hipster/music puritan criticism over the content of their second album. Without giving too much away, the article notes the complexities of “authenticity” and traces the roots of authenticity to a spiritual condition and rejects the culture-specific “authentic” label. For anyone concerned about the roots of true authenticity or as enamored with Mumford & Sons as I am, check this article out. Essentially, it is a case for the sojourner,
“Mumford & Sons have never worked in a coal mine, never lived hand-to-mouth as a starving artist, and never gotten into a bar fight in a small Alabama town (that I know of). Instead, Marcus Mumford and his gang of well-educated Brits were captivated by the stories and sounds of Americana music and made it their own”
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