Good News Wednesday

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Vernon hears about what's making you smile on Good News Wednesday. Plus two listeners take on Vernon's mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, Vernon delves into the BBC archives for Vernon's Vault and there are two more selections from Mumford & Sons' frontman Marcus Mumford in Tracks Of My Years. Born in California in 1987, then raised in Wimbledon, Marcus Mumford began making music from a young age and first met his future Mumford & Sons bandmate Ben at school. He went to Edinburgh University and began writing music there, but left after a year to return to London and focus on music, playing drums with Laura Marling. The band Mumford & Sons formed in 2007, at a time where a British folk scene was blooming. Their 2009 debut album Sigh No More sold more than a million copies in the UK, earned them a BRIT award and reached #2 in both the UK and the US. In 2013 they headlined the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury and won Album of the Year at the Grammys. The band performed in the Radio 2 Piano Room in January this year, shortly before releasing their latest album Prizefighter - which became their fourth UK chart-topping record. Mumford & Sons are touring globally this year, with one huge UK show at London's Hyde Park on Thursday 4th July. A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.