The Lumineers’ meteoric rise in the music business is no ordinary success story…
The Denver based folk-rock band just released its first full album in April, after signing a management deal the prior Spring. The self-titled record turned out to be a simple, kind of quiet folk album that featured some cello, some accordion, you know the deal, girls really like it. But it rocketed up the charts almost immediately, and by mid-summer the feel-good sing-along single Ho Hey had sold over half a million copies.
It leaves music junkies like me pondering how it worked out for them like it did, while other talented musicians continue to slog it out and fight tooth and nail for every scrap of publicity and notoriety they can get. Continue reading