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Taylor Swift was a 'phenomenal guest', says Marcus Mumford
Shields Gazette
|November 25, 2025
Mumford And Sons singer Marcus Mumford has said Taylor Swift was “the most phenomenal house guest” when she recorded at his home studio.
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The 38-year-old said Aaron Dessner, who has worked as a co-producer on a number of Swift's albums, had asked him if she could use the studio, with the sessions resulting in Mumford singing on the 35-year-old's song Cowboy Like Me, from the album Evermore (2020).
Speaking to the Table Manners podcast with Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie, Mumford said: “Aaron called at the end of Covid, when it was legal, and said, I’ve got someone I’m working with that needs a studio in the UK.
This story is from the November 25, 2025 edition of Shields Gazette.
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