The Lumineers review – oak-aged folk without the frills

O2 Academy Brixton, LondonThere’s nimble playing and harmonising from this popular trio, but their leading man has surprisingly little charismaLike Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers have adopted a strand of rootless country-folk that has no geographical connection to Nashville. Founding members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites grew up 25 miles from midtown Manhattan, in northern New Jersey, but their affinities lie with the rawboned and the homespun, with crumpled hats and swept-back Nashv...

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