Winston Marshall

Winston Marshall: Biography in Details

Who is Winston Marshall?

Winston Marshall is a British musician and songwriter. He is well-known as the banjoist and the lead guitarist of the music band, Mumford & Sons.

The band has other three members consisting of Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, and Ted Dwane.

Marshall has also released popular songs like Little Lion Man, Roll Away Your Stone, The Wolf, and Guiding Light with the band.

Winston Marshall: Age, Family, Siblings, Ethnicity

Winston was born on December 20, 1987, in Wandsworth, London. His full name is Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall.

His father’s name is Paul Marshall, who is a British investor and co-founder of the Marshall Wace hedge fund. Likely, his mother’s name is Sabina De Balkany.

He also has a sister named Giovanna Marshall. Winston was interested in music from a young age. And so he started playing electric guitar when he was just 13 yrs old.

Talking about his nationality it’s British, and he belongs to French and English ethnicity.

Education

Marshall has attended St Paul’s School which is an independent school located in London, England.

Winston Marshall: Career, Professional life

Playing guitar from the age of 13, Winston Marshall has established himself as a successful musician now. He began playing banjo first and introduced banjo to mainstream music.

Many of the banjo players also say that they receive inspiration from Marshall to play the instrument. Likely, he can play bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and dobro, and also provides backing vocals.

Winston released his debut studio album titled Sigh No More in 2009. He realizes it by associating with his London-based rock band Mumford & Sons. Before Mumford & Sons, he was a member of the band, Captain Kick, and the Cowboy Ramblers.

Their album was a hit earning Brit Award in the “Best British Album” category in the year 2011. Similarly, it has 6 Grammy Award nominations, and also a Mercury Prize nomination.

Winston started using Deering Banjo Company’s ‘Deering Eagle II’ model while playing for Mumford and Sons. And so the company also released a new signature model for Winston Marshall.

It was dubbed the “Winston Marshall Signature” model. It is the ultimate touring banjo model as per the British banjo player.

After the huge success of Mumford & Sons, he gets along with a temporary supergroup called Salvador Dalí Parton in 2013. There he has worked along with Gill Landry, Jake Orrall, Mike Harris, and Justin Hayward-Young.

Anton made his first TV show appearance on Live from the Artists Den in 2013. And in the year 2015, he has a keen interest develop towards techno music and electronic dance music.

He has the interest after the night spends with James Ford at a nightclub. Furthermore, he worked with the Austrian DJ duo HVOB and recorded an album called Silk in 2016.

Collaborating with HVOB, Winston released their first single, The Blame Game in 2017. Recently he is working with two band members, Marcus Mumford, and Ted Dwane, with Laura Marling.

Winston Marshall: Salary, Net Worth 2024

This singer’s net worth is around $13 million as of now.

The average salary of a songwriter and singer is about $43,000 per year. So being a singer and songwriter Winston must have good earnings.

Winston Marshall: Rumor and Controversy

In the year 2015, Winston and singer Katy Perry were rumored to be dating each other in Germany. It is said that both went to Germany as per their respective shows and met each other at a nightclub, Schwarz.

Both of them left the party and spent the night at Katy’s private hotel. However, they have confirmed that there was no romance or fling.

Body Measurement: Height, Weight

Winston Marshall stands at a height of 6 ft (183 cm). Likely, his weight is 80 kg (176.5 lbs).

He has shoulder-length dark brown colored hair and dark brown colored eyes. His Chest size is 41″, Waist size is 34″, and Biceps is 14″.

Social Media

Winston is active on Instagram with over 24K followers, over 8.4K followers on Twitter, and around 490 followers on Facebook.

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