Without a doubt, my most anticipated show of the entire festival is the incredible Mumford & Sons. The debut record, by this English quartet, "Sigh No More" has been on heavy rotation since first being introduced to me by the equally amazing 89.3 The Current (Minneapolis/St.Paul) earlier this year. The band is wildly ambitious blend of bluegrass and indie folk pop, with an undeniably infectious sentimentality coupled with the fiery delivery akin to that of early Bill Monroe or the Carter Family. The lyrics tread upon fairly well worn themes of the aching of an unrequited love, loss and the longing there-of, however are dealt to the listener with such genuine anguish and fire that one cannot help but to become fully engulfed in his turmoil and rise to the occasion as a brother in his struggles. And then, in 4 minutes or so, it's over and on to the next track. The record plays like that of an PBS Masterpice Theater episode or perhaps a drug-store paperback, i'm not sure which, but the power in each and every track is infectious. I've run through this record no less than 2 dozen times and am as equally moved each and every time. The reports flooding in of their triumphant set at last weeks Bonnaroo festival have only served to ratchet up the anticipation. Sunday looks to be a fairly intense afternoon of contiguous amazement with The Antlers, The Dodo's, Blitzen Trapper, our blessed heros Mumford & Sons, and Frightened Rabbit finally culminating in the Arcade Fire (the topic of the antagonistic cruelty of the Lolla schedulers placing them across from Soundgarden will be saved for another day...). Ready yourselves for an intense afternoon not unlike that of a southern revival. The following film clip will serve to only minimally convey the power of this band. Enjoy "Little Lion Man".