The Low Anthem is set to close out its tour with Blind Pilot at the Paradise in Boston tonight. Earlier this week, during a stop in Charlottesville, Virginia, the band taped a performance of "To Ohio" for WNRN now on YouTube. The Boston Herald tracks the band's rise to larger venues while retaining the "crackling Americana ethos" fans and critics have come to appreciate. The band has contributed a track to Hard Rock's benefit album to fight hunger and poverty.
The Low Anthem is set to close out its month-long tour with Blind Pilot tonight at the Paradise in Boston, not far from the group's Providence, Rhode Island, home. Earlier this week, during a tour stop in Charlottesville, Virginia, to perform at The Southern, the band stopped by the WNRN studios and performed "To Ohio," off their Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. You can watch the video of the performance on the WNRN channel at youtube.com.
The Boston Herald's Jed Gottlieb spoke with the group's Ben Knox Miller about life on the road, performing songs from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, in ever-larger venues. It's all part of what the Herald has dubbed the group's "'Darwin'-ian evolution."
While the venues may be different, the band remains committed to the what Gottlieb calls "their crackling Americana ethos," and to keeping each set fresh and emotionally honest, that fans and critics alike have come to appreciate about the live shows and the album.
"With both blazing barn-burners and haunting secular hymns," says Gottlieb, "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is destined to make many a critic’s Top 10 list. Yet it manages to retain the endearing lack of polish of the Low Anthem’s live show, a roughshod hootenanny with musicians swapping instruments, spontaneously rearranging songs and generally making a great racket."
There's much more at bostonherald.com.
Next up, the band brings the show to Europe for a few dates, beginning with a sold-out set at The Tabernacle in London on Wednesday and closing with a special Little Noise Session with David Gray at Union Chapel the following week. For more upcoming tour information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
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In other news, the band has contributed an acoustic outtake of the album track "Home I'll Never Be," taken from the recording sessions of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, to SERVE4, an album of rare or unreleased tracks collected by Hard Rock to benefit the WHY organization and its efforts to fight hunger and poverty. Among the other artists on the album are Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello, who have contributed their collaboration "The River in Reverse." You can listen to the tracks and pick up your copy at hardrock.com.
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