The Low Anthem is currently touring the East Coast of the United States with singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne. After a performance at The Egg in Albany, New York, Monday night, the Albany Times Union favorably compared the band to its tour partner, describing The Low Anthem's efforts as "even more spare and just as magical." Reviewer Michael Eck cites the "hushed, hypnotic way" in which the band's music exudes its charm, recognizing its mix of "high art with slacker wisdom on tunes like 'Charlie Darwin' and 'Ticket Taker.'" He concludes: "[A]ny band that mashes Blind Willie McTell's sweet Georgia blues with a Fat Possum Mississippi groove is welcome back anytime." To read the review, visit timesunion.com; for upcoming tour dates, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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The band helped celebrate the 25th anniversary of West Virginia public broadcasting's Mountain Stage, along with Rachel Yamagata, Joan Osborne, and others, in a special concert event last December, now streaming online. "All of them play various instruments," says the show's host, Larry Groce, in his introduction of the band members, Ben Knox Miller, Jeff Prystowsky, and Jocie Adams. "They play very subtle music, very quiet, very thoughtful, very interesting tunes."

The group, making its Mountain Stage debut, performs songs from their album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, due to be released in an updated version on Nonesuch later this spring. The set includes the album tracks "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books," "Home I'll Never Be," "Ticket Taker," and "Charlie Darwin."

To listen to The Low Anthem set, visit npr.org.