As The Low Anthem digs in at work on its next album, NPR has posted the band's Tiny Desk Concert performance, including "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books" off its Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Another song from the album is part of Paste's "Songs for Haiti" project, offering free downloads for those who donate to support relief efforts in Haiti.
As The Low Anthem digs in at work, recording its next album at a former pasta-sauce factory in Rhode Island, NPR has posted the band's Tiny Desk Concert. Gathered around the desk of Bob Boilen, the host of NPR's All Songs Considered, the group performs "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books," off its Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, as well as the songs "Ghost Woman Blues" and "This God Damn House."
Boilen tells of his having seen The Low Anthem at last summer's Newport Folk Festival after having heard the band's "simple, gorgeous and thought-provoking" album. Making that sort of music connect in the bustle of a festival environment isn't easy, says Boilen, but in The Low Anthem's set, "it did, and it won over an awful lot of fans in the process."
It proves true from the spaciousness of the festival stage to the up-close intimacy of the NPR offices. "So grab something warm to drink," Boilen suggests, "gather 'round, and pay special attention to the cell-phone trick at the end of 'This God Damn House'—it's something else."
Read more and watch the performance now at npr.org.
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A recording of "Home I'll Never Be," another track off of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, that the band made available for Paste magazine is now included as part of Paste's "Songs for Haiti" project, offering free downloads from its Download Vault for those who donate or have donated to charities supporting relief efforts in Haiti. Emmylou Harris is also among the more than 200 artists whose work is included. For more information, visit songsforhaiti.com.
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