The Low Anthem was among the big winners at the 22nd Boston Music Awards (BMA), earning the award for Album of the Year for its Nonesuch debut album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. The awards, which honor the region's finest musicians (The Low Anthem being from nearby Providence, Rhode Island), were presented in a ceremony at the Liberty Hotel in Boston Wednesday night.

"After getting the nominations right this year," says Boston Herald music writer Jed Gottlieb, "the Boston Music Awards followed through by nailing the winners." He describes The Low Anthem's winning album as "a haunting, rootsy romp that rates as one of the best of the year in any state." For more of Gottlieb's coverage of the event, visit bostonherald.com.

The band was not among the night's performers, however, as the trio was on the road for a four-night mini-tour with Josh Ritter. The trip began at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, then headed to the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia the night of the BMA ceremony, up to Western Massachusetts for a set at Northampton's Calvin Theatre last night, and coming to a close tonight at the University of Vermont, Burlington. Up next, the band is up for some Holiday Cheer, a special benefit concert for WFUV, the New York City member-supported radio station, with Rosanne Cash and Mike Doughty, on Tuesday. For more tour information, including the European tour in January, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.