Recently, somebody asked us Music Foggers why we hadn't covered the band The Low Anthem. Though we try, we haven't yet mastered the art of being everywhere all the time! Even when we are as many places as we can be, sometimes we don't catch everyone we want to get on camera while we are there. To be honest, I am sure at some point we have been in the same city as they have, but our paths have not yet crossed. So we had to resort to OPV, other people's video, to bring you today's article. Nothing wrong with that, as it expands the horizons of the possible.
And we are very excited about the following particular development. The Low anthem and Emmylou Harris have been on tour together! Ten cities on the East Coast were treated to this splendor. The Low Anthem regaled the audiences with tracks from their upcoming CD, Smart Flesh, due out on February 22nd. Plus, on many of these nights, Emmy got on stage with the band, taking lead vocal on "To Ohio" from their 2009 album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. And she returned the favor, by inviting the band back out for her encore sets. Sounds pretty simpatico! Emmylou has even asked The Low Anthem to join her at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on December 11th for a Grand Ole Opry performance. Jubilant news indeed. And The Low Anthem has already announced several fall/winter tour dates with more coming soon.
We bring you "To Ohio" from Later...with Jools Holland. We can only imagine what it sounds like with Emmylou Harris. Maybe there will be Other People's Video of that one day, too.
- Jessie Scott
