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Indie band The Low Anthem finds something deeply moving about Charles Darwin’s lonesome quest.
“Set the sails; I feel the winds a-stirring.” So begins thesong “Charlie Darwin” by the rock bandThe Low Anthem. Frontman Ben Knox Miller describes how the band came up with the tune and its darker message, “Who could heed the words of Charlie Darwin? Fighting for a system built to fail.”
(Originally aired November 20, 2009)