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Alt Root Weekly Top Ten 04/16/2025

A stunning 35 years is what Leftover Salmon are celebrating on their upcoming (05-09-25) release, Let’s Party About It and the band spin “Big Wheel” into the peak spot on the weekly Top Ten for Wednesday April 16, 2025. Sidestepping Lamb of God, the band he founded, Mark Morton has a solo release, Without the Pain, featuring Roots music A-listers, including Cody Jinks, Grace Bowers, Jamey Johnston, Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), and Jason Isbell. On this week’s Top Ten, Mark Morton is joined by Nikki Lane on “Down No More” while Suzanne Vega is readying her first album release of new songs in over a decade with the upcoming (05-02-25) Flying with Angels, and making the chart in her role as “Chambermaid”. Station South recruited Dana Fuchs for the Death Valley road-trip recounting in the single “Badwater” while The SteelDrivers offer a tale of vengeance in “The River Knows” from their upcoming (05-23-25) release Outrun, Stephen Simmons sings of “Chasing Headlights” and Marvin Scondo ponders “If Life Was a Boxer”. New singles from Stillhouse Junkies with “Lord Have Mercy” and The Tumblers “Starlight” make this week’s list. Brooklyn, by way of New Orleans. rabblerousers Jackon & The Janks are doing “The Kick” with a track from their upcoming (06-27-25) album, Write It Down, as they dance us off the weekly Top Ten for Wednesday April 16, 2025. 
 
01 Big Wheel – Leftover Salmon (from the album Let’s Party About It available on Leftover Salmon/Compass Records)
 
Let’s Party About It by Leftover Salmon will be available on May 9, 2025
 
Listen and buy “Big Wheel” by Leftover Salmon from AMAZON
 
Visit the Leftover Salmon website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
02 Down No More ft. Nikki Lane – Mark Morton (from the album Without the Pain available on Snakefarm Music Group)
 
 
Listen and buy “Down No More” ft. Nikki Lane by Mark Morton from AMAZON
 
Visit the Mark Morton website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
03 Chambermaid – Suzanne Vega (from the album Flying with Angels on available on Cooking Vinyl)
 
Flying with Angels by Suzanne Vega will be available on May 2, 2025
 
Listen and buy “Chambermaid” by Suzanne Vega from AMAZON
 
Visit the Suzanne Vega website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
04 Badwater featuring Dana Fuchs – Station South (single available as a self-release)
 
 
Listen and buy “Badwater” featuring Dana Fuchs by Station South from AMAZON
 
 
 
 
 
05 The River Knows – The SteelDrivers (from the album Outrun available on The SteelDrivers/Sun Label Group)
 
Outrun by The SteelDrivers will be available on May 23, 2025
 
Listen and buy “The River Knows” by The SteelDrivers from AMAZON
 
Visit The SteelDrivers website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
06 Chasing Headlights – Stephen Simmons (single available as a self-release)
 
Listen and buy “Chasing Headlights” by Stephen Simmons from AMAZON
 
Visit the Stephen Simmons website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
07 If Life Was a Boxer – Marvin Scondo (from the album Road Trip Sessions, Vol. 1 on Treeyo Records)
 
Listen and buy “If Life Was a Boxer” by Marvin Scondo from AMAZON
 
Visit the Marvin Scondo website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
08 Lord Have Mercy – Stillhouse Junkies (single available on Common Loon Records)
 
 
Listen and buy “Lord Have Mercy” by Stillhouse Junkies from AMAZON
 
Visit the Stillhouse Junkies website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
09 Starlight – The Tumblers (single available on Summit Records)
 
Listen and buy “Starlight” by The Tumblers from AMAZON
 
Visit The Tumblers website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 
 
 
10 The Kick – Jackson & The Janks (from the album Write It Down available on Jalopy Records)
 
Write It Down by Jackson & The Janks will be available on June 27, 2025
 
Listen and buy “The Kick” by Jackson & The Janks from AMAZON
 
Visit the Jackson & The Janks website for more band and purchase information
 
 
 

 

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