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The Alt Root Top Ten For November 4, 2020
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Giving the yin/yang theory a melody, Front Country bring it back to sunshine/rain reasoning asking ‘how can you sing if you can’t cry?’ on a cut from Impossible World, their recent release, nestled into the #1 spot on the weekly Top Ten for Wednesday, November 4, 2020. For Ordinary Elephant, “Let Me Tell You What I Think” wrote itself, the duo using their voices to draw a line in the sand for voiceless humans around the globe with a new single. Though music makes every attempt to sing a happy song, the climate of the times can peak through. The weekly Top Ten is no exception, with My Politic getting political at home, on the list with the title track to the recent E.P. release, Short-Sighted People in Power (A Home Recording). Suzi Ragsdale balances options in “Live Until You Die”, Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters stand “Six Feet Apart”, and Sam Morrow finds puzzle pieces that don’t fit with “Sit Crooked, Talk Straight” from his recent release, Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down. Rather than going the route of a protest song, Adam Lee turns inward with a tale suggesting self-examination and not finger-pointing on his new single, “I Am a Coward”. This Frontier Needs Heroes has an upcoming (12-13-20) release in Go with the Flow, and on the chart with “South Dakota” joining a western tale from Shayna Adler in “Stagecoach Sally” from her Wander album. Moscow (Russia) based Americana/Roots artist Martin Ruby has an upcoming (11-20-20) release, Heaven Get Behind Me, and offers an advance listen to his soundtracking life’s messes with “Kodachrome Shangri-La” on the weekly Top Ten for Wednesday, November 4, 2020. 

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the alt root top ten for the week:

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How Can You Sing? – Front Country (from the album Impossible World available on Antifragile Music)
 
 
Listen and buy “How Can You Sing?” by Front Country from AMAZON
 
Visit the Front Country website for more information
 
 



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Let Me Tell You What I Think – Ordinary Elephant (single available on Berkalin Records) 
 
 
Listen and buy “Let Me Tell You What I Think” by Ordinary Elephant from Bandcamp
Visit the Ordinary Elephant website for more information


 




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Live Until You Die – Suzi Ragsdale (from the E.P. Ghost Town available on CabaRay Records)
 
 
Listen and buy “Live Until You Die” by Suzi Ragsdale from AMAZON
 
Visit the Suzi Ragsdale website for more information
 

 




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Sit Crooked, Talk Straight – Sam Morrow (from the album Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down available on Forty Below Records)
 
 
 Listen and buy “Sit Crooked, Talk Straight” by Sam Morrow from AMAZON 

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Visit the Sam Morrow website for more information
 



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Six Feet Apart – Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters (digital single available on Home Perm Records)
 
 
Listen and buy “Six Feet Apart” by Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters from AMAZON
 
Visit the Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters website for more information
 
 
 



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South Dakota – This Frontier Needs Heroes (from the album Go with the Flow available as a self-release)
 
Go with the Flow by This Frontier Needs Heroes will be available on Dec. 13, 2020
Listen and buy “South Dakota” by This Frontier Needs Heroes from AMAZON
 
Visit the This Frontier Needs Heroes website for more information
 
 
 


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Short-Sighted People in Power – My Politic (from the E.P. Short-Sighted People in Power (A Home Recording) available as a self-release)
 
 
 
Listen and buy “Short-Sighted People in Power” by My Politic from AMAZON
 
Visit the My Politic website for more information
 
 


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I Am a Coward – Adam Lee (single available as a self-release)
 
 
Listen and buy “I Am a Coward” by Adam Lee from AMAZON
 
Visit the Adam Lee website for more information
 
 






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Stagecoach Sally – Shayna Adler (from the album Wander available on Shayna Adler Music)
 
 
Listen and buy “Stagecoach Sally” by Shayna Adler from AMAZON
 
Visit the Shayna Adler website for more information
 
 
 
 



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Kodachrome Shangri-La – Martin Ruby (from the album Heaven Get Behind Me available on WhistlePig Records)
 
Get Behind Me Heaven by Martin Ruby will be available in November 20, 2020
 
Listen and buy “Kodachrome Shangri-La” by Martin Ruby from AMAZON
 
Visit the Martin Ruby website for more information
 
 

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