alt root top ten songs of the week
The Alt Root Top Ten For November 4, 2020
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:
01
How Can You Sing? – Front Country (from the album Impossible World available on Antifragile Music)
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How Can You Sing? – Front Country (from the album Impossible World available on Antifragile Music)
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02
Let Me Tell You What I Think – Ordinary Elephant (single available on Berkalin Records)
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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
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03
Live Until You Die – Suzi Ragsdale (from the E.P. Ghost Town available on CabaRay Records)
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Live Until You Die – Suzi Ragsdale (from the E.P. Ghost Town available on CabaRay Records)
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04
Sit Crooked, Talk Straight – Sam Morrow (from the album Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down available on Forty Below Records)
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Sit Crooked, Talk Straight – Sam Morrow (from the album Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down available on Forty Below Records)
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05
Six Feet Apart – Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters (digital single available on Home Perm Records)
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Six Feet Apart – Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters (digital single available on Home Perm Records)
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06
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
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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
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07
Short-Sighted People in Power – My Politic (from the E.P. Short-Sighted People in Power (A Home Recording) available as a self-release)
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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)
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08
I Am a Coward – Adam Lee (single available as a self-release)
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I Am a Coward – Adam Lee (single available as a self-release)
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09
Stagecoach Sally – Shayna Adler (from the album Wander available on Shayna Adler Music)
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Stagecoach Sally – Shayna Adler (from the album Wander available on Shayna Adler Music)
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10
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
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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
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