The Shady River Bard - The Red Line [Official Music Video]

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"The Red Line" is a piece of raw, urban-folk poetry that maps the geography of despair. The Shady River Bard uses the historical practice of redlining as a jumping-off point to explore how a zip code becomes a destiny. The song's gritty, melancholic soundscape, infused with a persistent bass line, puts the listener directly into the "concrete canyons where the sun don't shine." This isn't just a critique of a historical policy; it's a modern story about how those lines, drawn decades ago, still dictate everything from the quality of schools to the level of police presence, trapping generations in a cycle of systemic neglect. #Redlining #SystemicInequality #UrbanFolk @TheShadyRiverBard