Welcome to Frank Edwin's 11/14/2021 Salad Bar🥗Top 100 weekly inclusive feast where we invite you to Chow Down on a fresh variety of tasty musical artist cuisine. Romaine Calm - Turnip the Beet - Find Inner Peas.
The Top 100 has just a small sampling of the artists worldwide that have music we enjoy sharing. We literally can't keep up with the number of new songs released weekly and new to us artists we are discovering on a daily basis from a plethora of sources.
There are currently over 200 songs waiting to debut on the buffet. To facilitate the opportunity of having more songs join the chart we are now giving 6 songs each week the special designation of #1 Salad🥗Song.
#1 Salad🥗Song: Dillbilly - Chaparral
Dillbilly (pronouns: they/them) is a genre-queer songmaker living in southeast Ohio. We are pleased to bring the title track of their tenth studio recording „Chaparral” to the apex of our musical feast in its 13th week on the chart giving Dillbilly their first #1 Salad🥗Song. On their bandcamp page we read:
"Raised in a rural trailer park near the Ohio River, Dillbilly grew up surrounded by cornfields and grain silos. More southern than midwestern, they were reared in the values of small-town life—but being queer in southern Indiana was not always easy. As soon as they finished high school, they went off to music school, embarking on a 20-year journey living in some of the most beautiful places. At 18, they won a piano scholarship that sent them to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Over the past two decades, they have been performing across North America, releasing nine full-length albums and contributions to soundtracks for movies and TV under their birth name. Most of those releases were self-recorded and self-produced. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2015, they have renamed their musical self.
“Dillbilly is an homage to where I come from,” they explain. “It’s an honoring and an uncovering of the complexity in growing up queer and non-binary in the Bible Belt. After I moved to Oakland, the community of artists I found really fortified and expanded what I thought was possible musically. I started to believe in the abundance of my wildest dreams. The permission to be my full self also helped with this. I was in a community that was able to see me how I’ve always seen myself…non-binary. Oakland empowered me to call myself by my true name (and pronouns).”
Written primarily in Maine, Indiana, and California, Chaparral [the album] dives deep into explorations of grief, resilience, and regeneration. “My intersectional identities bring up a broad range of interrelated topics,” says Dillbilly. “White privilege, white fragility, class dynamics, poverty, substance use, harm reduction, gender, racism, heartbreak, and mental health all have many overlaps.”
To engage with deeply fraught topics head on is a crucial first step toward understanding and reconciliation. Chaparral brings the deep and troubling to the surface, and in doing so lets in the sunlight. “I hope folks feel held and inspired,” explains Dillbilly. “In this life there is room for joy, struggle, and hope. I hope folks see parts of themselves reflected and confronted, especially others like me. I hope this record is a balm for those who are hurting.” A lush, moody, joyful tapestry of songwriting, musicianship, and soundscape, Chaparral is evocative, vulnerable, and profoundly beautiful."
Dillbilly summed up the story behind the video and the song’s meaning for Americana-UK: “‘Chaparral was a collaborative project made possible by Waxsimile Productions, Julie Wolf, Nino Moschella, and many crowd-sourced contributions. The video was filmed in Oakland and edited in Nashville while myself and the creative director of Waxsimile gave notes over zoom in Ohio and Chicago. Truly a pandemic creation. I knew I wanted a birds-eye view representing the California landscape, something that made you feel ‘right-sized’ when you saw it. We took that idea and expanded from there. Song meanings change and become more complex over time but when I wrote ‘Chaparral’ I was grappling with loss and recovering from chaotic substance use. I was really searching within and the metaphors of all the plants in that landscape were a pretty good example of resilience and regeneration. The recording process of this song, shaped by the lush arrangement and instrumentation, really expanded the meaning for me. Now it conjures up collective losses and struggles like white supremacy, climate change and how we have the same ability to heal, regenerate, and regrow with the wisdom of nature and our ancestors.”
#1 Salad🥗Song: BLUE SWANS - It's Been So Long (Since I've Seen Art)
For 12 weeks now BLUE SWANS, the moniker of Minneapolis queer artist Chris Swangim, has been exclaiming "It's Been So Long (Since I've Seen Art)", a story of longing for inspiration and a sense of normalcy that we've all missed over the past year.
“The song is inspired by a conversation Swangim had with her partner and fellow creative, about missing art galleries and museums, which have been a constant source of inspiration for the pair. Mid-pandemic, they found an outdoor sculpture garden outside of the city and documented the day in video. That experience is captured in the emotional verses of this song and finally brings the listener to a resolve with an expansive, triumphant ending.”
It is a pleasure to present BLUE SWANS with our Salad🥗Bowl in honour of their luscious descant being given the designation of a #1 Salad🥗Song.
#1 Salad🥗Song: gracie and rachel - speak (a whisper)
“is saying nothing better than saying it wrong?
is seeming weak really being strong?
is saying something better than nothing at all?
is taking the leap worth taking the fall?”
We are delighted to give self described “Piano-violin duo with boundary issues” gracie & rachel their first Salad🥗Bowl in honour of “speak (a whisper)” becoming a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 12th week on the chart. It is included on their three song EP 'a whisper becomes a shout' which delves into the bare bones of their previous album ‘Hello Weakness, You Make Me Stronger.’
“this is the first fully self-produced collection of songs we’ve put out, and it feels incredibly full circle to get to share them with you in these reimagined, revamped ways.
these three songs, “trust (a whisper)”, “speak (a whisper)”, and “undo (a whisper)” were originally conceived as rather intimate songs but became more highly produced in the studio during the making of our album. and while we love how the songs evolved to be, we wanted to also honor these tunes for what we feel they are at their core: whisper songs.
this is our nod to saying bold things quietly, to turning the answer into the question. all song and album titles are lower case, all imagery is self-made. this is our effort to understate the more overstated songs off our record, to whisper the shouts, one word and note at a time, directly from us to you.”
#1 Salad🥗Song: Stephanie Anne Johnson and The Hidogs, "Gosh Oh Gee"
While growing up, Stephanie Anne Johnson’s ears were filled with the likes of Etta James, Cab Calloway, Bonnie Raitt, and Aerosmith. Those influences melded with guitar lessons, voice coaching, and a study of the classics, and a raw, soulful dreaminess began to emerge. The front person for the Tacoma-based band, The Hidogs, can don a cowboy hat and sing over a slide as old timers weep.
The Hidogs, which is comprised of dynamic drummer Arturo Ortega Marcos, pocket-perfect bassist Jesse Turcotte and the prolific Johnson, is a nimble trio equal parts capable of shaking the shingles off a rooftop as making any stage feel like a Sunday service.
Their music, which is rooted in all that’s American, expresses the pain of the past, the roots of the down home and the hope that hard work will lead to proper reward.
We are thrilled to give them their first Salad🥗Bowl in honour “Gosh Oh Gee” becoming a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 12th week on the chart.
#1 Salad🥗Song: indaco duo - Cromoterapia
“ There was a lot of work behind this project, a work of complicity, synergy and also - like every artist par excellence - of sleepless nights. We are really happy to be able to bring to the ears of the world this…song that represents the two of us but we know that it also speaks for many young people in situations that are far from easy, which surely music cannot fix but can help to get over with some good energy. We can't wait to bring it live on stages and to see so many beautiful colorful people singing it with us. “
Indaco duo from Italy, featuring Simone Forte and Luisa Pistrin, brought the colourful “ Cromoterapia “ to the buffet 12 weeks ago. This week it joins the deliciously delightful #1 Salad🥗Songs at the top of the chart. It tells the connection between physical and spiritual ailments, caused by homophobia, distance, intolerance, ignorance, discrimination and the greyness of a society that does not educate to openness.
#1 Salad🥗Song: PK and the Mighty Seven - "Back Pocket" (Vulfpeck Cover)
PK and the Mighty Seven is a 9-piece band based out of Boston, USA playing only the best funk, soul, R&B, Motown, and pop from the 1960's to present. We welcome them to the pinnacle in their 9th week the chart and present them with our Salad🥗Bowl in honour of their cover of the Vulfpeck song “Back Pocket” becoming a #1 Salad🥗Song.
The band features female and male lead vocalists (Sarah and Prophet) and a three-piece horn section - a big sound for a big party that gets everyone out on the dance floor!
11 new or returning artistes contribute their chefs-d'œuvre to the smorgasbord: Miki Ratsula - second, R3id · Do you think we'd be friends if we weren't, like, stuck together in the same town?, LAKY - Saving Me, The Lesbian & Gay Symphonic Band playing "Till Together" by Henco Espag, Supadry and Joseph Langley - Feel The Music, Asbjørn - Be Human, Elaine Mai feat. Loah - Waiting To Breathe, Peter Jöback - Better Man, Voces por la Tolerancia - Bring Me Little Water Sylvie, and PEYTON: We Got Love,
Throughout the week we will introduce you to each new Salad🥗Song on our Facebook page linked at the bottom of the chart.
🌈2 MARTIN O´NEILL - YOU SPIN ME ROUND JUST LIKE A RAINBOW - PAOLO MONTI MIX UP
3 -- John Roberts - Divide People
4 (9) Oliver Fenelon Chee - High School Swansong
5 -- Bobby Jo Valentine - Edge of the World
6 (12) Kellie Loder - So High
7 -- Blu Ruckus · Advice
8 (11) Sara Kays - Struck By Lightning (feat. Cavetown)
9 (14) Jon Campbell - Howl & Haunted
10 (13) Anastasia Jane - From A Chrysalis
11 (16) Grace Gaustad - BLKBX wht r u hding
12 (17) Paul Middleton - Perfect (Cover of P!NK)
13 (15) Adee Lifshitz + SaulPaul - Just Be
14 (19) Jérémy Frerot - Fais-le
15 (23) Henry Fricker - Shelter
16 (20) Marshmellow - A Serious Boy
17 (22) Jake Trevor · Pieces
18 (21) morgxn - DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
19 (26) Katy Rose Bennett - 'Sleep'
20 (24) Skout - Move
21 (31) Hootgun - cyborg strutt
22 (27) Edward the First - Renaissancing
23 (28) Gravity Noir - Feat. Ofra Haza - Im Nin Alu אם ננעלו 2021
24 (29) MUNA - Silk Chiffon (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
25 (30) 'Who Holds Us', by Truth Bachman for REEMERGENCE A Queer Visual Album
26 (36) Terra Spencer ft. Lilli Lewis "The Daughter of Avon
27 (37) Casey & Molly // Sweat Machine/Tomato Trails
28 (34) Freddy Freeman · 80's Escape
29 (35) Beni Fahr - Fine by Me
30 (39) Mattia Toni - Un'estate andata un po' così
31 (45) Edmund Bagnell - The Water
32 (43) The-Mollusc Dimension - Asians Have Feelings Too
33 (44) Desert Flaggers performing to The Wanted - Gold Forever (Moto Blanco Remix)
34 (46) El Sam - Torquay Beach
35 (56) Francesco Brodolini - Riflessi di noi
36 (49) The Enby Adventures Of Ruby - Dewsbury Nights
37 (51) Anita Gabrielle - Avenue Louise
38 (48) Bears in Trees - I'm Doing Push Ups
🌈39 Wrabel - nothing but the love
40 (52) David Rees - Me gusta un chico
41 (54) Errante - Nuotando Nelle Note
42 (50) Afterbliss - Remnants
🌈43 Regulus Red · I Will Try
44 (59) Tom Heath · Leave A Light
45 (61) Q Christian Fellowship| Tu Amor
46 (67) Mya Byrne - Where the Lavender Grows
47 (55) Allouche & Davis Mallory – Lifeline
48 (58) Grace Petrie - The Last Man on Earth
49 (57) Tom Goss feat. Steve Solomon - Best Life
50 (65) Placebo - Beautiful James
51 (64) Namesake - Population
🌈52 Nur-D - Juneteenth Funny Feeling (Bo Burnham Remix)
53 (68) Janis Ian - I'm Still Standing
54 (76) SHINGAI - We Roll
55 (70) Tommy Atkins - It Took a Woman ft. Rissi Palmer
$$56 Elias Bendix - Revolution
57 (71) Francesca Blanchard - Loon Song
🌈58 The Aces - Sleepy Eyes
59 (69) Bright Light Bright Light - 'Uh Huh!'
60 (40) Dave Koz and Cory Wong // “Together Again”
🌈61 BLOXX - Pop Culture Radio
62 (74) Johnny Schaefer ft. Melissa Manchester - You Can't Hide the Light
63 (86) Kelvin Nugen ~ One Foot In Front Of The Other
64 (32) Elina Filice - Let's Get Lost
65 (87) Timothy Olson - Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
66 (85) Oscar House, FROZT & Gregory Dillon - Tan Chevrolet
67 (47) Johan Fostier plays Sonata Op.23 Presto Fugato by Václav Tomáš Matějka
68 (77) Logan Potter - She
69 (80) Morgan Moats · I'm With You (A Letter to Me)
🌈70 de ROCHE · Heartbeat
71 (78) LIONESSES (라이오네시스) 'Show Me Your Pride'
72 (82) Sean McConnell - What the Hell Is Wrong With Me
73 (53) Ryan Cassata - Hometown Hero
74 (81) Freddie Lewis - Growing Pains
75 (79) Hayden Joseph - Backwoods Bougie
76 (88) Johnny Pontiac - Charlie
77 (84) Virginia Ernst feat. Dorothea Ernst - Fly up High
78 🥗 Miki Ratsula - "second"
79 (90) Kennen - In Transit
80 (93) Barry Manilow - Dancin' In The Aisles
81 🥗 R3id · Do you think we'd be friends if we weren't, like, stuck together in the same town?
82 (62) Christopher Dallman · Danger Zone
83 (92) Samira Prentice - You're My Heart
84 (89) Odious Ari - Nightmare
🌈85 Izzy Heltai ft. My Friends - Give It a Try
86 (94) Jayden Mckenzie feat. Yuh Yee · Be Alright (When I'm With You)
87 (97) Beans on Toast - Not Everybody Thinks We're Doomed
88 🥗 LAKY - Saving Me
89 🥗 The Lesbian & Gay Symphonic Band playing "Till Together" by Henco Espag
90 🥗 Supadry and Joseph Langley - Feel The Music
91 (96) The Accidentals - Slow and Steady
92 🥗 Asbjørn - Be Human
93 🥗 Elaine Mai feat. Loah - Waiting To Breathe
94 🥗 Peter Jöback - Better Man
🌈95 Rascal Miles - "Tailor-Made"
96 🥗 Voces por la Tolerancia - Bring Me Little Water Sylvie
97 🥗 PEYTON: We Got Love
🌈98 Unsung Lilly - Hold My Hand
🌈99 sarya – take care of yourself
🌈100 Jak Woodlawn · [We Ought To Stay Away From] Beggarwood Park
🥗 = New Salad Song
🌈 = Former #1 Salad🥗Song
Current Salad Bar🥗Top 100 YouTube Playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbC5ZHK6WIgovQud9xecsx1qzrnrndAAThe Salad Bar Facebook page is where we highlight individual chart artists and songs and feature a Plethora of other goodies throughout the week including artist flashbacks in the BuffetMobile, live song and concert video links, behind the scenes videos, interviews, themed playlist links, and a whole lot more:
www.facebook.com/SaladBarTop100/?view_public_for=108421744405514Here’s where all the Salad Bar🥗Top 100 charts live along with other themed playlists:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCoWZG2er38KS4_ktBpF3org/playlists?view_as=subscriber
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