Welcome to Frank Edwin's revamped Salad🥗Bar 101 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 101 has just a small sampling of LGBTQ+ artists and allies 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 150 songs waiting to debut on the chart. To facilitate the opportunity of having more songs join the buffet we have created The 10 at the 101 where the number of #1 Salad🥗Songs has been extended to 10 each week.
#1 Salad🥗Song: LA REINE GARCON - Accepte-toi
“Accepte-toi (Accept yourself)” sing to us Fabien Guidollet and Delphine Passant, the real life couple and plural feminine duo LA REINE GARÇON: two guitars and two voices for songs of liberation in weightlessness, soft and refined, as if Antony (without the Johnsons) and Joni Mitchell were embroidering together at the edge of the sky.
It is a pleasure to present Tret with them with their first Salad🥗Bowl as “Accepte-toi” is given the special designation as a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 10th week on the chart.
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Sinclair is a multi-instrumentalist who writes, sings, plays and produces her own music. She hails from Madrid, NY, where she broke away from a highly religious sect of family members who have never accepted her since coming out, nor her wife, Natalie.
With this hardship in her rear view, Sinclair has become a beacon of hope within the LGBTQ community, showing by example that you can overcome hate, find your own happiness - and choose your family.
It is a joy to place a cherry tomato on top of “Won't Be Alone” awarding it the special designation as a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 11th week on the chart.
Official Website:
www.sinclairparty.com/#1 Salad🥗Song: Marchi · Gennaio
“Gennaio (January)” is the evocative ballad of the Sardinian singer-songwriter Marchi, embellished by a video set in the 1930s in the snow-capped mountains of the Val di Mello which sees the protagonists of a romantic outing of the past Antonio and Pietro, two friends who intimately experience the discovery of their love. He lives between Rome and Milan, where he is also active as a screenwriter for cinema and advertising.
The inspiration for the video originated from the discovery of a series of vintage photos depicting homosexual loving couples from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Farmers, workers, nobles, soldiers, children of all ages and backgrounds.
Having a photo taken in those days must already have been a special event in itself, almost official in a certain sense: we combed our hair, wore the good dress of the occasion, went to the photographer's studio and posed. There is a certain epicity in those portrayed looks, of poetry. Today a snapshot may seem a foregone conclusion, as we are used to doing it and deleting a hundred per minute, yet once behind a very banal photo there were stories similar to that of the video.
There was a time when taking a picture was an important thing, full of meaning. Let alone a couple of homosexual girls or boys forced to love each other secretly and who wished to have a simple memory like everyone else; something that survived time, to be handed down, to be looked at and looked at, to be jealously guarded in a pocket or to be proudly displayed in a frame of the living room. That moment, "the day of the shot", had to be an even more heartfelt event for them.
Someone will have had to challenge himself and his shyness in order to please his partner by making himself retract hand in hand or with legs intertwined. Someone else braver instead will have been proud to be photographed while she kissed her girlfriend. Here, these photos of the past made me take a journey through time and also reminded me that even if we have come a little bit of a road since then, in the present we still continue to be very far from a healthy concept of equality and freedom.
“It is a Polaroid-song, a kind of photograph in music that tells how pure and fabulous there is in the first moments of a love story," continues Marchi. “It is a memory, and to me a memory is like a happy island that the world does not see. It is not on the maps, it is not marked anywhere, only you know where it is and how to get there. And you always come back to that island willingly when things don't go well."
In his 10th week on the chart we are delighted to give Marchi his first Salad🥗Bowl in honour of “Gennaio” becoming a #1 Salad🥗Song.
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We are honoured to present Jaimee Harris with our Salad🥗Bowl as “Keep Me On Your Mind” becomes a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 9th week on the chart.
"I wrote "Keep Me on Your Mind" in the early stages of my relationship with my partner, Mary Gauthier. We were both touring separately for the first five months of our relationship. Initially, I thought of it just as a simple love song. However, as time has gone on the song has revealed its deeper meaning to me. Playing for women in prison and women in sober homes showed me that this little song was about way more than I was aware of when I wrote it.
I was fortunate to work with the incredibly talented Aaron Lee Tasjan on this track. He played just about everything on it and really took it into a new realm. We recorded it together on the day after the Nashville tornado at Magnetic Sound. All three of us were so grateful to have the opportunity to throw ourselves into music that day. Creating something together from scratch on a morning when we all woke to tremendous destruction was healing and powerful. A week later, the world shut down as COVID-19 began to spread. Once again, this song that wrestles with longing and waiting was able to bring comfort to so many dealing with isolation and grief. My hope is that it will continue to bring comfort as it goes out even farther into the world."
Official Website:
www.jaimeeharris.com/ #1 Salad🥗Song: The Future Perfect Project: Not What You Pictured
The grant-funded organization Future Perfect Project provides free arts workshops to LGBTQIA+ folks ages 12-22. The artistic expression of queer youth is a declaration of a better future for us all. They have released Not What You Pictured, a full-length album of original songs conceived, written, and performed by a group of ten selected LGBTQIA+ young people from across the United States. And the craziest part... they recorded the whole thing from the comfort of their own homes.
All 12 artists, River, AJ, Michael Stolar, Kai Warrior, Christian Inman, Katelyn Handy, Daniel Cruz, Elias Brix EDM, Ruby Pine, Delia Jane, Christian Inman, receive our Salad🥗Bowl as mentality, New Normal, Resist, i lied to love you, CTR, Who I Am, Long Hair, once upon a time, let that go, and Not What You Pictured become #1 Salad🥗Songs in their 10th week on the chart.
Official Website:
thefutureperfectproject.com/ #1 Salad🥗Song: Rascal Miles - Asylum
“I wanna be in a room just for me
That's quiet, isolated, and spotlessly clean
With a couple of windows
So I can feel the wind blow
And hear the white noise outside as I'm fallin' asleep
And my alarm won't go off
Cause I'll never set it
And I'll call in sick and I won't regret it
And if you promise
Not to tell them my address
You could come over
And play hooky with me”
We are delighted to present Rascal Miles a 3rd Salad🥗Bowl as “Asylum” becomes a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 9th week on the chart.
Vulnerability is a challenge in life and a necessity in music. Rascal Miles perfectly captures the sacredness of vulnerability and of offering a safe space for someone else to be vulnerable with you in his new song “Asylum”.” As Miles sings about staying home and being safe from the world, we find respite in the relatability of the lyrics.
A day to sleep in, do nothing, and have no responsibilities would be a well welcomed opportunity for most of us. Taking a break from existing in and performing for society gives us time to breathe and find what is important to us. For Miles, it seems like the person he’s singing about is what’s so important. He tells the muse of the song to “play hooky with me,” “share a safe space with me,” and “be in the future with me.” Whether this person is a friend or partner, Miles wants a moment to breathe, and wants to share those moments with them.
Questioning one’s identity, and sharing that with others, is one of the most beautifully vulnerable things a person can do. Miles reassures this person that they are free to do that in this “safe space.” With acoustic instrumentation, tranquil vocals, and authentic lyrics, “Asylum” by Rascal Miles conveys such a strong sense of peace and comfort that it creates a safe space for us as listeners. by Emily Cushing for Two Story Melody
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linktr.ee/rascalmiles#1 Salad🥗Song: Joy Oladokun - Keeping The Light On
With a guitar in hand, baseball cap over her eyes, and hooded sweatshirt loose, a woman sings with all of the poetry, pain, passion, and power her soul can muster. She is a new kind of American troubadour. She is Joy Oladokun. The Delaware-born, Arizona-raised, and Nashville-based Nigerian-American singer, songwriter, and producer returns to the buffet with "Keeping The Light On."
Reflecting on the song, Oladokun shares, “My next body of work is about the human will to keep trying in the midst of all the tragedy that we’ve seen and perpetrated. ‘Keeping the Light On’ is my little musical way of saying it’s really hard to keep trying but I think part of life is doing so anyway and seeing what magic comes out of it.”
It is a pleasure to present Joy with her first Salad🥗Bowl in honour of “Keeping The Light On” being given the designation of a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 14th week on the chart.
Official Website:
www.joyoladokun.com#1 Salad🥗Song: Séa Byrne · Blue Skies (Pacifico ’22 Mix)
"Hey, I'm Séa! I'm a singer-songwriter &musician from Dublin, Ireland… I write my own songs but collaborate with musicians & my producers Ivan Fernandez in Colombia & in the UK… My songs are about love, overcoming obstacles & world problems. I like to create catchy, fierce tunes, & the occasional ballad. I'm a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community."
We welcome Séa Byrne to the pinnacle of the Salad🥗Bar 101 buffet where for 12 weeks now he has given us “Blue Skies (Pacifico ’22 Mix).”
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soundcloud.com/seabyrne #1 Salad🥗Song: Lily Rose - Every Last One
Big Loud Records / Back Blocks Music and Republic Records Country artist Lily Rose shares the exciting news that she and her girlfriend of three years, Daira Eamon, are engaged. Rose proposed to Eamon on Saturday, Oct. 23 in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood on a walk to their favorite restaurant, Mother’s Ruin, where close friends and family met them to celebrate. Shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the couple, who has been together since 2018, feels like they “hit the lottery meeting each other” with “so many dreams that [they’re] pumped to chase down together.”
Rose, who says she has been ready to propose for the last two years, knew now was the right time, sharing she “cannot imagine waiting another minute to ask Daira to marry me.” by JAMES DAYKIN for Lyrics Magazine
Enjoy the ear and eye candy as we welcome Lily Rose to the pinnacle of the Salad🥗Bar 101 with her special proposal video as “Every Last One” becomes a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 11th week on the chart.
Official Website:
lilyrosemusic.net/ #1 Salad🥗Song: Morgan Moats · Joyful
It’s a delight introducing you to the artistes and their luscious chefs-d'œuvre at pinnacle of the Salad🥗Bar 101. We present Morgan Moats with their 2nd Salad🥗Bowl as “Joyful” becomes a #1 Salad🥗Song in its 12th week on the chart.
A thirty year old person from a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada, Morgan has been playing the piano since they were five and the guitar since they were seventeen. They've been singing for as long as they can remember. They write their own music, and is inspired by life, interpersonal relationships, and grief.
Morgan aspires to sound like the love child of K.D. Lang, Amy Lee, and Burton Cummings. People close to them will remark on how very much Morgan cares - about people, social justice, and all sorts of topics and issues (ask them about pigeons sometime!).
Official Website:
www.morganmoats.com/The 101: Banderas - This Is Your Life
Banderas were a British female music duo of the early 1990s. An offshoot of Jimmy Somerville's band The Communards, the duo featured two of his female backing musicians, Scottish vocalist Caroline Buckley and English violinist/keyboardist Sally Herbert.
This week the BuffetMobile takes us to 1991 to visit their debut single “This Is Your Life” featuring Jimmy Somerville on background vocals.
The 101 Flashback at the Salad🥗Bar is our niche in time dedicated to the memory of Joshua Bluegreen-Cripps who loved everyone, celebrated everyone, and was always thinking of ways to bring people together with music. The goal of the Salad🥗Bar is also to bring a diversity of people together with music and each week the BuffetMobile will take us to The 101 where artists and songs that have special meaning or memories for Salad🥗Bar curator Frank Edwin are found with an invitation to share.
2 (7) Fancy Hagood & Devon Gilfillian - Let Me Be
3 (16) Micky Shiloah - Love (Confidential)
4 (9) sassyhiya - Crayon Potato
5 (18) Alex the Astronaut - Octopus
6 (13) Griffin Matthews, Ledisi, Emma Hunton, Cast of Witness Uganda - Be the Light
7 (14) Fab The Duo - Somewhere In Delaware (Acoustic)
8 (19) Alexandre Godfroid - Aujourd'hui, ailleurs
9 (15) alex - Confrontations
10 (31) Finn Anderson - The Garden
11 (37) Moira Smiley and Tonality - Treat A Stranger Right
12 (21) thekayetan & Reni Jusis - Pole widzenia
13 (22) Damien Jones - Why Do It Alone?
14 (20) Toska Bear - Ground Control (ft. Java Bush)
15 (23) Archer Phan (feat. Shay Ducas) · Finally Gonna Say (Reimagined)
16 (25) MINUTE TAKER - I Don't Understand (Song for Ukraine)
17 (28) Hayden Joseph - Book Beside Your Bed
18 (36) Calum Scott - Rise
19 (32) Francesca Blanchard - "Hold On Honey" with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
20 (30) Marco Mengoni ft. Madame - Mi Fiderò
21 (29) Elton John, Stevie Wonder - Finish Line
22 (34) Cameron Hawthorn - Dreamland
23 (38) Víctor Arbelo - Scusa mi amore
24 (33) Johnny Schaefer ft. Melissa Manchester - You Can't Hide the Light (The Lugo Remix)
25 (45) Eric Bolton - The Home Light
26 (35) morgxn - THE WAY IT WAS
27 (44) The Accidentals - Fractals
28 (39) R3id with Honey Cellar · I think all of life's problems ought to be solved with simple homilies, don't you?
29 (45) Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys - Purple Zone
30 (40) Liam Forde - When My World's in Tune
31 (41) strehmann - Liebe
🌈 32 Cassidy Haley - WHITE NOISE
33 (43) Eden Hunter - All My Love
34 (47) Gray Noah - Tie Your Shoes
35 (49) Stefano May - PRAYER
🌈36 Ashanwarrior - Manhatten Sidewalk
37 (52) Leith Ross - We'll Never Have Sex
38 (46) Oli Spleen - Still Life
39 (55) Rorang feat. Ruben - '21st Century Little Prince'
40 (20) Exquisite Gender - Solve For X
41 (54) Casey Murray & Molly Tucker // Wilbur's March
42 (24) No One Is Alone - Into the Woods - countertenor Gerald Thompson
43 (62) Lenny Zenith - Hardly Wait
44 (58) Bedouine - The Solitude
45 (51) Jae Chavez - FEELING GOOD
46 (59) Lucy Dacus - Brando
47 (27) Noah Vela - I wanna live/to the boy who saved my life
48 (63) Adrian Bello - Hablar x Skype
49 (65) Edmund Bagnell - That’s All
🌈 50 Tret Fure - Peanut Butter Toast
51 (68) Grace Petrie - We've Got An Office In Hackney
52 (72) Rachael Sage - Revelation Ground
53 (70) Nakia - It's Never Too Late
54 (74) Alexandra Hamer - I'm Still Me (a song about being transgender)
55 (73) reietto - briciole
56 (79) Rae Morris - Running Shoes
🌈 57 Janis Ian - Better Times Will Come
58 (64) Lights (ft. Josh Dun) - In My Head
59 (80) ELM · Feels Like
60 🥗 De Jongens - Wij
61 (88) Peter Jöback - Falla Fritt
62 (81) Steph Kaufman, loop improv, rc505 rd800 xk3c
63 (78) The Enby Adventures Of Ruby - Ruby's Psychedelic Tea Party
64 🥗 Michael T Ogilvie - The Weather
65 🥗 Anastasia Jane - Gravity
66 (76) Indigo De Souza - Hold U
67 (86) Jakk Fynn - Let It Go
68 🥗 Andrzej Piaseczny - Miłość
69 🥗 Feren Isles - Wipe My Memory Clean
70 🥗 Martin Baltser · Our Rockets
🌈 71 Della Mae - Heart of My Home
72 (83) Jenn DeSantis - Don't Give Up
73 🥗 Shea - Love & Lessons
74 🥗 Cassy Judy - When The World Was Flat
75 (85) GARRETT PAKNIS ft. Bushy - RHYTHM
76 (90) El Sam · The Unknown
77 (42) Dave Koz and Cory Wong // "Engine 71"
78 🥗 Kisos - Bloodshot
79 🥗 Mike McKenzie - Hold Me In Your Arms (LiveLooping)
80 🥗 Maggie Gently - "Hold My Hand"
81 (89) Jax Anderson - The Wake Up Call
82 (48) Pillow Queens - Be By Your Side
83 🥗 Jad Fair & Kramer - I Miss My Analog Warmth
🌈 84 Jeffery Straker - Rock, Paper, Scissors
85 🥗 Diane Coffee - The Great Escape
86 🥗 nampo - bobby's cuts
🌈 87 Kenna · Outliers
88 🥗 Who Killed Teddy Bear - "Gorgeous George"
89 🥗 Bears in Trees - Little Cellist
90 🥗 Benedict Cork - If These Walls Could Talk
91 (56) Tee Webb: Steel Bars (Matt Pop Edit)
🌈 92 Trixie Mattel - This Town feat. @shakey Graves
🌈 93 I'm Still Standing played by FLOPPOTRON
94 🥗 Ashley Virgina - Above The Clouds (Come Down)
95 (66) Dhorin Fireheart · Ricky Bruch
96 (69) BOI BAND - Ferris Wheel
97 (71) Adam LeBlanc - Your Love
98 (75) Katrina from Katrina & The Waves - Holiday
99 (61) Anita Gabrielle · The World Shivers (When Love Is Gone)
100 (82) KOOLZ - Lovelock
🥗 = New Salad Song
🌈 = Previous #1 Salad🥗Song
Current Salad🥗Bar 101 YouTube Playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbC5ZHK6WIhmAg5oq_CI4gRxtjp-HSVo The 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/SaladBar101/?view_public_for=108421744405514Here’s where all the Salad🥗Bar 101 charts live along with other themed playlists:
www.youtube.com/channel/UCoWZG2er38KS4_ktBpF3org/playlists?view_as=subscriberCompanion Salad🥗Bar 101 Spotify & Tidal Playlists:
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