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Song of the Day #3,519: ‘Stand Up For Something’ – Andra Day and Common

Our third Oscar-nominated song comes from the biopic Marshall, starring Black Panther as the nation’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.

The song is performed by soul singer Andra Day and rapper Common, and written by Common and 9-time Best Song nominee Diane Warren. Warren has never won the statue despite her run of nominations, while Common took the prize when he was last nominated, for the song ‘Glory’ in 2015’s Selma.

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Song of the Day #2,671: ‘Rise Up’ – Andra Day

andra_dayIn a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, the magazine’s editors took advantage of the Adele hysteria to highlight about a dozen emerging artists with a similar sound and sensibility.

I’ll showcase the songs of a few of those artists this week and give my first impressions.

This isn’t a genre I generally like so I’m curious to see if any of these women capture my attention out of the gate.

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