Lyrics to Nobody by The Doobie Brothers
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. How does a group stand out in the now-bustling intersection of hip-hop, pop, and electronic music? By endorsing a positive attitude and celebrating life all over the place. Blanca, Manwell, and Pablo a.k.a. Group 1 Crew do just that on “Live It Up.” The Dove Award–winning trio compresses the anticipation of a night out into an energetic three minutes; its energy and message taps into the chemistry that propelled The Black Eyed Peas into the stratosphere.
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Our Discovery Download puts the focus on a different genre each week, offering up a free track we think is worth your attention. If Lost In the Trees creates a shiver in your spine on “Walk Around the Lake,” blame the forested subject matter, the pulling string section, or too many viewings of Friday the 13th. But calm your fears; on “Walk Around the Lake,” Lost In the Trees summons up a billowing magnificence that belies anything Jason ever could conjure. Assembled by members of the Trekky Record Collective and the University of North Carolina Orchestra program, Lost In the Trees has grown from bedroom recording project to symphonic band with its purity and intentions intact.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Latin rock critics have gushed that Javiera Mena’s debut Esquemas Juvenile was a gamechanger in Latin alternative pop. Three long years later, the Chilean singer has released a follow-up, with the lead single “Hasta la Verdad.” Anchored by a plucky kickdrum and a synth-conjured bassline worthy of Human League, Mena sings about truth and light with the right dose of languid mystery.
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Our Discovery Download puts the focus on a different genre each week, offering up a free track we think is worth your attention. These days, there’s a pairing of items on an artist’s bio that is sorely underrepresented – a southern (not southeastern) upbringing and a church choir background. Dondria has both, in addition to having the 21st Century distinction of being a YouTube discovery — in her case by producer and So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri. In full effect on the track “No More” is the Texas native’s rare combination of vocal assuredness —as opposed to simple vainglory— with a comforting melodic fluidity based in church-earned soul.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Take three members from ‘90s alt-rock band Live, add Candlebox vocalist Kevin Martin and guitarist Sean Hennessy, dip in the rivers Cornell and Grohl, and you’ve got The Gracious Few. “Closer” turns back the clock with brooding, rumbling alt-rock rebuilt right down to its whispered intro, upper-octave vocal punctuation, and prickly guitar solo.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we've been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Who knew that techno and Norteño music could comingle as naturally as beans and rice? Nortec Collective’s Bostitch + Fussible did, that’s who. Kylee Swenson from San Francisco’s electro-pop band Loquat swaths “I Count the Ways” in her elegant, subdued alto, as whimsical accordion and tuba notes percolate from deep within this progressive track.
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