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Formed in Boston 20 years ago, Lake Street Dive is best known for their unique blend of jazz, pop, soul, country and folk music. Ahead of a nationwide tour, the band recently released their eighth studio album. Now, from “Good Together,” here is Lake Street Dive with “Dance With a Stranger.”
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Formed in Boston 20 years ago, Lake Street Dive is best known for their unique blend of jazz, pop, soul, country and folk music. Ahead of a nationwide tour, the band recently released their eighth studio album. Now, from “Good Together,” here is Lake Street Dive with “Help Is On The Way.”
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Formed in Boston 20 years ago, Lake Street Dive is best known for their unique blend of jazz, pop, soul, country and folk music. Ahead of a nationwide tour, the band recently released their eighth studio album. Now, here is Lake Street Dive with the title track of their new album, “Good Together.”
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Elvis Presley’s blue suede shoes have sold for more than $150,000. The iconic item from the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s wardrobe were bought by an American collector based in California as part of an auction Friday by Henry Aldridge & Son.
“The price for me, reflects the importance of such an iconic object,” auctioneer Andrew Aldridge told CBS News. “When you think of Elvis, you probably think of upturned collars, Las Vegas and blue suede shoes.”
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The shoes made appearances both on and offstage during Elvis’ storied career, including during a performance of “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” on “The Steve Allen Show” in 1956.
Alan Fortas, Elvis’ close friend and ranch foreman, had been the gatekeeper of the shoes ever since the singer gave them to him shortly before he shipped off for the army, according to the auction’s listing. After an all-night party at Graceland, Elvis reportedly called a few friends upstairs to give away some items from his wardrobe.
“That night Elvis gave me these blue suede shoes size 10 1/2. I’ve owned these all these years,” Fortas said.
The shoes were authenticated by Jimmy Tennant, better known as Jimmy Velvet, a rock and roll vocalist and close companion of Presley’s for 22 years. After his friend’s death in 1977 at the age of 42, Velvet ran the Elvis Presley Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, and is the “world’s leading Elvis authority,” according to the listing.
The shoes have previously been displayed by various museums, including at the Elvis-A-Rama museum in Las Vegas, where they escaped a 2004 robbery.
Though “Blue Suede Shoes” was originally written by Tennessee singer-songwriter Carl Perkins, Elvis performed and popularized the song, including its famous lines, “But don’t you step on my blue suede shoes / Well you can do anything but / Lay off of my blue suede shoes.”
The song appears on track one, side one of “Elvis Presley,” the singer’s debut studio album.
Nearly 50 years after his death, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll still looms large as one of the greatest artists of all time. The sale of the shoes “reflects the iconic nature and the enduring fascination in Elvis,” said Aldridge.
At 26 years old, singer-songwriter RAYE made history in March at the 2024 BRIT Awards when she won a record-breaking six trophies in one night, including Song of the Year for “Escapism.”
“I started crying from the first award, and my mom is like, ‘Get it together.’ I’m like ‘I’m trying to get it together, mom,'” she said.
Just 18 months earlier, RAYE was performing in small clubs, and her record label had shelved her debut album.
“To hear that is really crushing,” she said.
Feeling lost and ashamed of her music, she found inspiration in a Nina Simone quote in her bedroom: “An artist’s duty is to reflect their times.”
“I’m thinking in my head, what am I doing? I’m just ashamed of everything I put my name too musically, which is a really difficult feeling to process as an artist,” said RAYE.
In a series of impulsive tweets, RAYE publicly criticized her label, declaring, “I’m done being a polite pop star.” She recalled, “I had nothing left to lose at that point.”
Her tweets went viral, and within weeks, she was released from her contract. RAYE began making the album she had always wanted to create, funding it with her own money.
“When you believe in something, you have to go for it,” she said.
Born Rachel Agatha Keen, the singer grew up in London, the eldest of four girls and the daughter of a Ghanaian-Swiss mother and British father. A road trip across America with her dad and uncle at 14 fueled her passion for music.
She sat cross-legged on the floor under a trombone player at Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wide-eyed and amazed by the experience, she knew she wanted to be close to that kind of music, she recalled.
RAYE attended The BRIT School, the same academy that produced stars like Adele and Amy Winehouse. Signed at 17 to a four-album deal, she released none. Instead, she found success writing dance tracks, scoring hits with artists like Jax Jones and David Guetta.
But RAYE had other music she wanted to make. Her album “My 21st Century Blues” includes “Ice Cream Man,” a powerful song about sexual assault she started writing at 17.
“It makes me a bit emotional, but it was a powerful thing that I got to, in my own way, be loud about something that I think forces a lot of us to just shut up and swallow and just pretend didn’t happen,” she said.
Her smash hit “Escapism” addressed her battles with substance abuse. She called 2019 a dark year for her where she relied on faith to help her through it.
“I think if I wasn’t able to pray and I just pray to God for help, and you know, it is a lot of black healing that was needed,” she said.
“Escapism” went top 10 globally and hit platinum in the U.S. Last fall, RAYE played at London’s Royal Albert Hall, a dream come true.
“I think it is probably the most indulgent experience a musician can grant themselves when you translate your entire album into a symphony, and you have a 90-piece orchestra — and a 30-piece choir on a stage performing it with you,” she said. “Now, I’ve had a taste of this life, and it’s what I want. It’s an expensive life, but one to aspire to.”
Anthony Mason is a senior culture and senior national correspondent for CBS News. He has been a frequent contributor to “CBS Sunday Morning.”
Country music icon Willie Nelson announced Wednesday that he will not be performing at a scheduled tour stop in Virginia Beach, according to a message posted on the singer’s Facebook page.
The cancellation comes after Nelson, who turned 91 in April, canceled his first scheduled performances in his Outlaw Music Festival Tour because of illness last week.
“We regret to inform you that Willie Nelson is not feeling well and, per doctor’s orders, has been advised to rest for the next four days,” according to a statement posted on social media June 21. “He is expected to make a quick recovery and join the Outlaw Music Festival tour next week.”
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The Outlaw Music Festival, founded in part by Nelson, kicked off in Georgia. That was among the performances the singer missed, citing doctor’s orders.
On Wednesday, the singer announced the latest cancellation. “Willie Nelson will not be performing at tonight’s show in Virginia Beach,” the Facebook post says. “We expect Willie to return to the tour shortly.”
The lineup of the Outlaw Music Festival tour includes other big names who were still scheduled to perform Wednesday, including Bob Dylan, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Celisse. Nelson’s son, Lukas Nelson, and his band composed of other family members will also play their own set, along with some of Nelson’s classics, the statement said.
At 91, Nelson has been busy in recent years releasing new music, touring and collaborating with some of the biggest names in music. He released an album in May called “The Border,” had a couple of cameos in Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” country album and, last year, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, where he performed with Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow and Dave Matthews.
“I haven’t quit,” Nelson told “CBS Mornings” last year. “Maybe I should, but … after every tour. I said, this is it. And then get the urge again to go back.”
Elias Lopez is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. He covers a variety of news events and works with reporters on developing stories in politics, international news and more.
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“CBS Mornings” is inviting unsigned artists to submit a video of themselves singing a cover of Johnny Nash’s hit song “I Can See Clearly Now” for their Mixtape Music Competition. You have until Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to enter. Go to mixtape.cbsnews.com to upload your original version and read the full rules and guidelines.
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The Decemberists have been around for nearly a quarter century and just released their first new album in six years. The album is full of surprises – including a 19-minute song. Jeff Glor sat down with lead singer and songwriter Colin Meloy to talk more about the album and the long-running group as they prepare for a world tour.
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For nearly 25 years, the Decemberists have captured listeners with their unique, highly stylized songs. Now, the group is out with their first album in six years and preparing for a world tour. From their new album “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again,” here are the Decemberists with “Burial Ground.”
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For nearly 25 years, the Decemberists have captured listeners with their unique, highly stylized songs. Now, the group is out with their first album in six years and preparing for a world tour. From their new album “As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again,” here are the Decemberists with “All I Want Is You.”
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