The progressive rock group Rush, formed decades ago in the Toronto suburbs by guitarist Alex Lifeson, bass player Geddy Lee and drummer Neil Peart, became Canada's most legendary rock band ever, with more than 40 million albums sold.

Sly Stone, who invented his own kind of funky hybrid of rock 'n' roll and R&B with his '60s group Sly and the Family Stone, has been living a private life for decades. Now 80, the reclusive music great has just penned a memoir, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."

Musician and songwriter Robbie Robertson, best known for his work with The Band, died August 9, 2023 at age 80. In this "Sunday Morning" profile that originally aired December 18, 2016, Robertson talked with correspondent Anthony Mason about his memoir, "Testimony"; his years playing with Bob Dylan; and the rift with drummer Levon Helm that spelled the end of one of rock's most influential groups. 

Grammy-winning songwriter Lucinda Williams was a late-bloomer as a singer, blurring rock, country, folk and blues into such hit albums as "World Without Tears", "West" and "Little Honey." With a new memoir ("Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You"), and a new album ("Stories from a Rock 'n' Roll Heart"), 2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the 70-year-old, just three years after she'd suffered a stroke.

Lyricist Cynthia Weil, who with her husband Barry Mann was half of one of the most successful songwriting teams in New York's fabled Brill Building, and who wrote or co-wrote hits for such artists as Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt and Lionel Richie, died June 1, 2023, at age 82.

The unassuming superstar talks about how his latest music is very much a reflection of recent times, filled with personal challenges, loss, mental health struggles, and controversy. He also discusses the recent lawsuit accusing him of plagiarism (which a jury this past week rejected).

In-between his chart-topping album "The River" and his classic "Born in the U.S.A.," Bruce Springsteen recorded a collection of songs on a 4-track cassette recorder in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse - dark, mournful, and rough-hewn songs that reflected the upheaval in his life at a time of rising success.

In-between his chart-topping album "The River" and his classic "Born in the U.S.A.," Bruce Springsteen recorded a collection of songs on a 4-track cassette recorder in a bedroom at his rented farmhouse . Springsteen talks with correspondent Jim Axelrod about how "Nebraska" spoke to his evolution as a songwriter.

For singer-songwriters Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, it's been a perfectly natural road from Nashville to Broadway, as they bring country music and "Hee Haw"-style humor to the Great White Way.

The life of the singer-songwriter has been dramatized, "warts and all," in a new Broadway musical. Now 82, he talks about his Parkinson's diagnosis, being in denial, and the calm that -- finally -- has moved into "the hurricane of my life."

Beatboxing is one of the most misunderstood of art forms - vocal percussion in which the lungs and mouth are the instrument. And one of the best beatboxers in the world is Kaila Mullady, who co-organizes the American Beatbox Championships. Correspondent Luke Burbank gets some beatbox pointers from Mullady, and talks with Doug E. Fresh about beatboxing's origins.

Just as video games have become more sophisticated and detailed, so has the music composed for video games, with lush orchestral scores written to fit an individual's gameplay. Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at how the field of video game music has exploded, with symphony concerts of video game music.

Nearly 60 years after Bob Weir helped form The Grateful Dead, the band's music is being adapted for the concert hall. In this extended interview, correspondent John Blackstone talks with Weir, now 75, about adapting the Dead's music for a symphony orchestra, the curious life of a song "critter," and the unfinished business resulting from bandmate Jerry Garcia's passing.

In the new season of podcasts Mo Rocca looks back at one of the most beloved entertainers of his era: singer-songwriter John Denver (who died 25 years ago this week), whose utterly sincere songs about Colorado and nature made him one of the biggest stars of the 1970s. 

Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with guitarist William Apostol, aka Billy Strings, about his inspirations; his upcoming album "Me and Dad"; and how – after years of reflecting on the past – he's now looking ahead in his music.

In her first interview since the death last spring of her mother, Wynonna Judd talks about anger, grief, and her determination to forge ahead on a Judds tour announced only weeks before her mom died.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, lead singer of the Commodores, solo artist, and "American Idol" judge is being honored with the Library of Congress' 2022 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song - and he promises new music in the near future.

The singer-songwriter has won more Country Music Awards than any other woman - and as she shows in her latest, highly-anticipated album, "Palomino," Miranda Lambert continues to sing truth. She talks with correspondent Lee Cowan about music and marriage during a pandemic, and what she discovered about herself during very strange times.

Correspondent Kelefa Sanneh looks at how music catalogs are becoming extremely valuable properties. He also talks with Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock, of the band Air Supply, whose '80s hits, including "All Out of Love," are finding new life in unexpected ways.

A New York City exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum, "Woody Guthrie: People Are the Song," showcases the folk singer-songwriter whose plain words and simple melodies continue to tell the story of a nation.

His music videos lampooning politicians and culture warriors have made the comedian (truth: his real name) a social media sensation.

He had a hit with his breakout single "Old Town Road," about a horse-loving hip hop cowboy. But for his debut album, "Montero," the multiple-Grammy-nominee wrote songs about his real life as a gay man.

In its 138 years, New York's Metropolitan Opera had never staged an opera by a Black composer - until now. The jazz trumpeter talks about his opera, based on Charles Blow's memoir of growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1970s and '80s.

The former president and the singer-songwriter have shared their stories in a podcast, and now a book: "Renegades: Born in the USA." They discuss the influence of their fathers on their life's work, and the collective narratives in both popular music and politics.

Outside of Denver is one of America's most iconic music venues: a naturally-formed amphitheatre, millions of years in the making, that is today a stunning setting for concerts and yoga sessions.

Serena Altschul discusses the birth in 1981 of the cable channel devoted to music videos, that became a broadcast pioneer of pop culture, news and reality TV.

Half a century ago, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released one of the greatest albums of the rock era, "Déjà vu." The record would sell eight million copies, but the band, and the friendships, did not endure. "CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Mason talks with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash about their shared history and the timeless music they produced, as "Déjà vu" gets a delayed 50th-anniversary expanded release.

Correspondent Luke Burbank talks with band members Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd about their latest effort, the Space Bubble Concert, recently held in Oklahoma City, in which the band and audience were sealed into giant bubbles.

Three years after a near-fatal drug overdose, singer Demi Lovato opens up to correspondent Tracy Smith about how she barely survived. She talks about her new YouTube documentary series, "Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil," and how she is now feeling more joy in her life than ever before.