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He was a composer of extraordinary gifts, but he had to overcome a lifetime of maladies – including hearing loss – to compose his masterwork: the Ninth Symphony, with its optimistic final movement.
A song about a longing for home, John Denver's first hit in 1971 has been embraced by West Virginia in a big way, and has been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own "place I belong."
From silver bells to jingle bells, holiday music wouldn't be the same without bells and neither would the season itself. Despite the massive technological change the world has experienced, the art of bell-making and bell-ringing remains much as it has for centuries. Dana Jacobson has more.
Molly Oldham continued to pursue her passion for singing during her battle with stage three anaplastic ependymoma. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Country singer Carly Pearce's acclaimed album "29: Written in Stone" was named one of Rolling Stone magazine's top albums of the year.
"Our last proper record will come out in 2025, and I think after that we will only tour," he said.
Songs by a San Francisco jazz pianist for the 1965 TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas," including "Christmas Time Is Here," are now inseparable from the joy and melancholy of the holiday season.
Christian rock is as old as rock 'n' roll itself. Amy Grant, and the duo For King and Country, Joel and Luke Smallbone, talk about performing in a contemporary genre to spread the Word.
My Morning Jacket was formed by a group of childhood friends from Louisville, Kentucky. They’ve been making music together for decades – and nearly called it quits. But then they produced a new self-titled album and reclaimed what Rolling Stone calls "their mantle as retro-rocks top mystics." Anthony Mason spoke with the group about their journey to success.
The announcement was made Wednesday on "CBS Mornings."
Correspondent (and pianist) David Pogue remembers the advice given him by the musical theater giant.
One of rock's most enduring couples talks about their 40-year-marriage and creative partnership, which has sold 36 million albums, recorded 15 Top 40 hits, and won four consecutive Grammys, and is still going strong.
Correspondent Mo Rocca offers an appreciation of the career of the legendary composer and lyricist who forced the American musical to grow up, and who took audiences to places they'd never been before.
The Beatle's memoir contains stories of his life, inspiration, and the music that changed the world, set against the lyrics of 154 of his most important songs.
Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with a look at the 2022 Grammy Awards nominees, including Jon Batiste. He tops the list with 11 nominations, including an album of the year nod for "We Are" and for record of the year with "Freedom," a feel-good ode to the city of New Orleans. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on January 31, 2022, and will air on CBS and Paramount+.
The song put the singer-songwriter on the top of the country charts – and put the restaurant chain on the tip of almost everyone's tongue – but the married father of six has had a long, sometimes painful journey to double-platinum success.
Preview: In an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning," the singer-songwriter discusses the breakout success of "Fancy Like" – the song and the TikTok dance.
Classical conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin was born in Canada, but now acts as musical director on both sides of the border: Montréal, Philadelphia, and at The Metropolitan Opera. Jeff Glor spoke to Yannick about his journey and goals.
The Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, known for playing Spider-Man and an AIDS victim in "Angels in America," stars in a new film, "Tick, Tick … BOOM!," a musical inspired by the life of "Rent" composer Jonathan Larson.
Stapleton's trophies included song and album of the year but Combs was named entertainer of the year.
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 Icelandic group "Of Monsters and Men" sat down with Ben Tracy to celebrate a decade since their breakthrough success and to open up about how their music has evolved since then.
Nearly four decades after taking a "break," the Swedish pop group is back with a new album – and soon, a live concert performance featuring digital avatars of the now-70-something stars.
Rapper Fetty Wap is accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar bicoastal drug scheme, authorities announced.
"That's not who I am. I'm about tolerance, love and inclusivity," the Colombian singer said.
