Animals become Stewart Copeland's bandmates in "Wild Concerto" album

60 Minutes Overtime Animals become Stewart Copeland's bandmates in album preserving the sounds of nature .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes-overtime.jpg'); } By Bill Whitaker, Bill Whitaker 60 Minutes Correspondent Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Read Full Bio Bill Whitaker, Aliza Chasan, Aliza Chasan Digital Content Producer Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. Read Full Bio Aliza Chasan, Heather Abbott, Paulina Smolinski April 19, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Owls hoot, frogs croak and hyenas laugh on "Wild Concerto," a groundbreaking collaboration between musician Stewart Copeland and naturalist Martyn Stewart. Stewart, a naturalist now based in Florida, spent decades criss-crossing the planet to make nearly 100,000 recordings of animals. Copeland, who is best known as a drummer for The Police, put it all to music, giving members of the animal kingdom a shot at stardom, with humans playing backup. They hope the album helps preserve the sounds of mother nature, while also increasing appreciation for the wild kingdom as more animals face extinction."If you show people the beauty of something and get them to fall in love with that, maybe we can tip something," Stewart said. The sounds of nature Stewart has focused on the sounds of the natural world for more than 60 years. As a child with a tape recorder, he ventured into the woods around his home and recorded the sounds of the Eurasian blackbird. What started as a boyhood lark became a career with a mission. "I always believe the reason I'...