Stewart Copeland album fuses music with sounds of hyenas, monkeys, owls

60 Minutes - Newsmakers Stewart Copeland album "Wild Concerto" fuses music with sounds of hyenas, monkeys, owls .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-60-minutes.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, Heather Abbott April 19, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google If you're a rock 'n' roll fan, you already know Stewart Copeland. Drumming legend Copeland, Andy Summers and a guy named Sting romped to global stardom as the Police in the 1970s. So we were intrigued to learn that Copeland had teamed up with celebrated naturalist Martyn Stewart for a pioneering album, sharing the limelight, not with Sting, but with hyenas, owls and howler monkeys. Called "Wild Concerto," the album is based on Martyn Stewart's life work: an extraordinary collection of audio recordings of the world's living creatures. Some are now extinct or endangered, making "Wild Concerto" as much a manifesto as a music album. We had to hear more.There's really only one way to start the day at the world's most famous recording studio. Stewart Copeland: Martyn in the flesh, at last. So great to see you. We've been so deep into our mission here.Martyn Stewart. Stewart Copeland. This unlikely pair – the quiet naturalist and the intrepid rock star.Stewart Copeland: I hope you have fun with this music. Martyn Stewart and Stewart Copeland 60 Minutes We're here at Abbey Road to turn animal sounds into a concerto – here in the same studio the fab four made famous. No pressure.Martyn Stewart: Unbelievable, the history in here is just- Stewart Copeland: Imagine McCartney running up and down those stairs.  Stewart Copeland: This almost makes us Beatles But today it's the animal kingdom that...