Madeleine Peyroux: Music with a little bit of pain
The acclaimed blues singer developed her singular voice while living on the streets of Paris as a teenager (with streaming audio)
Arts
Tavi Gevinson: Not so afraid of ambition
After becoming a fashion icon by age 12, the blogger-turned-actress now stars on Broadway in "This Is Our Youth"
Christopher Cross sails back with a new album
Despite his meteoric rise in the early '80s, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a different definition of success
Boulder, Colo., bookseller and curator Thatcher Wine is to a library what a tailor is to a suit
Boulder, Colo., bookseller and curator Thatcher Wine is to a library what a tailor is to a suit, as he custom-designs book collections to suit his customers' decorating tastes. Richard Schlesinger reports.
Music for bicycle parts
Sound designer Steven Baber puts his appreciation for bikes into high gear, coaxing melodies from unlikely objects (with streaming audio)
Did you ever think of a bicycle as a musical instrument? That's exactly what it is in the hands of music design artist Steven Baber, a.k.a. Johnnyrandom
Did you ever think of a bicycle as a musical instrument? That's exactly what it is in the hands of music design artist Steven Baber, a.k.a. Johnnyrandom. He coaxes more than 200 different sounds out of a bicycle's moving parts and weaves them into a musical montage. John Blackstone reports.
The Maria Benetiz Institute for Spanish Arts' Flamenco Youth Company, along with guitarist Joaquin Gallegos, expand the boundaries of traditional dance at the soaring theater of the Santa Fe Opera
The Maria Benetiz Institute for Spanish Arts' Flamenco Youth Company, along with guitarist Joaquin Gallegos, expand the boundaries of traditional dance at the soaring theater of the Santa Fe Opera.
Lee Cowan has the story of an artist who does his best work underground
For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving out man-made caves from the sandstone hills of New Mexico, and then sculpting these spaces into works of art he calls wilderness shrines. Lee Cowan has the story of an artist who does his best work underground.
The cave digger: Hewing art from the very landscape
For the past 25 years Ra Paulette has been scraping and shaping New Mexico's sandstone into elegant, man-made caves
Smile! "Candid Camera" is back!
Watch out -- the hidden camera TV show is returning to the airwaves
Passage: Smokey the Bear
The face of the longest-running public service announcement campaign in American history celebrates his 70th birthday
Pharrell Williams: "Happy" and grateful
The Grammy-winning producer-singer gives most credit to others for his success: "What am I without them?"
Lee Grant on life beyond the Hollywood blacklist
The Oscar-winning "Shampoo" actress talks about a career sidetracked by the 1950s Communist witch hunt, and of reinventing herself as an award-winning director
Films for movie-loving couch potatoes
If you don't feel like going to the multiplex, critic David Edelstein suggests some VOD movies that will come to you
Tori Amos on her latest feminist summons
At 50 the singer talks about her new album, "Unrepentant Geraldines," and of being a mother (with streaming audio)
More From Sunday Morning
Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis: Father-and-son filmmakers on making "Anemone"
The three-time Oscar-winning actor has been absent from movie screens for eight years, until a collaboration with his son, Ronan, brought him back for "Anemone," the story of a man living in self-exile.
Miley Cyrus on achieving "Something Beautiful"
The "Hannah Montana" actress-turned-Grammy-winning pop star talks about her album "Something Beautiful," sobriety, and reconnecting with her dad through music.
AI in the military: Testing a new kind of air force
Preparing for the threats of tomorrow, the U.S. Air Force is testing drones piloted by artificial intelligence alongside aircraft flown by humans – and is teaching AI how to fight, a potential revolution in warfare.
Yusuf/Cat Stevens on his "Road to Findout"
The singer-songwriter who renamed himself Yusuf Islam talks about his new memoir, "Cat on the Road to Findout," his lifelong spiritual quest, and about trying to find and understand himself as an artist.
Encountering ICE: A "David vs. Goliath" moment
In city after city, the Trump administration has been testing limits of the law in apprehending and detaining people suspected of being undocumented, many of whom have no criminal record.
Banning cellphones in schools: Are the kids alright?
Most states now have, or are considering, bans of cellphones in public schools. For a generation that grew up with smartphones, being without is a whole new world.
This week on "Sunday Morning" (Oct. 5)
A look at the features for this week's broadcast of the Emmy-winning program, hosted by Jane Pauley.
Freed Hamas hostage Eli Sharabi on rebuilding his life after 491 days in captivity
Eli Sharabi, who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, before being released last February, explains why he remains optimistic for the future.
The Zombies and their bumpy road to rock 'n' roll immortality
Part of the 1960s British pop invasion that began with The Beatles, The Zombies took a lot longer for success to catch up with them. Now their most famous album, 1968's "Odessey and Oracle," has been remastered.
Jennifer Lopez on "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
The actress talks about playing a screen goddess in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman"; her love of movie musicals; and her long road from the Bronx to Hollywood.