Wilco is on the road in Europe, but that doesn't mean US fans can't enjoy some close-up time with the band as well: a feature profile of the group is slated to air on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend. Visit cbsnews.com for more information and air times on your local CBS station.

The band has been making the rounds of the European festival circuit this month, stopping at Germany's Highfield Festival, the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands, and the Green Man Festival in Wales this weekend. That'll be the end of the festivals for now, but there are still three more shows in Europe before the band heads home, all with Blitzen Trapper opening. There's a sold-out set at Troxy in London on Tuesday, followed by another sold-out show at Vicar Street in Dublin on Thursday, with a second Vicar Street show closing out the European tour next Friday.

Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy spoke with the Irish Times's Jim Carroll in advance of those Dublin shows. The two discuss the apparent absence of angst in the band's life and on an album that's as optimistic from the start as is their latest Nonesuch release, Wilco (the album), with its upbeat opener "Wilco (the song)." Though it's something Tweedy suggests isn't as shocking as many may think, given the lighthearted songs that can be found throughout the band's repertoire, he tells the Times, "I think this time we’re definitely laughing more."

The two also spoke of the recent concert film Ashes of American Flags, in which directors Brendan Canty and Christoph Green documented the band's 2008 tour at five quintessentially American venues struggling to hold on to a sense of the unique character of the communities in which they exist. "They’re places we see, in some romantic way maybe, as the best parts of America," Tweedy says, "and they’re places which don’t really tend to exist anymore."

Tweedy and his band mates are clearly not alone in finding joy in their music. And it's a feeling Jeff, with his wife, is hoping to convey to their teenaged son Spencer, the drummer in his own band.

"I think the main thing we’ve tried to instill in Spencer is that music is something to be enjoyed," he tells Carroll. "I feel I’ve tried to live my life in a way which shows that to him as much as say it to him. Music is part of your life, and it enriches your perspective and appreciation for being alive."

Read the complete article and interview at irishtimes.com.

For tour dates, including the upcoming US tour that starts in October, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.