In these fraught days of authoritarianism and climate change, when our fate depends more than ever on local community action, music continues to seal the bonds between those fighting the good fight.

Mario Monterosso first heard Bobby Darin’s 1969 song “Simple Song of Freedom” in the 2004 movie, Beyond the Sea, which is about Darin’s life. “I said, ‘Wow. This is quite a thing. Quite a song.’” ...

Some are lyrical, others defiant; still others are persistent earworms of the level of Baby Shark. (Have you tried getting Star-Spangled Banner out of your head during Olympic season?) The national ...