What a wildly weird few weeks for music, but who’s complaining? Hard-earned women’s rights are deteriorating all over America, which in comparison to the war-torn rest of the world seems like a minor inconvenience. It’s been really quiet in these parts, on that front. Has anyone else felt utterly helpless? Not that the stress of a dysregulated nervous system even compares to those suffering without food, water, shelter or even a notion of basic safety … but if all we have to self-soothe is a chaotic, cultural mishmash of music, that’s something to be grateful for.

Billy Joel’s “Turn the Lights Back On” started off February on the right foot.