Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

Prince William was “surprised” that his father King Charles’ Apple Music playlist was not “classical”.

The Old Fire House opened in the early 1990s after then-Mayor Rosemarie Ives tapped Kate Becker — a longtime music and arts advocate who’s now the creative economy director at King County ...