Why We Still Want to Hear the ‘Ode to Joy,’ 200 Years Later Beethoven’s aspirational vision of unity and peace can be applied to virtually any situation or place. The music makes sure of that.

Ode To Joy shows off some of Wilco’s prettiest and most comforting songs, Tweedy’s enlarged heart transplanted back into a band — its lineup now unchanged for roughly half of its 25-year ...