Abstract
The role and power of music in community life is indisputable. Music not only inspires people to continue struggling and fight for their rights, but music also plays a comforting role in times of grief, loss, or in the face of hardship, like the Covid-19 crisis has brought upon the world. The social isolation that the world was forced into caused widespread ripples across social, political, religious, cultural, and educational sectors. Parents, grandparents, and caregivers suddenly adopted additional roles, that of friends, teachers to those in their care. Reliance on technological means became the lifeline for socialization, education, and entertainment. Schulkin and Raglan (2014) assert that music is fundamental to our social roots and that the fundamental link that music provides for us is about emotion and communicative expression. The medium for this emotional and communicative expression in Italy that resounded from windows and balconies and in all regions of the Italian peninsula were popular songs from the past and present: "Nel blu, dipinto di Blu" ("Volare"), "‘O sole mio," or "Azzurro." The article offers a report of qualitative research on what role popular music played during social isolation in Italy. Pedagogical discourse is approached with the support of a sociological perspective on music and singing as an instrument to achieve the power to positively influence people's life and well-being, becoming an indispensable mediator for the completeness of human experience.