FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Yes, Graham Nash is angered by a lot of what is happening in America, a country he sees still held hostage by the prejudices and political violence that more than 50 years ago encouraged memorably powerful protest music from David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Nash and Neil Young.

On his current tour, which stops at The Parker in Fort Lauderdale for concerts on April 28-29, Nash has been opening with his 1971 single “Chicago,” with its melodic call to “rearrange the world.”

But Nash understands that during his swing through Florida — he’s also playing in Clearwater, Key West and Ponte Vedra Beach — he will be performing for a well-informed choir that does not need to be preached to. So he plans to provide a haven from all the noise. Mostly.

“It’s a crazy world. It is, politically, and particularly with climate change, incredibly chaotic. But I think, if they come to see me, that they’ll experience a couple of hours of relative peace. Even though I do talk, you know, quite pointedly about things,” Nash says.

At 84, his distinctively sweet tenor — which earned him separate inductions to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash — remains sublime.

Nash’s most recent album, 2023’s critically praised “Now,” was seven pandemic-interrupted years in gestation, following “This Path Tonight” in 2016. The collection balances the rocking anti-MAGA protest of “Stand Up” with quieter songs of confessional reflection. They include several heart-on-sleeve odes for his third wife, artist Amy Grantham, whom he married in 2019 and lives with on New York’s Lower East Side.

“I’ve been meditating for five years now, and I’ve really begun to realize that I’m not fake, that I’m a decent person, you know? I didn’t really believe that I could fall in love again. And then Amy Grantham came along and bowled me over,” he says.

But it is the inspiration of past relationships that defines his new tour, offering a survey of some of the most vital music made in a tumultuous, roughly 10-year span beginning in the late 1960s.

Backed by a three-piece band, recent set lists have featured Crosby, Stills & Nash classics “Marrakesh Express,” “Just a Song Before I Go” and “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”; songs recorded after Neil Young joined the band, including “Teach Your Children,” “Our House” and “Find the Cost of Freedom”; and Nash solo hits such as “Military Madness” and “Better Days.”

Then there is the music that weaves the harmonies of Nash and his “best friend,” Crosby, to such celestial heights. If The Parker audience is lucky, Nash will share the elegiac Crosby collaboration “To the Last Whale … Critical Mass/Wind on the Water.”

Nash says trust was the critical element that allowed him and Crosby to achieve such a seamless vocal rapport.

“David and I had a certain ability and a certain blend and a certain enjoyment about pushing music as far as it could go in our world. I know that wherever I wanted to go, David would enhance that. Wherever he wanted to go, my contribution would enhance that, too, particularly in ‘Critical Mass.’ You know, we didn’t work out. Our harmonies became incredibly natural to us both,” he says.

Crosby died in 2023 at age 81, just as he and Nash were mending their friendship after a yearslong feud. Nash says that, shortly before his death, Crosby called from California and left a contrite voicemail message, saying he wanted to apologize. They agreed to get together on a FaceTime call.

“I waited and waited for the call, but it never came. And then two days later, he was gone,” Nash says. “I think about David always. He’s in my prayers every single night. I will miss him terribly for the rest of my life.”

The Crosby-Nash partnership also is represented on the new tour by “Immigration Man” and “Fieldworker,” titles that may suggest they were torn from today’s headlines, but were written decades ago.

To his dismay, Nash describes these two songs — along with “Military Madness,” “Chicago” and “Teach Your Children” — as “incredibly relevant today.”

A native of England who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1978, Nash is pleased that he is still able to perform music to his standards and that audiences seem to value the shows. He points out that he’s the only game in town.

“If people want to hear any of those songs, they’re certainly not going to hear any CSN stuff from Neil. Stephen has stopped touring. David passed away. So to hear any of that stuff, you’ve got to come and see me,” Nash says.

But he is conflicted about it.

“I’m very honored that my music has lasted so long, and at the same time, I’m totally pissed off that we haven’t learned from history,” he says.

Graham Nash will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, and Wednesday, April 29, at The Parker, 707 NE Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are available at ParkerPlayhouse.com. More information: GrahamNash.com.

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