I have long been a fan of Jackson Browne. He was someone who seemed to have been a good fit for the 1970s – part troubadour, part social commentator. His work Lives in the Balance was a work that marked his movement from self-reflection to activism for the causes in which he believed.  But it was a song he wrote in 1991 for the Irish band The Chieftains  which is an unlikely Christmas Carol. Continue reading →