Jackson Browne, ‘The Dreamer’

The legendary rocker has added his voice to the groundswell of support for DREAMers, the immigrants who entered the United States as minors as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. With DACA possibly ending next year, Browne’s new song tells the story of an immigrant girl who is brought to the USA to reunite with her father. It’s written and performed with the Mexican-American roots band Los Cenzontles and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos. Sung in English and Spanish, the song is a colorfully strummed tribute to America’s immigrant heritage from a singer who has spent decades layering the personal with the political in his songwriting.