Christmas in Fallujah - by Jefferson Pepper

It seems Billy Joel's powerful new ballad shares its title with a song from a Pennsylvania-born artist named Jeffeson Pepper.

Mixing alternative rock, warped bluegrass, punk, folk, Americana and alt country, Jefferson Pepper inhabits an eclectic, rootsy territory all his own. No pretension, just honest, plain-spoken poetry for anyone with enough awareness and good taste to listen.

You can hear Jefferson's song here.