All Homesongs, All The Time

I think a lot about the concept of home. It’s hard to say whether your home is where you were born, where you grew up, where you ended up, where you are at the moment, or just your favorite place. Some people have been sure of their home since childhood, and others spend a lifetime trying to find it. The songs below are about going home, leaving home and trying to find a new home. Most of them are pretty bittersweet.

If you have a minute, click here to read a gorgeous poem called “The Shrinking Lonesome Sestina” by Miller Williams.

What are your favorite home songs?

With love,

Kate

1. David Mead “Nashville” (Indiana)
2. Denison Witmer “Postcard Song” (Safe Away + Are You A Sleeper) FREE (Thanks, Militia Group!)
3. Ryan Adams “Oh My Sweet Carolina” (Heartbreaker)
4. Smog “I’m New Here” (A River Ain’t Too Much To Love)
5. Adem “Everything You Need” (Homesongs)
6. Jump, Little Children “Cathedrals” (Magazine)
7. Josh Rouse “Quiet Town” (Subtitulo) FREE (Thanks, Nettwerk!)
8. Tift Merritt “Laid A Highway” (Tambourine)
9. West Indian Girl “Northern Sky” (s/t)
10. Hem “Not California” (Funnel Cloud)
11. Patty Griffin “Florida” (Impossible Dream)
12. Over The Rhine “Hometown Boy” (Ohio)
13. The Beatles “She’s Leaving Home” (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
14. Azure Ray “November” (November EP)
15. Ben Folds “Still Fighting It” (Rockin’ The Suburbs)
16. Bright Eyes “Train Under Water” (I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning)
17. Emmylou Harris “Red Dirt Girl” (Red Dirt Girl)
18. Lyle Lovett “Step Inside This House” (Step Inside This House)
19. Rosie Thomas “Sell All My Things” (Only With Laughter Can You Win)
20. Zombies “Care Of Cell 44” (Oddessy & Oracle)