by Jade Packer
Occasionally I do a bit of research for this column of mine. This month is not going to be one of those times. Instead I’m going to turn a bit more personal. You see September for me means heading home, which means you guessed it a whole playlist devoted to being homeward bounds or if I run out of those kinds of songs then just songs that have some relevance to home (regardless of how tedious they are!) For all of us though it means returning or arriving at HOL, which has been home to many for over 10 years now. To all the newbies I hope you find it as awesome as those of us who have been wandering these halls for years now. But enough of the rambling, this is a music column so here comes the music.
OK here are some of my favourite songs dealing with home, they are in no particular order because I just don’t roll that way.
• Heather Nova…everything
Have I mentioned how much I love Heather Nova lately? Well I do and I fully admit that I’m bias but when it comes to the idea of travelling and then heading back home then you may as well include all her discography into it.
To narrow it down a bit I will show case a few but really if you don’t know her songs just stop reading this right now go to the tube of you or her website and listen to her music.
• Turn the Compass around
• Home
• Done Drifting
• Walk This World
• Virus of the Mind
Err ok so some of those are slightly off topic…but they are such amazing songs. OK I’ll stop now.
• Caledonia - Paolo Nutini
I've been telling old stories, singing songs that make me think about where i come from and that’s the reason why i seem so far away today
This is not his song, it’s a Scottish folk song written in the 70’ but it was covered by him and so I feel warranted in putting this in as his. Caledonia being the old Latin name for what is now