Here's a classic from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Mississippi Rain from their 1970 album Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy. Sometimes there's no going home. Hear more songs of the day here.

I feel like a classic today, so let's reach back to 1981 for a little Charley Pride. Roll On Mississippi is from his album of the same name, a sweet song about reconnecting to home.

Kate Campbell Mississippi and Me is a a fun, if bittersweet and occasionally bitchy, song reflecting on the meaning of home from Mississippi native singer/songwriter Kate Campbell. Mississippi and Me is from her 1995 CD Songs from the Levee. Check out more Songs of the Day here.

It's mid-summer and my air conditioner is having a hard time keeping up with a week of triple-digit heat, so I'm kinda feeling like I live in a swamp, minus the gators and mosquitoes. Seems like a good week for a song about a swamp, like this one from Louisiana's Tab Benoit. Listen to more Songs

There's probably not another musician more closely tied to the Mississippi River than John Hartford. Born in New York City, he grew up in St. Louis where he became enamored of the river. Even as he moved around the country, he never left the Mississippi River far behind. He spent many of his