Crucial Track for December 5, 2025

"Best for the Best (Live)" by Josh Ritter

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Share a song that captures the feeling of being homesick.

Josh Ritter has a lot of songs that are evocative of very specific histories in specific places. The spare, opening notes of this live version of Best for the Best simply appeared in my head when I read this prompt. It’s a song about being lonely and remembering a time that may or may not have been better.