Nick Wilkinson Shares Some Warmth With His New Single

A beautiful and heartwarming new single from Nick Wilkinson & the Feature Players delivers a sentiment not just for the traveling musician, but for anyone who spends so much time on the road that they endlessly miss their loved ones.

"Coming Home To You" is written from the perspective of actually being on the road. In the midst of travel, staring into headlights and tail lights, watching the open road, and still feeling the excitement of things, but knowing that coming home to that special someone is what you're really looking forward to.

The detail and depth in which Nick describes his surroundings, and blends that with the emotional pull and how he lets that inner thought just come out, is borderline brilliant.

Again, this is a sentiment that's not just for the traveling musician, although this is where Nick is coming from.

This could be for anyone who just spends time away from the person or people that they love. It's the feeling you get knowing that you're going to come home to that person. You look forward to it, your heart sort of swells, and excitement to get back, and this track manages to capture that emotion with such great detail and emphasis on the impact it has on someone's life.

A lot of people don't think about what it's like for a traveling person. A lot of people have jobs where they have to travel around; being a touring musician is just one of them.

The song is the absolute essence of the process of how, over days and days, you start thinking nonstop of that person. How you yearn to come home and feel that warmth that you've been missing, no matter how exciting or important the travel part of your life is.

It's always more important and more exciting knowing that you're coming home to someone well worth coming home to, to begin with.

The way the song unfolds is amazing because he gets existential with it. He delves into what his mind would be thinking about if everything were to end right then and there. All the things he would have missed out on.

I just love how deep he gets with it and in such a natural form to boot.

The song has a beautiful and warm charm and tonality to it.

It's wonderfully woven and stripped down to acoustic and vocals, which gives it a very rootsy or rustic folk appeal.

This one hits hard, especially if you can relate to it on a personal level.

The funny thing about it is that even if you are someone who goes to work daily and comes home every day, it still has that same sort of emotional pull somehow.

The song is overwhelmingly truthful, spilling out all of that thought for all to soak in, and that makes it vulnerable, but it also gives it a lot of character.

Nick is heavily influenced by classic folk, and I know that's just because you can hear it bursting at the seams throughout this entire song.

It also has a slight southern twang to it in a sense. It's got a little bit of Americana in its underbelly that pokes its head out and gives it a little flavor as well.

Again, it's the inviting sort of warmth that really wraps itself around you and keeps you right where it wants to. Listening to all those thoughts and descriptions, fears and excitements coming out throughout a 3-minute song, is a lot to chew on.

I love a good song that has a tonality you can sort of snuggle up to, but has so many layers of personality.

In that sense, this song was incredibly satiating. It was something I needed to hear when I heard it, and it made me feel good. It's a song that gave me the 'warm and fuzzies'. I love that.

It is freeing, open, unafraid, and showcases that true to heart personality with very few walls built around it, which makes it authentic.

I think anyone wants to hear this level of authenticity in a folk single.

What's more is that listening to this makes you want to go see him perform it live. The song has a wonderful way of putting you right there in the moment with it.

With the release of such a beautiful song, I realized I wanted to have a chat with Nick to find out exactly where it actually came from. I also wanted to know more about what may be coming up in the future for him as an artist, and what kind of things influenced him to start writing music in the first place.

So, while you listen to this song, have a read through of our interview with Nick Wilkinson below

Remember where you heard it first.

Thanks for joining us Nick! Let's talk about "Coming Home To You"! This song was warm and inviting with a lot of personal undertones!  Where did this track come from?

Loneliness, really. Have you ever been heading home, 2 in the morning, sleep weighing heavy in your eyes, but just knowing that you're not really heading back to anything at all. This song is that for me. I have spent countless nights on the road after gigs just hoping one day I’ll find my way to a place that feels like home. “I’m just waiting to come home to you. No. I’m just waiting to come home.”

I'm hearing a few different approaches to this song! Who are some of your biggest musical influences?

Oh, man. Some I’m sure you can pick up on; Simon and Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, John Prime are all big influences for me. Song with a narrative arch and a story feel like the best way for me to convey ideas. Frightened Rabbit (I have a tattoo drawn by Scott Hutchison), Clem Snide, Josh Ritter are also some of my more closely kept influences. 

Did you record this at a home setup, or at a big studio?

This was recorded as part of a studio session we had for our upcoming album “Beautiful Things” due out in summer 2026. My friend, Mike Fox, was helping us in the studio and after a long day of tracking 8 songs, sat Quinn Miller and I down at a microphone and we just played this song in one take. 

How did this all start for you as an artist?

In the back seat of my grandparents car singing “The Unicorn” by the Irish Rovers. Or maybe it was trying to figure out how to play my uncles acoustic guitar when I was 5 or 6. I’ve always been drawn to music. I started a punk band in high school, started performing solo in college around the greater Ohio area, started got my backing band “The Featured Players” and have been rolling ever since. 

Are you performing live right now?

I perform pretty regularly. I’ve found a place for myself at local bars, restaraunts, and taprooms playing full evenings of music. Some covers, some my own. I’m really looking forward to my next show January 31 at Uncommon Ground. 

Now that this is out, what's next for you? 

The next step is to get the album done and released. This is a totally independent project, so I'm going all in right now. I'm booking shows, finishing production, planning a release show, and running my open mic nights. I really believe in these songs and I'm looking forward to  sharing them.

Who's in your headphones right now?

As we speak, I am listening to Anastasia Kobekina’s Bach: Cello Suites. 

What would you tell people they can expect on this release?

A fun car ride, a contemplative look at longing, and the tragic comedy that is existence. 

Before we go, what would you like to express to fans of the music?

This place is hard. It’s built to make us feel alone and lonely like we live in our own little fish bowls. If you’re feeling that way, I hope you can lights to turn on the darkness to follow to somewhere you can call home. 

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