The Long Way Home

Singer-Songwriter

Nathan Nearman

Cinematic Country Storytelling

Singer • Songwriter • Recording Artist

BMI-Affiliated Songwriter

Nathan Nearman is an American singer-songwriter whose music combines deeply personal country storytelling with cinematic imagery, memory, and place. His debut single, “Old Swimmin’ Hole,” arrives September 4, 2026, introducing an artistic approach he calls cinematic country storytelling.

Nathan Nearman Old Swimmin' Hole official single artwork

The Debut Single

Old Swimmin’ Hole

September 4, 2026

“The swimming hole is real. The summer is his. So is the girl.”

“Old Swimmin’ Hole” is a personal story of first love and summer nights — warm water and Georgia pines, fireflies and a rope swing, a borrowed football hoodie, and the places that never quite leave us. It is country music told with a filmmaker’s eye: a nostalgic song about youth, freedom, and the memories we carry into who we become.

You may never have been to this swimmin’ hole. But you probably have one of your own.

Listen & Watch

Hear Old Swimmin’ Hole

Available now on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.

Available Now

Available now on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music.

The Forthcoming Project

The Long Way Home

A cinematic country record about love, memory, becoming, fatherhood, desire, loss, and the roads that lead us home.

“Old Swimmin’ Hole” is the first chapter of The Long Way Home — Nathan Nearman’s forthcoming music project and the fullest expression yet of his cinematic country storytelling.

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The Long Way Home album cover by Nathan Nearman