Home Free
Home Free are a five-voice country a cappella group, bringing close harmonies, vocal percussion and a sense of humor to country favorites, original songs and sea shanties.
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Home Free’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus their backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
Known for
- Sea Shanty Medley2021 · All-vocal sea shanty medley
YouTube - Ring of Fire2014 · Featuring Avi Kaplan
Apple Music - Country Evolution2015 · Album featuring “Elvira” with the Oak Ridge Boys
Apple Music - Timeless2017 · Album featuring “Man of Constant Sorrow”
Apple Music - So Long Dixie2022 · Album
Apple Music - Challenge the Sea2025 · Album
Apple Music
Overview
- From
- Mankato, Minnesota
- Started
- 2001, founded by Chris Rupp, Adam Rupp and Matt Atwood
- Sound
- Country a cappella, with voices supplying the harmonies and percussion
- Breakout
- Winners of NBC’s The Sing-Off, season four, in 2013
- Fan community
- Home Fries
Mini bio
How it started.
Home Free began in Mankato, Minnesota, in 2001. Brothers Chris and Adam Rupp and Matt Atwood formed the group, which grew from a hobby into full-time work by 2007. Their name came from a boat owned by Atwood’s grandfather, an early financial supporter.
The TV turning point.
They won season four of NBC’s The Sing-Off on December 23, 2013, earning a recording contract and $100,000. Crazy Life followed in 2014, introducing more listeners to their mix of country singing and all-vocal arrangements.
Songs to come back to.
Their catalog includes “Ring of Fire” with Avi Kaplan, “Elvira” with the Oak Ridge Boys and the 2021 “Sea Shanty Medley.” So Long Dixie reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Current Country Albums chart in 2022, according to the band’s official biography.
The next chapter.
Adam Bell-Bastien joined in 2024 as Austin Brown departed. The group released Challenge the Sea in September 2025, expanded it with a deluxe edition in June 2026 and followed with 90’s Country Mixtape, Vol. 1 in October 2026.
Creditschronological, newest first
Albums
- 202690’s Country Mixtape, Vol. 1Recording artists
- 2026Challenge the Sea (Deluxe)Recording artists
- 2025Challenge the SeaRecording artists
- 2022So Long DixieRecording artists
- 2017TimelessRecording artists
- 2014Crazy LifeRecording artists; major-label debut
Collaborations
- 2026Parked out by the LakeWith The Wellermen
- 2025Texas Hold ’EmWith Chapel Hart
- 2015ElviraWith the Oak Ridge Boys
- 2014Ring of FireWith Avi Kaplan
Awards
- The Sing-Off championsWon season four in 2013; the prize included $100,000 and a recording contract.
- Telly Awards: Don’t Laugh at MeThe Home Free and Mark Wills video won four Telly Awards, according to their management company.
- Telly Awards: What’s Left of My HeartTheir management company reports two Telly Awards for 3D animation and mixed media.
Quotes
But we’re eternally grateful for Austin’s immeasurable contributions to this band, and we also embrace each new beginning.Tim Foust, Home Free’s official news update
On Austin Brown’s departure and the group’s next chapter. Source: https://homefreemusic.com/blogs/blog-1/important-news-update
Trivia
- The band’s name comes from a boat belonging to founding member Matt Atwood’s grandfather.
- Their fans are known as Home Fries.
- Adam Bell-Bastien had performed with Home Free before joining full time in 2024.
- “Wake Me Up” was the first song Austin Brown recorded with Home Free; the band revisited it while finishing Crazy(er) Life.
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