Calling Me Home is a studio album by American country artist, Kathy Mattea.

Its themes focused on coal mining and ways people experienced living in the Appalachian Mountains.

Kathy Mattea was one of country music's most commercially-successful recording artists during the eighties and nineties decades.

[3] The album inspired Mattea to look further into Appalachian and bluegrass music of her native West Virginia.

[4] In an interview with Billboard, Mattea explained that it was a challenge to record the album's material because it required a unique type of singing.

[6] It also featured harmony vocals from country artists Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless and Alison Krauss.

[7] The title track was about a person who is about to die and "being with them while they cross that unknown threshold into the big mystery".

[5][8] The disc spent two weeks on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart, peaking at number 54 on September 29, 2012.

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave it four out of five stars, praising the album's traditional production and natural way Mattea delivered the music to listeners.