Purgatory Road (Deluxe Edition) out now

12.20.24: We’re happy to have released our debut record as a 20-song album on the Hudson Valley indie label Only One On The Mountain. It’s packed with 9 never before heard demos and b-sides, and a brand new version of “Even When I’m Gone” featuring Shannon Lauren Callihan, Julia DiGrazia, Max Jury, The Field Tapes, and Jon Notar.

Check it out here, or stream it below. Thanks for an unforgettable year. There is so much in store for 2025. Our new single, “Combust” comes out New Year’s Day 2025.

-Joe and James

The Aquarian names Jackson Pines Makin’ Waves 2024 Band of the Year

Thanks to The Aquarian and Bob Makin for naming us the 2024 Band Of The Year, and Pine Barrens Vol. 2 the 2024 Album Of The Year. James and I grew up reading The Aquarian as kids and teenagers, and it’s a true honor to be acknowledge by the 50+ year publication.

“Jackson Pines have been my favorite Jersey band for a few years now. They keep getting better and making more waves, so that’s surely going to last for a while – and hopefully long enough for Jackson Pines to turn the next generation onto their multi-generational sound that spans the American spawn of Afro-Celtic roots music, especially from their native Pine Barrens.

“I am so glad that Jackson Pines resurrected the fantastic music of their native Jersey Pine Barrens and now share it with the world. Their musicology within the Pine Barrens album series – a third is on the way in late 2025 – makes New Jersey a better place, one that should be extremely proud of its Pine Barrens cultural heritage. I’m also glad the Only One On The Mountain record label repackaged and reissued the band’s debut LP for more people to hear."

Read the whole article and interview here.

Pine Barrens Vol. 2 named

Aquarian Album of The Month

10.24.24: We’re proud to have our latest record named the October Album of the Month in The Aquarian and NJ Stage Magazine. The Aquarian was a music jounral James and I used to read as teenagers. I used to look at it at the Freehold Raceway Mall when I was buying my first punk and emo CDs. Honored.

Thanks to Bob Makin for reviewing the album so carefully, and caring about journalistic accuracy. Read it here.

September 10th: Summer’s End

Our new slate of regional dates is posted on our Shows Page now, along with this poster that details only some of our upcoming appearances. Make sure you check the full page for everything we’re up to as we welcome Autumn.

Thanks to everyone who came to see us on this run, from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, the hills of the Philly Folk Fest to the city of Montreal. We had an amazing time, and we’re just getting started.

Our new album Pine Barrens Vol. 2 is out online now here and streaming, CDs and Vinyl coming in early 2025.

June 20th: Summer Solstice

Our new single “Julie Jane” is out everywhere today.

This Piney murder ballad comes from Merce Ridgway Sr., and tells the story of a woman who had enough with her husband’s speculating about replacing her. Not wise then or today.

It’s the first single from our new record Pine Barrens Volume Two, which comes out July 13th. We’ll be celebrating the new single Saturday June 22nd at Ghost Hawk, and playing the whole album for the first time live July 20th at Albert Music Hall in Waretown, NJ. Consult our show page here or the poster below for those dates. We’ll be posting a more complete list of August-October concerts soon.

Til then, spin this tune and share it with your people. We had such a good time recording it and the rest of the record with everyone in The Boghouse in April.

best, Joe&James

April 2024: Control Burn

Our latest song “Control Burn” is out everywhere now. We recorded this at home, in the Boghouse in Jackson, when the prescribed burns in the Pines were just beginning in February. It came out the day of the Earthquake, and it seems fitting since fire and shifting earth are both featured in my book “Hornpipe & Other Poems” that came out last year. I was sitting at my uncle’s funeral when the church began to rumble, pews trembling. Not a bad day to release a song.

PBS makes documentary about Jackson Pines

Watch full video here!

WHEEL

The title track of our 2025 full length is out now.