Follow the Northern Road
Ten songs. Real places. The stories behind them—released one stop at a time.
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Get each new stop as it unlocks—along with the story, maps, and moments that shaped it.
It Started With a Road We Didn’t Plan to Take
Twelve songs. Real places. One Journey Unfolds.
Each release reveals a new stop, connecting music with the roads, people, and moments that shape us.
From backroads and small towns to canoe routes and city streets, Northern Road unfolds as a journey you can follow. Built on real stories and real places, it’s a moment in time meant to capture the common threads that tie us together. It is an honest look at what makes us tick and a reminder of the things worth holding onto.
Each release reveals a new stop, connecting music with the roads, people, and moments that shape us.
From backroads and small towns to canoe routes and city streets, Northern Road unfolds as a journey you can follow. Built on real stories and real places, it’s a moment in time meant to capture the common threads that tie us together. It is an honest look at what makes us tick and a reminder of the things worth holding onto.
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Current Release
More South Than the Others
A Thanksgiving night drive with no map, no plan, and one rule: follow the road that runs more south than the others.
12 Stops. One Road.
Each week, a new song unlocks—along with the story, map, and moments behind it. Follow the journey as it unfolds.
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Some albums you play. Some you travel through.
Northern Road unfolds one stop at a time.
Get the full Northern Road album on iTunes or as a limited physical release with a printed booklet of stories, maps, and photos.
01 – More South Than the Others
Two friends wander backroads after Thanksgiving using one rule.
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02 – Say the Word
A moment at a drive-thru becomes the kind of decision that could have changed everything.
03 – Just Two at Donn Juan’s
A pheasant hunt spills into a wild small-town night.
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04 – Still Got It
Friends return to canoe country and realize they never lost it.
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05 – It Starts With One
A boy builds a life from nothing, one decision at a time.
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06 – Town to Town
A father walks Europe with his daughter and sees her ready to fly.
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07 – The Cowboy
An old lawman’s story lives on through those who remember.
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08 – Northern Road (Winter ’26)
A reflection on Minneapolis and the weight of steady leadership.
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09 – Morristown
A quiet stop in a small river town where something just feels right.
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10 – Side by Side
How the pieces of a life somehow fall together in the quiet spaces of just showing up.
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11 – Two Roads
A man begins to understand the forces that shaped the life he lives.
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12 – Hold One Another Up
Watching two strong-willed girls fight it out, hoping they realize they aren’t meant to make the climb alone.
Limited Run Get the Record in Hand
A limited run of Northern Road will be available on LP, created as a way to hold the record as a complete piece. In a world of fleeting digital noise, this is something real you can hold—the songs, the places, and the stories all in one place.
Vinyl Record
A limited first-pressing vinyl featuring the full album in sequence, housed in a premium gatefold jacket.
Insert
Includes song lyrics, notes, locations, and a few of the stories behind how the record came together over the winter.
Buy vinyl for an immediate digital album download today.
Jason Kocina
Somewhere along the Frost River
Where This Came From
Stories from places, people, and moments that stayed
4.9/5
I didn’t sit down to make a record. I just started writing one day and it kept going. Turns out I had more to say than I realized.
These songs came together over a single winter. Not all at once, and not with a plan. Just piece by piece, as things came back. Places, moments, people, conversations I hadn’t thought about in years.
Some of them started as a few lines. Some as stories I’d told before. And somewhere along the way, I found a way to bring them to life. Shaping them, working them, letting them turn into songs.
It’s kind of a moment in time. A look back at where I’ve been, and maybe a little of where things are headed.
I don’t really know what this turns into yet. I just know these songs are personal. And they all seem to follow the same road.
These songs came together over a single winter. Not all at once, and not with a plan. Just piece by piece, as things came back. Places, moments, people, conversations I hadn’t thought about in years.
Some of them started as a few lines. Some as stories I’d told before. And somewhere along the way, I found a way to bring them to life. Shaping them, working them, letting them turn into songs.
It’s kind of a moment in time. A look back at where I’ve been, and maybe a little of where things are headed.
I don’t really know what this turns into yet. I just know these songs are personal. And they all seem to follow the same road.