Jason Ringenberg is back, following his 2017 album, Stand Tall, and in top form with a collection of romping rockers. Fueled by his prowling rhythm guitar and his shimmering lead runs, they careen around the corners of social issues, lost […]
For the uninitiated, Illinois-born Jason Ringenberg was the former lead singer of the excellent ’80s band Jason & the Scorchers. Basically, he’s from the same school as the Del-Lords, Beat Farmers, and Joe Ely. With this, his first solo LP in 15 years, […]
Think about this for a minute; how come a man who was at the forefront of what we now know as *Ameripolitan or whatever we are calling ‘Real Country’ these days, is having to fund his latest album via his […]
The fall crowdfunding market has been robust enough for the past couple of months that it has allowed me to “theme” these columns, pulling together projects from similar artists or styles. This week, I’m going back and picking up some […]
Behind his rock-your-face-off exterior, Jason Ringenberg was always a lot smarter than his aw-shucks demeanor suggested. So having climbed Himalayan-scale heights of metallic country soul with Jason & the Scorchers, he has wisely followed more of a troubadourial course as […]
Any notion that Jason Ringenberg’s first children’s record is just for kids is shot to shitsville with “The Tractor Goes Chug Chug Chug”, the fourth track on this stupidly infectious solo outing. All southern-fried wah-wah guitar and clickity-clack bottom end, […]
If there were any doubt that Jason Ringenberg is a friendly fellow, this collaborative collection scorches them. As Ringenberg explains in the notes, performing solo on his recent tour made him eager for company, inspiring this project of duets featuring […]
