Jason Ringenberg has just released Rhinestoned, an album forged out of the pandemic, an incredibly eclectic collection of songs that range from straight-ahead Nashville gems to an Easter hymn from the 19th century. 

“Music is one of just four basic…

De 62-jarige Amerikaanse gitarist en singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg werd in de buurt van Sheffield, Illinois geboren maar werd als muzikant pas bekend toen hij in 1981 naar Nashville, Tennessee verhuisde en er de countryrockgroep ‘Jason And The Scorchers’ oprichtte met…

Het is een ongeschreven regel binnen de country muziek dat niet iedereen zich zomaar een hillbilly mag noemen. Vroeger had je artiesten zoals Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams en later Waylon Jennings en Willie Nelson die de naam hillbilly met trots…

Jason Ringenberg kennen we vooral als frontman van Jason and The Scorchers, de alternatieve Countryband die al sinds de jaren ’80 platen uitbrengt. Toch heeft Ringenberg ook een respectabele solocarrière opgebouwd en na Stand Tall dat hij in 2019 uitbracht…

As frontman of Jason & the Scorchers, Jason Ringenberg, along with bands like The Blasters, Lone Justice and Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ helped pioneer that potent blend of punk rock and country. As a result, they laid the foundation for everyone…

Often referred to as a ‘godfather of Americana’, Nashville’s Jason Ringenberg has had a long and successful career mixing country with rock since the early ‘80s as frontman of the legendary Jason & The Scorchers, as a solo artist and…

Jason & the Scorchers frontman Jason Ringenberg is a pioneering Americana legend who has also enjoyed a critically-acclaimed and modestly-successful solo career that kicked off with 2000’s A Pocketful of Soul, which was followed by 2002’s All Over Creation. In…

Jason Ringenberg’s Rhinestoned is a studied gem 

As with intricate artwork, Jason Ringenberg’s new album, “Rhinestoned,” can be appreciated the deeper it is inspected. The diamonds aren’t real but everything else is brilliant and true. 

A month spent in the…

Jason Ringenberg Honors The Past And Looks To The Future With Rhinestoned 

In one sense you could say that Jason Ringenberg has always honored the past. The legendary rocker and former frontman for the seminal Americana band Jason and The…

Ringenberg Rhinestoned

He might be the product of a farming family from rural Illinois, who passed through Carbondale for a few years on his way to Nashville, but Jason Ringenberg has proved himself a true Country hillbilly. 

The message twangs…

Rhinestoned is Jason Ringenberg riding a rollercoaster record. The first half of Rhinestoned is climbing up the first hill, the coaster coasting at a medium pace where you can enjoy ascending as you dig on the scenery. When the coaster…

If anything positive can be said about the Covid-19 pandemic, it is that lockdown restrictions forced many musicians away from touring and into their sheds and back bedrooms to write and produce new music. One such example is Illinois-born and…