You can't keep a good man down and Jason Ringenberg is one of the best of them. Boosted by the reception and satisfaction of his 2018 album STAND TALL, everybody's favourite cowpunk, witty, incisive, intelligent lyricist is back with another…

Rhinestoned by Jason Ringenberg: There’s enough hillbilly in Ringenberg’s singing and enough Appalachia in his rock ’n’ roll to make the wide-ranging subjects of his recent forays into homage-paying seem radical in the most literal sense. Last time it was…

Hailed as ‘The Godfather of Americana’, US roots rock musician Jason Ringenberg recently issued new solo LP ‘Rhinestoned’ to outstanding praise. Julie Cruickshank caught up with the alt. country pioneer to chat about the making of the album and formative…

Words of wisdom delivered through a crooked smile.  

Alt-country godfather Jason Ringenberg is back with yet another hell-raising record, his latest offering ‘Rhinestoned’ shares the same thread as his previous output, it’s unapologetically unique. The songs range from thought-provoking commentary…

One of the Godfathers of Americana, Jason Ringenberg had planned to take a step away from recording after his last album, Stand Tall, despite having some songs leftover. However, during 2020 other songs quickly flowed out resulting in Rhinestoned. Overall…

Forty years on from launching Jason and the Scorchers, the Illinois-born Southern-twanged cowpunk singer is as fired up as ever on Rhinestoned, his 21st release and seventh as a solo artist, partly comprising songs that didn’t make the Stand Tall…

Rhinestoned – Robust twanging songs 

There is something reassuring in Jason Ringenberg’s continued dedication to the values that lit his fuse some 40 years ago. Then in the role of singer with Jason & the Scorchers, Ringenberg was in the…