Artist: Jason Ringenberg
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #74 March-April 2008
Jason Ringenberg – Best Tracks And Side Tracks 1979-2007
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 a solo act. But he can still rock it out with the best of them, [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Jason Ringenberg – A reckless country’s soul
So, OK, here’s how it happened. Jason Ringenberg is on a train traveling through central Germany. It’s not unusual that he should be here; he’s in the middle of one of five tours of Europe he’ll make in support of his 2002 CD, All Over Creation. Tonight, in some town, in this region he likes [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #50 March-April 2004
Jason Ringenberg – Old Town School Of Folk Music (Chicago, IL)
There was a time when you would no more have exposed your little boy or girl to Jason Ringenberg than to a mess of barbed wire. But the former poster boy for country punk is now more committed to raising children than raising hell, and for the moment, more committed to making music for toddlers [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #48 Nov-Dec 2003
Jason Ringenberg – A Day At The Farm With Farmer Jason
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, the song celebrates a hard-working little farmhand that doesn’t ever rest and doesn’t ever play. [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #44 March-April 2003
Jason Ringenberg – Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ)
He was already the consummate showman in cowpunk when he blasted his way onto the scene with the Scorchers in the 1980s, and, against all reason, he is somehow more so now, out, like so many, on the road alone. He is the sort of entertainer (“singer” is an utterly inadequate description) who starts a [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Jason Ringenberg – All Over Creation
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 kindred spirits from the alternative Nashville axis (Steve Earle, Todd Snider, Kristi Rose et al.) [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #29 Sept-Oct 2000
Jason Ringenberg – We will always be on that road trying to get there
As with many great bands, the sound of Jason & the Scorchers emerges from a culture clash. The band is unique partly because of how the tastes and influences of its members diverge as much as they converge. Singer Jason Ringenberg’s determination to write songs of meaning and depth is as integral to the band [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #5 Sept-Oct 1996
Jason Ringenberg – Star Bar (Atlanta, GA)
It was truly a hot night in Georgia when Jason Ringenberg took the stage at the Star Bar for his first solo performance in over 15 years. With his band, Jason & the Scorchers, Ringenberg contributed to the 1980s emergence of alternative country (whatever that was). After several years of inactivity, the band reformed in [...]
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