It finally had to happen. After all the American bands over the
\nlast ten years who tried to play Irish music with varying levels of
\nsuccess, an Irish band has decided to play American traditional
\nmusic. (And some Irish too, don’t get me wrong.) Rig The Jig is the
\nband in question, and I’m happy to report that they do a bang-up
\njob no matter which side of the Atlantic they’re playing. Their
\nlatest CD,
\nPassing Through<\/i>, is a delightful romp through the best of
\nbarroom folk in both countries.<\/p>\n
Basically an acoustic outfit, Rig The Jig’s sound is stripped
\ndown, straightforward, and easy to listen to. There’s nothing
\nterribly fancy here, but what there is is done to a turn. The
\nmusicianship is outstanding on
\nPassing Through<\/i>; whether it be banjo, uilleann pipe, or
\nbarrelhouse piano, the sound is clear and true.<\/p>\n
What really makes Rig The Jig something special is the song
\nchoice. The album starts out with a straightforward jig — and just
\nwhen you think you know what you have in your CD player, they’re
\nsuddenly taking a whack at Rory Gallagher’s “Barley And Grape Rag”
\nor Leonard Cohen’s “Passing Through.” You don’t hear a lot of Irish
\nbands who can handle the bounce from “Raglan Road” to Johnny Cash’s
\n“I Still Miss Someone.” Their version of “City Of New Orleans” is
\nsweet, perhaps the sweetest version I’ve heard since Arlo Guthrie’s
\noriginal.<\/p>\n
Rig The Jig is, in the long run, one of the most enjoyable Irish
\nbands I’ve heard in a long time. Far from a novelty act, they’ve
\nproved on
\nPassing Through<\/i> that they can handle multiple musical worlds
\nwith equal grace, and that’s really something special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7073],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-38118","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-rig-the-jig","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38118"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}