{"id":38597,"date":"2005-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/finding-the-gold\/"},"modified":"2005-10-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-27T00:00:00","slug":"finding-the-gold","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/finding-the-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding The Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rig The Jig is my second favorite Celtic-ish band. I can say
\nthis now with some firmness, having finally heard more than their
\ngreat 2004 release
\n
\nPassing Through<\/a>
\n<\/i> . It is with much cheer that I present
\nFinding The Gold<\/i>, their latest CD — and in some ways, it’s
\neven better than
\nPassing Through<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Starting off with the basics,
\nGold<\/i> is a mixture of traditional tunes, covers, and a few
\noriginals. The hallmark of Rig The Jig’s work seems to be their
\ncovers of American folk singers. Last CD it was Arlo Guthrie; this
\ntime John Prine takes a turn, as well as covers of Irish
\nfolksingers like Mickey McConnell and Luka Bloom.<\/p>\n

The production on the CD is tight and spare, perfect for the
\nvarying musical styles inherent in Rig’s work. Musicianship is
\nexcellent, especially Rig The Jig’s work with acoustic guitar. (The
\nband has four members listed as guitar players. It shows.)<\/p>\n

There are a lot of stellar moments on
\nFinding The Gold<\/i>. The cover of John Prine’s “Please Don’t
\nBury Me” is truly brilliant; Rig The Jig handles the mix of pathos,
\nhumor, and irony in the lyrics with perfect skill, matched
\nelegantly with Jimmy Flanagan’s banjo. (Incidentally, this track
\nproves Steve Martin’s Law: “Nothing can sound depressing when
\naccompanied by banjo.” This song is about being dead, not wanting
\nto be buried, and being dismembered and shared, yet is oddly
\nperky.) Glen Reid’s “Green Valley” is beautiful, a cover of Prine’s
\n“Mexican Home” is hauntingly lovely, and Luka Bloom’s “An Irishman
\nIn Chinatown” is funny as hell.<\/p>\n

Original tracks are just as good, especially the instrumentals
\n“Man Of The House Set” and “Banjo Hornpipes.” “The Line” is a
\nheartbreaking track, reminiscent of John Mellencamp’s “Rain On The
\nScarecrow,” with its tale of a loss of a family farm and a family
\nlegacy. “Inishbofin” is remarkable as well.<\/p>\n

And after all this, you get Rig The Jig’s take on Mickey
\nMcConnell’s “Supermarket Wine,” which just plain makes me cry —
\nand that takes an awful lot.<\/p>\n

\nFinding The Gold<\/i> is just that — golden. Fans of Celtic and
\nfolk music should — no, must — grab it as soon as they can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":27245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7073],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-38597","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-rig-the-jig","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38597","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=38597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38597"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38597"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}