Summary: Issue 48
Published: Autumn 2014
Editor: Kev Theaker
NOTE: Page 1 (editorial and Emma Snog) sections are missing
Issue 48 of The Nut (Autumn 2014) combines provocation, reflection, and reportage from an energetic modern rapper scene. A headline opinion piece, Who cares about tradition?, debates the value of historical fidelity versus excitement and audience engagement, drawing on experiences with Snark and Stone Monkey.
Touring features include Thrale’s Rapper at the Sark Folk Festival, revelling in dancing in unlikely places.
A substantial historical article mines nineteenth-century newspapers to trace how sword dancing moved from street custom to music-hall entertainment.
Practical content follows, with advice on booking rapper teams for festivals, DERT 2015 planning news, SDU reports, obituaries, and wide-ranging Rapparound snippets, reinforcing the magazine’s mix of argument, history, and community news.
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The following rapper sword dance teams are mentioned by name in Issue 48 of The Nut (Autumn 2014). This consolidated list is drawn from feature articles, opinion pieces, touring reports, SDU news, obituaries, captions, and the Rapparound section.
UK rapper teams (contemporary and recent)
Historic / traditional teams
Related sword / mixed teams
#Editor:
Kev Theaker
#Citation:
The Nut,
48, Autumn 2014
https://www.morrisfed.org.uk/magazines/the-nut/issue-48/
#TheNut #TheNut_48
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