| David Francis Posts: 680 |
Posted: 02-Mar-2007 08:46 Latest sighting in this week's Big Issue, in a preview of Salsa Celtica and Moishe's Bagel, of all people. The writer wittily states: 'Roots music might largely be the possession of Arran [sic] sweater-wearing ale-swillers, but there are plenty of artists breathing new life and energy into the genre.' Anyone spotted any others recently? |
| Jim Fraser Posts: 167 |
Posted: 02-Mar-2007 15:51 Gawd not again! The last one I saw was last year in the Guardian about the Folk Brittania programmes. Their Arts and Media Correspondent no less wrote. 'Britain's ancient musical heritage has traditionally been a source of considerable embarrassment to the young and hip. Spain has bright red dresses and flamenco; Brazil has samba and thongs; we have, er, morris dancing and Aran sweaters. Folk music is simply not cool - but that could be changing'. |
| pater Posts: 323 |
Posted: 02-Mar-2007 19:04 Surely the fleece top is the new Aran sweater? And under stage lights they aren't cool either. |
| johnnyguitar Posts: 2035 |
Posted: 02-Mar-2007 19:21 Dont knock it £2.50 charity shop £25.00 E.BAY not listed yet .Hand knitted offers? |
| Tattie Bogle Posts: 3676 |
Posted: 08-Mar-2007 13:37 Several in an ottoman at the foot of the bed: all knitted by.......ME! A labour of love indeed, that;s why I can't bear to throw them away, but can't remember when I last wore one (except as a folkie joke!) |
| Meg Posts: 67 |
Posted: 08-Mar-2007 14:08 I love wearing my Aran jersey but positively refuse to grow a beard just so I'll fit the stereotype:0 |
| johnnyguitar Posts: 2035 |
Posted: 08-Mar-2007 23:27 We should pick a night at CelticConnections and put the event on you tube . What slogan could you sew into front or back ? ie Folk revival 1960. |
| Tattie Bogle Posts: 3676 |
Posted: 09-Mar-2007 00:40 On the front: "cable 2 forward" On the back "cable 2 back" You have to be a knit(ter) to understand that! |
| wherriebob Posts: 1478 |
Posted: 09-Mar-2007 02:20 This could explode....watch out. I poropose new and outragious sweaters for folkies. beardie weirdies optional! |
| Gordon Posts: 1001 |
Posted: 09-Mar-2007 06:20 Ok, so 'Arran' sweaters are now passe for folkies. But what about the other bit - 'ale-swillers'? Hmmm. Guilty as charged, I suspect. Guinness swillers possibly. Incidentally, what do folkies now wear if not 'Arran' sweaters? |
| CD Posts: 1532 |
Posted: 09-Mar-2007 13:15 Just the usual lazy journalism then? Although the recent article in last week's Sunday Herald was informative (and had good pictures) it was the usual 'Folk's answer to...(insert unlikely comparison here). Although I am English, I gave up on the english folk scene years ago. It's very difficult to support a nations so-called traditional music when the nation itself has no tangible links to it's own sense of heritage. Unlike Scotland of course which is the complete opposite. It's always refreshing to me that so many young people play traditional music in Scotland these days. I say that from the fact that so many young bands pass through our portals of a Tuesday. When I go home all I see are those who lament the passing of the early 70's where folk was fashionably (albeit briefly) and have trod the same format since. With a couple of notable exceptions neither artist nor audience have moved forward since. What annoys me most is this idea that Folk should be seen as fashionable or unfashionable, I mean who cares? There are only 2 types of music in my book, good & bad. I wish that editors would send journos/reviews who actually gave a monkey's to gigs then we wouldn't get all this crap publicity. |
| johnnyguitar Posts: 2035 |
Posted: 10-Mar-2007 11:34 Just spotted as I was flicking through channels Joey from Friends wearing an Arran jumper .with no beard . |
| Tattie Bogle Posts: 3676 |
Posted: 10-Mar-2007 20:08 Aran, please (as in the Aran islands off the west coast of Ireland). I used to have green corduroy flares with a cream coloured fringe round the bottom hem - well it matched the jumper! |
| Pict Posts: 2111 |
Posted: 10-Mar-2007 20:31 Too much information! lol |
| Kemp Posts: 200 |
Posted: 10-Mar-2007 21:24 I had a girlfriend who had an Arran cardigan, with leather buttons. She used it as a jacket. |
| johnnyguitar Posts: 2035 |
Posted: 11-Mar-2007 23:22 I have left two Aran jumpers in Arran so they are my Arran jumpers from Aran then maybe unless they were knitted on Arran and my mate is a sheep farmer in Arran .So is an Aran worth more than an Arran jumper .on e,bay ?bay baa.......... |
| Elizabeth. Posts: 7855 |
Posted: 17-Aug-2007 10:49 Peter MacMahon (at Cropredy Fest) writing in today's Scotsman: Folk songs strike a chord as the English struggle to find identity THERE weren't as many beards as there used to be. A few tie-dyed T-shirts, but they were fighting a losing battle to cover once slim bodies grown affluently plump. |
| Onny Posts: 12842 |
Posted: 17-Aug-2007 11:09 Pattern anyone?
I knew my late mother's collection would come in handy at some point. |
| Elizabeth. Posts: 7855 |
Posted: 04-May-2008 10:23 Discord in Kelso Folk & Live Music Club plus..... an Aran jumper alert! From today's Sunday Herald... |
| Onny Posts: 12842 |
Posted: 04-May-2008 10:30 "The fact that seems to have bypassed Kelso is that Formby was anything but racist". That's not the only thing that has bypassed Kelso. |
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