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Nominated for Best Album

Thank you for visiting The Crankie Island Song Project, a labour of love for the last few years, and I’m delighted to be finally be able to share it with you all.

A project, with 32 songs (one for every county), 32 original illustrations

and featuring over 70 musicians, artists and technicians.

Sit back, and enjoy a leisurely meander through Ireland's history using it's traditional songs interpreted by contemporary illustrators by means of the intriguing and versatile "Crankie Box"

What is a Crankie?

The Crankie Box

The Crankie box is a vintage storytelling device. It uses hand-cranked rolling illustrations to add a visual to stories, music and song. They come in many styles and sizes, and can be crudely made from up cycled material or more polished, like a mini-theatre. Closely related to puppetry, the illustrated scroll can be accompanied by shadow puppetry among other styles.

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Music & Video


All 32 videos featuring original artworks commissioned from contemporary artists and illustrators are almost all available to watch on our YouTube channel, and indeed the full 32 track album is ready now, to listen to, or buy, on our Bandcamp.
 

The Crankie Island Song Project.
The Banks Of The Moy - Cathy Jordan's Crankie Island project
06:02
The Dear Little Town in the Old County Down - Cathy Jordan (Crankie Island Song Project)
05:09
The Rocks of Bawn - Cathy Jordan & Lisa O'Neill (Crankie Island Song Project)
04:36
The Spanish Lady - Cathy Jordan (The Crankie Island Song Project)
05:10
"the Lakes of Coolfin" - Cathy Jordan
04:16
"Sliabh Gallion Braes" - Cathy Jordan
04:45
"The Patriot Game"
04:52
The Girl I left Behind Me - Cathy Jordan (The Crankie Island Song Project)
04:31

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