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.
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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"
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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.
