Daily Archives: January 21, 2019


Performing at Crankie Fest

A few months ago, my friend Valeska asked me if I’d like be her musical accompaniment for her performance at the annual Baltimore Crankie Fest. She told me she was working on a crankie/shadow puppet story about her wildlife sitings juxtaposed with the omnipresence of plastic in one of our local waterways, Herring Run. I’ll find a way to share a link to the performance soon. And you can read more musings about my involvement below. I haven’t done much live accompaniment before, but I immediately said yes. I was curious and excited to be invited to work on this project. Even more, I felt some strong synchronicity. Throughout 2017, I was writing material for my environmental song cycle, Lake […]