The Grooved Whale Project

Do humpback whales make music?

It’s a question that has preoccupied violinist Lisa Walker for nearly fifteen years, ever since she hung out in Alaska with a group of scientists who were studying the animal’s acoustics. Since then, she’s launched the Grooved Whale Project which uses whale calls as building blocks for soundscape-like music. For Lisa, the project has raised all sorts of questions about the nature of music, and music in nature.