My name is Lauren and I’m the newest walrus to haunt these parts. I’m based in Norfolk, England and my city of Norwich produces some pretty great music. I’m privileged enough to be located near some fantastic venues, such as Norwich Arts Centre, Wensum Lodge Music House, and the Queen Charlotte pub. We get some great underground folk and indie, and so much of this unsigned talent goes unnoticed by the rest of the world. Thus, my hope here is to show you some of that fantastic talent!
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The Internet is a wonderful thing, particularly it seems, for finding new classical music. Until recently I hadn’t realised how much contemporary composers had embraced t’interweb, assuming unfairly that their chosen musical discipline indicated a lack of technological aptitude… How wrong I was! Myspace is veritably alive with classical music, a great many young composers posting interesting, unusual and often compelling examples of their work. One such is Caleb Burhans. Have a listen to ‘the things left unsaid’, an extremely rousing piece for several cellos, and then click on his …

So it has been a big last couple of weeks here at The Blue Walrus. I have officially written my last essay for university – just exams to go – which makes that an end of an era – and also means that I have revision leave which means I can spend more time updating you lot on the best music around. Secondly, we have a new author on board – Lauren – which is awesome and will mean (hopefully) more regular updates. Look forward to her first post in …