Derek Gripper
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Strings definitely attached as kora meets guitar on new album
Kora player Ballaké Sissoko of Mali and South African guitarist Derek Gripper
To Bamako and back – by guitar
SA guitarist Derek Gripper’s adaptations of kora maestro Toumani Diabaté have bridged the chasm between classical and griot traditions
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Derek Gripper: Sharing music between people
Derek Gripper might be skeptical about some commercial "world music", but that hasn’t weakened his passionate interest in the music of the world.
Derek Gripper: Griot tradition will do Malians proud
Derek Gripper’s transcendental guitar music does sublime justice to the Griots and their remarkable instrument called the kora, writes Chris Roper.