Kora player Ballaké Sissoko of Mali and South African guitarist Derek Gripper

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 might be skeptical about some commercial "world music", but that hasn’t weakened his passionate interest in the music of the world.

Derek Gripper’s transcendental guitar music does sublime justice to the Griots and their remarkable instrument called the kora, writes Chris Roper.