Derek Gripper is a guitarist from Cape Town, South Africa who has made a specialty of playing the kora music of West Africa on the classical guitar. To give you an idea of how good he is at it: Producer Lucy Durán played Gripper's recording of Toumani Diabaté's song "Jarabi" for Toumani (who's probably the world's most famous kora player). His response, paraphrased: "Did you actually see him play this music on one guitar?" Yeah, he's that good.
Anyway, Derek Gripper is visiting Richmond this week to play at the Robinson Theater in Church Hill on Thursday. He calls this concert "Music from the Strings of Mali" and he's joined by Irish guitarist Redmond O'Toole; more details can be found here: concerts.derekgripper.com. You'll hear Derek Gripper's music this week on Global A Go-Go, and Toumani Diabaté's as well.
Also this week (Sunday November 26, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): New throat singing from Mongolia by Batsükh Dorj, rocksteady from the mid 60s and the current Jamaican sounds of Samory I and Stephen Marley, after 44 years finally the first studio album by Senegal's Dieuf Dieul de Thiès, and more Ghanaian burger highlife.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116889
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Batsükh Dorj | Mongolia | Kongurei | Ögbelerim (Music For My Ancestors) | Buda Musique | 2023
Hani Union | China | Greek Text | Lost In China: Off The Beaten Track From Beijing To Xinjiang | Riverboat | 2017
Anda Union | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China | Jangar | Live On WRIR 2019-04-03 | | 2019
The Jamaicans | Jamaica | Ba Ba Boom | Ba Ba Boom - Single | Treasure Isle | 1967
Leon Dinero | USA | If You Ask Me To | If You Ask Me To: Victor Axelrod Productions For Daptone Records | Daptone | 2023-2019
The Frightnrs | USA | Trouble In Here | Nothing More To Say | Daptone | 2016
Alton Ellis & The Flames | Jamaica | Cry Tough | Cry Tough - Single | Treasure Isle | 1967
Derrick Morgan & The Aces | Jamaica | Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) | Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) - Single | Beverley's | 1967
Delroy Wilson | Jamaica | Dancing Mood | Dancing Mood - Single | All Stars | 1966
Stephen Marley | Jamaica-USA | Cast The First Stone (feat Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley) | Old Soul | Tuff Gong International / UMe / Ghetto Youths International | 2023
Perfect | Jamaica | 30 Pieces | Born Dead With Life | Irievibrations | 2008
Samory I | Jamaica | Blood In The Streets | Strength | Overstand Entertainment / Easy Star | 2023
Tiken Jah Fakoly | Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica | One Step Forward (feat Max Romeo) | Racines | Wrasse | 2015
Toumani Diabaté | Mali | Jarabi | Kaira | Hannibal | 1988
Derek Gripper | South Africa | Jarabi | One Night On Earth: Music From The Strings Of Mali | New Cape | 2012
Derek Gripper | South Africa | '56 | One Night On Earth: Music From The Strings Of Mali | New Cape | 2012
Etoile De Dakar | Senegal | M'Baye Gueye | Khaley Etoile | Stern's Africa | 1981
Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès | Senegal | Ndiguële | Dieuf-Dieul De Thiès | Buda Musique | 2024
Eric Agyemang & His Kokroko Band | Ghana | Gyae Su | Nananom | BBE | 2023-1987
A.K. Yeboah & K.K.'s No. 2 Band | Ghana | Nde Den Ya | Nde Den Ya | BBE | 2023-1985
Nana Aboagye Da-Costa | Ghana-Netherlands | Sikyi Medley: Nsamafo Mmegya Nsa, Ohemaa, Odomaa, Ohia Ese Oden Efie Nefie | Borga Revolution, Volume 2: Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983-1996 | Kalita | 2023-1991
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