South African guitarist Derek Gripper is world-renowned for bringing West African kora music to the guitar. South African musician Derek Gripper has been playing classical music since he was ...

Derek Gripper is a composer and guitarist from the Western Cape of South Africa, merging "the imagery and mystery of the rural areas of the Cape" with the techniques of classical guitar and the string ...

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Middletown >> The 42nd annual Crowell Concert Series, presented by Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts and Music Department, continues with a concert by South African guitarist Derek Gripper on ...

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Saturday, Nov. 23 ought to be a beautiful evening of music over at The Dance Hall in Kittery based solely on the record that came out of a single meeting between (Grammy Award-winning!) cellist Mike ...

A meeting of instruments, not traditions. The dialogue between Ballaké Sissoko’s kora and Derek Gripper’s guitar is a summit of two master musicians at the peak of their craft. Despite coming from ...

Derek Gripper's music is where tradition meets transformation. Hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Gripper has spent his career transcending the boundaries of classical guitar by breathing new life ...

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Inspired by Toumani Diabate, the classically trained South African guitarist performs songs originally written for the kora. You probably shouldn't be reading this — just listen to Derek Gripper play ...

You probably shouldn't be reading this — just listen to Derek Gripper play and watch his fingers work. You can see and hear his classical training from his first notes behind the Tiny Desk. The ...