Friday, July 19, 2024
Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper: “We’re happy to disrupt”
By Emma Rycroft
Kora music gets a radical reworking with Ballaké Sissoko welcoming South African guitarist Derek Gripper into the tradition
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Ballaké Sissoko and Derek Gripper (photo: Eyüp Berk Kılıç)
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