Derek Gripper

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It took Derek Gripper untold hours of painstaking work to transcribe note-for-note the complex compositions of Malian kora player Toumani Diabaté and find a way of playing them on six-string guitar. The results appeared on his ninth album, “One Night on Earth.” The album created an unprecedented meeting point between the written tradition of Western classical music and the oral tradition of the West African griots...www.derekgripper.com

Genres

: kora

Total plays

7.1 million

Updated on 2025-04-24

Date	Total plays
2025-04-24	7,050,383
2025-04-15	7,010,113
2025-04-07	6,974,615
2025-03-29	6,934,809
2025-03-21	6,900,604
2025-03-12	6,864,998
2025-03-03	6,832,287
2025-02-23	6,799,464
2025-02-13	6,751,154
2025-02-05	6,715,453
2025-01-25	6,659,029
2025-01-17	6,622,769
2025-01-08	6,582,309
2024-12-31	6,543,758
2024-12-22	6,501,597
2024-12-14	6,459,295
2024-11-24	6,352,505
2024-06-11	5,602,755
2024-05-30	5,547,120
2024-05-15	5,460,743
2024-04-28	5,353,606
2024-04-13	5,281,722
2024-03-29	5,229,930
2024-03-14	5,181,190
2024-02-28	5,133,826
2024-02-14	5,082,986
2023-11-28	4,782,704
2023-10-18	4,635,092
2023-10-02	4,588,335
2023-09-17	4,544,687
2023-08-29	4,483,381
2023-08-25	4,468,451
2023-08-21	4,448,709

Social media links

Monthly listeners

32,910

Followers

13,081

Top Cities

Paris

413 listeners
Amsterdam

439 listeners
London

426 listeners
Sydney

530 listeners
Melbourne

527 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Jarabi (Passion)	841,065	6:39	2012-09-01
Tutu Jara	538,416	3:16	2017-03-03
Ana	450,346	2:23	2020-03-06
Kaira Konkoba	372,152	3:49	2017-03-03
Sleep Song, Part 11 (from Tubaka)	365,498	4:50	2022-08-12
Ana Na Ming - Cello and Guitar	259,301	3:19	2020-10-16
Salama	200,581	4:49	2015-11-10
Alfa Yaya	198,100	3:45	2017-03-03
Ana - Cello and Guitar	187,775	3:39	2020-09-18
'56	167,851	3:07	2012-09-01
Elyne Road	131,788	3:18	2012-09-01
Chamber Music	124,965	5:35	2012-09-01
Ano Zero / Before the Beginning	115,919	6:16	2011-12-10
Folon	111,015	4:55	2020-03-13
Kaounding Cissoko	107,085	4:25	2012-09-01
Lam Tooro	102,036	3:53	2020-04-03
Djourou Kara Nany	88,731	4:24	2012-09-01
Konkoba (Earth)	88,609	4:42	2012-09-01
Kaira (Peace)	88,413	5:28	2012-09-01
Fanta and Felix - Cello and Guitar	84,601	4:55	2020-10-02
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	84,572	4:26	2018-09-22
Bakoye	82,018	3:10	2012-09-01
Tubaka (Love)	79,033	5:37	2012-09-01
Ma-Ma Fc	78,634	3:15	2012-09-01
Where Rivers Meet	78,472	4:11	2017-03-03
Koortjie - Cello and Guitar	72,198	6:40	2020-09-25
Yamore Lullaby	71,213	4:46	2021-10-01
Duga	68,328	3:57	2015-11-10
Miniyamba	67,660	5:08	2017-03-03
Jarabi	61,162	5:14	2017-03-03
Ninkoy	59,600	7:02	2024-04-12
Maimouna	54,215	2:38	2017-03-03
Toumani's Jarabi 1987 - Solo Guitar	53,579	5:42	2022-02-18
Lam Tooro - Cello and Guitar	53,488	3:13	2020-10-16
Lampedusa	51,010	4:14	2015-11-10
Si Naani	45,499	3:30	2017-03-03
Miniyamba	44,915	5:17	2015-11-10
Bafoulabe	42,916	3:55	2015-11-10
Basle	39,390	4:52	2024-04-26
Koortjie	37,632	8:01	2024-05-10
Seeing Nobody - Studio Version	34,919	5:00	2021-09-24
Folon - Cello and Guitar	33,934	3:13	2020-10-16
Korobali	33,792	5:16	2015-11-10
Sleep Song, Part 4 (from The Porcupine)	32,951	2:28	2022-08-26
Sleep Song, Part 9 (from Kaira)	32,766	4:43	2022-07-29
Fanta and Felix	30,239	3:02	2020-03-20
Alfa Yaya / Anna Magdalena	29,599	7:46	2015-11-10
Daraka	28,191	2:53	2024-05-10
Si Naani	26,939	5:50	2015-11-10
I Like the Motorcar	26,085	1:52	2020-03-27
Maimouna	25,792	7:21	2024-05-10
I Like the Motorcar - Cello and Guitar	25,630	2:43	2020-10-16
Koyé Yè Yan	25,403	4:37	2024-05-10
Dança Das Cabeças / Dance of the Heads	25,399	5:38	2011-12-10
The First Two Minutes	24,929	2:30	2020-04-03
Ananaming	23,580	2:24	2020-04-03
Maimouna	21,774	4:14	2015-11-10
Moss on the Mountain	21,574	5:29	2024-05-10
Joni	21,533	9:42	2011-12-10
Tita	20,802	3:01	2020-04-03
Chiwo	19,934	3:01	2020-04-03
Cederberg - Field Recording	18,932	4:08	2021-09-24
Spiegel im Spiegel - Guitar Solo	18,399	7:47	2021-04-16
Chiwo - Cello and Guitar	17,254	5:04	2020-10-16
Bullfight - Studio	17,116	3:08	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 6 (Clinton’s Seven)	15,032	3:47	2022-10-07
Koortjie	15,021	6:18	2020-04-03
Anna Magdalena	14,517	3:06	2011-12-10
The First Two Minutes - Cello and Guitar	13,368	2:42	2020-10-16
Salvador	12,726	6:53	2011-12-10
I Know This Place — Pt. 2 - Orchestrations	12,621	3:36	2025-01-24
The Upper Reaches - Ripped Away	12,411	1:17	2021-06-11
Vanilla	12,086	4:44	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 12 (from Origins)	11,755	4:14	2022-10-07
Sleep Song, Part 1 (The Feather)	11,555	4:07	2022-10-07
Photobook : Lindokuhle - Home Recording	11,542	4:31	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 15 (Uhadi Rain)	11,392	4:60	2022-10-07
Sete Anéis / Seven Rings	11,078	6:52	2011-12-10
Ukuza Kwe Langa	10,779	4:37	2015-10-02
Sleep Song, Part 2 (Waking the Strings)	10,760	7:13	2022-10-07
Sleep Song, Part 5 (from Koortjie)	10,606	7:03	2022-10-07
Allemande (from the 1st cello suite)	10,496	1:58	2023-11-03
O Trenzinho Do Caipiro / The Little Train of the Caipira	10,391	5:15	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 3 (from Jarabi)	9,907	10:08	2022-10-07
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	9,798	3:41	2018-09-22
Copenhagen	8,893	6:30	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 7 (from Madosini)	8,851	8:39	2022-10-07
Kaounding Cissoko - Live Solo Guitar	8,810	5:58	2022-02-25
2 Violões / 2 Guitars	8,728	3:52	2011-12-10
Two Chords & the Truth	8,098	3:40	2016-02-29
I Know This Place - Live	8,031	4:31	2021-03-05
Sleep Song, Part 10 (from Tubaka)	8,022	4:56	2022-10-07
Elyne Road - Live Solo Guitar	7,574	3:37	2022-03-04
Thetha Mama	7,549	6:23	2021-11-12
Musica Do Cantinho (feat. Derek Gripper)	7,482	4:35	2014-06-24
Ana - Live	7,332	8:01	2021-03-05
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	7,186	4:21	2018-09-22
Duga (Alap & Jor Improvisations) - Live	7,060	9:43	2021-03-05
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	7,024	1:58	2018-09-22
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,991	5:21	2018-09-22
Prelude (from the 1st cello suite)	6,985	2:47	2023-10-20
I Like The Motorcar - Live	6,695	5:32	2021-03-05
Ayo - Recycled 1/4 Inch Tape	6,637	5:07	2021-09-24
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Sarabande (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,445	2:37	2018-09-22
Sleep Song, Part 13 (from Origins)	6,141	5:24	2022-10-07
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Corrente (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,117	2:50	2018-09-22
Sleep Song, Part 8 (from Masane Cissé)	6,107	5:30	2022-10-07
Blue Light - Studio	5,985	4:48	2021-09-24
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Tempo di Borea (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	5,953	3:05	2018-09-22
Prologue (To The 1st Cello Suite)	5,922	3:56	2023-11-10
Sissie My Kind - Recycled 1/4 Inch Tape	5,779	6:27	2021-09-24
Meadows	5,755	3:34	2019-06-28
Sleep Song, Part 14 (from Origins)	5,684	3:30	2022-10-07
Koortjie - Live	5,585	8:09	2021-03-05
Bakoye - Live Solo Guitar	5,279	4:47	2022-03-04
The Upper Reaches - Live	5,165	6:10	2021-03-05
Duga - Live	5,129	3:27	2021-03-05
Blue Light For Julian Bream - Mono 1/4 Tape Version	5,115	6:17	2021-08-27
Sleep Song, Part 16 (Kai Kai Sleeps)	5,023	8:29	2022-10-07
Mama FC - Live Solo Guitar	4,976	1:37	2022-03-04
'56 - Live Solo Guitar	4,430	4:08	2022-03-04
Cassette Locale After Masanobu Fukuoka	4,397	38:33	2014-02-14
Risk - Recycled 1/4 Inch tape	4,315	5:01	2021-09-24
In The Presence of... - Live	4,297	5:16	2021-03-05
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,268	1:02	2023-11-10
Fanta's Tita 1971 - Solo Guitar	4,104	3:34	2022-02-18
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,093	1:46	2023-11-10
Traffic Ijemile	4,049	4:23	2015-10-02
Tubaka - Live Solo Guitar	4,023	3:60	2022-03-04
'56 Live in Cape Town - Duo Version Live in Concert	3,905	7:39	2023-04-21
Variable Heredity	3,862	8:04	2024-10-30
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuetts I & II - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	3,848	1:48	2023-11-10
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	3,765	0:55	2023-11-10
Kya Baat - Live	3,715	10:52	2021-03-05
Epilogue (To The 1st Cello Suite)	3,707	1:13	2023-11-10
Djourou Kara Nany - Live Solo Guitar	3,505	3:36	2022-03-04
Chamber Music - Live Solo Guitar	3,451	4:07	2022-03-04
Kaira - Live Solo Guitar	3,364	3:01	2022-03-04
Niks Is Nodig	3,324	5:46	2024-10-30
Für Alina - Guitar Solo	3,319	3:34	2021-04-16
Konkoba - Live Solo Guitar	2,922	4:45	2022-03-04
Izalwa Algiers	2,216	5:46	2015-10-02
Through the Middle Passage	2,148	7:25	2024-10-30
Outer Coast	1,469	8:02	2024-10-30
Chameleon House	1,299	8:42	2024-10-30
Remembered Unknown	1,211	3:58	2024-10-30
Sunlight Dream	1,152	7:47	2024-10-30
Aidos’ Whisper	1,029	3:59	2024-10-30
Poyi 1 - Duet in Two Moments	< 1000	4:08	2021-01-22
Youth	< 1000	2:02	2020-05-07
The Land Will Guide Us	< 1000	2:35	2020-05-07
Out of Sight Out of Mind	< 1000	3:07	2020-05-07
Until Our Fight Is Done	< 1000	5:58	2020-05-07
Nobody Is Nobody	< 1000	5:39	2020-05-07
If Things Had Been Different	< 1000	2:29	2020-05-07
He's a Ghost	< 1000	1:31	2020-05-07
The Lion Lives	< 1000	3:35	2020-05-07
A New Five Fingers	< 1000	2:26	2020-05-07
Until the End	< 1000	7:29	2020-05-07
Return to the Land	< 1000	3:26	2020-05-07
Vertical Parallels	< 1000	9:13	2024-10-30
Three Continents	< 1000	4:30	2024-10-30