Derek Gripper

Data updated on 2025-06-29 10:31:59 UTC

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

7.4 million

Updated on 2025-06-29

Date	Total plays
2025-06-29	7,377,948
2025-06-20	7,334,077
2025-06-12	7,291,765
2025-06-05	7,256,325
2025-05-27	7,212,607
2025-05-19	7,167,018
2025-05-04	7,094,479
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

36,349

Followers

14,118

Top Cities

Paris

560 listeners
Sydney

670 listeners
Melbourne

770 listeners
Brussels

597 listeners
Amsterdam

487 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Jarabi (Passion)	885,580	6:39	2012-09-01
Tutu Jara	539,053	3:16	2017-03-03
Ana	460,180	2:23	2020-03-06
Kaira Konkoba	383,310	3:49	2017-03-03
Sleep Song, Part 11 (from Tubaka)	379,360	4:50	2022-08-12
Ana Na Ming - Cello and Guitar	289,621	3:19	2020-10-16
Salama	207,017	4:49	2015-11-10
Ana - Cello and Guitar	205,801	3:39	2020-09-18
Alfa Yaya	200,785	3:45	2017-03-03
'56	181,350	3:07	2012-09-01
Elyne Road	141,574	3:18	2012-09-01
Chamber Music	129,733	5:35	2012-09-01
Ano Zero / Before the Beginning	116,121	6:16	2011-12-10
Folon	114,205	4:55	2020-03-13
Kaounding Cissoko	113,542	4:25	2012-09-01
Lam Tooro	103,076	3:53	2020-04-03
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	98,097	4:26	2018-09-22
Djourou Kara Nany	93,471	4:24	2012-09-01
Kaira (Peace)	92,101	5:28	2012-09-01
Konkoba (Earth)	91,683	4:42	2012-09-01
Fanta and Felix - Cello and Guitar	87,669	4:55	2020-10-02
Bakoye	87,577	3:10	2012-09-01
Where Rivers Meet	82,331	4:11	2017-03-03
Tubaka (Love)	82,295	5:37	2012-09-01
Ma-Ma Fc	81,732	3:15	2012-09-01
Yamore Lullaby	75,801	4:46	2021-10-01
Koortjie - Cello and Guitar	74,321	6:40	2020-09-25
Miniyamba	71,864	5:08	2017-03-03
Duga	70,855	3:57	2015-11-10
Ninkoy	63,481	7:02	2024-04-12
Jarabi	62,880	5:14	2017-03-03
Lam Tooro - Cello and Guitar	58,774	3:13	2020-10-16
Maimouna	56,081	2:38	2017-03-03
Toumani's Jarabi 1987 - Solo Guitar	55,145	5:42	2022-02-18
Lampedusa	54,825	4:14	2015-11-10
Miniyamba	46,702	5:17	2015-11-10
Si Naani	45,889	3:30	2017-03-03
Bafoulabe	45,688	3:55	2015-11-10
Basle	41,995	4:52	2024-04-26
Koortjie	40,131	8:01	2024-05-10
Folon - Cello and Guitar	38,069	3:13	2020-10-16
Seeing Nobody - Studio Version	36,523	5:00	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 4 (from The Porcupine)	34,550	2:28	2022-08-26
Korobali	34,053	5:16	2015-11-10
Sleep Song, Part 9 (from Kaira)	34,038	4:43	2022-07-29
Daraka	31,448	2:53	2024-05-10
Fanta and Felix	30,648	3:02	2020-03-20
Alfa Yaya / Anna Magdalena	29,961	7:46	2015-11-10
Maimouna	28,584	7:21	2024-05-10
I Like the Motorcar - Cello and Guitar	28,314	2:43	2020-10-16
Koyé Yè Yan	27,950	4:37	2024-05-10
Si Naani	27,213	5:50	2015-11-10
I Like the Motorcar	26,359	1:52	2020-03-27
Dança Das Cabeças / Dance of the Heads	25,679	5:38	2011-12-10
The First Two Minutes	25,105	2:30	2020-04-03
Ananaming	24,401	2:24	2020-04-03
Moss on the Mountain	23,924	5:29	2024-05-10
I Know This Place — Pt. 2 - Orchestrations	22,325	3:36	2025-01-24
Maimouna	22,024	4:14	2015-11-10
Joni	21,680	9:42	2011-12-10
Tita	21,073	3:01	2020-04-03
Chiwo	20,178	3:01	2020-04-03
Chiwo - Cello and Guitar	19,453	5:04	2020-10-16
Cederberg - Field Recording	19,072	4:08	2021-09-24
Spiegel im Spiegel - Guitar Solo	18,557	7:47	2021-04-16
Bullfight - Studio	17,790	3:08	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 6 (Clinton’s Seven)	16,595	3:47	2022-10-07
Anna Magdalena	15,610	3:06	2011-12-10
Koortjie	15,257	6:18	2020-04-03
The First Two Minutes - Cello and Guitar	14,625	2:42	2020-10-16
Sleep Song, Part 12 (from Origins)	13,012	4:14	2022-10-07
Salvador	12,803	6:53	2011-12-10
The Upper Reaches - Ripped Away	12,455	1:17	2021-06-11
Vanilla	12,172	4:44	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 1 (The Feather)	12,073	4:07	2022-10-07
Sleep Song, Part 15 (Uhadi Rain)	11,694	4:60	2022-10-07
Photobook : Lindokuhle - Home Recording	11,651	4:31	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 2 (Waking the Strings)	11,451	7:13	2022-10-07
Sete Anéis / Seven Rings	11,143	6:52	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 5 (from Koortjie)	10,961	7:03	2022-10-07
Allemande (from the 1st cello suite)	10,899	1:58	2023-11-03
Ukuza Kwe Langa	10,829	4:37	2015-10-02
Sleep Song, Part 3 (from Jarabi)	10,494	10:08	2022-10-07
O Trenzinho Do Caipiro / The Little Train of the Caipira	10,478	5:15	2011-12-10
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	10,192	3:41	2018-09-22
Sleep Song, Part 7 (from Madosini)	9,197	8:39	2022-10-07
Kaounding Cissoko - Live Solo Guitar	8,981	5:58	2022-02-25
Copenhagen	8,951	6:30	2011-12-10
Sleep Song, Part 10 (from Tubaka)	8,893	4:56	2022-10-07
2 Violões / 2 Guitars	8,784	3:52	2011-12-10
I Know This Place - Live	8,503	4:31	2021-03-05
Two Chords & the Truth	8,259	3:40	2016-02-29
Ana - Live	7,949	8:01	2021-03-05
Duga (Alap & Jor Improvisations) - Live	7,724	9:43	2021-03-05
Thetha Mama	7,705	6:23	2021-11-12
Elyne Road - Live Solo Guitar	7,698	3:37	2022-03-04
Musica Do Cantinho (feat. Derek Gripper)	7,624	4:35	2014-06-24
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	7,498	4:21	2018-09-22
Prelude (from the 1st cello suite)	7,498	2:47	2023-10-20
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	7,325	1:58	2018-09-22
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	7,284	5:21	2018-09-22
I Like The Motorcar - Live	6,968	5:32	2021-03-05
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Sarabande (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,815	2:37	2018-09-22
Ayo - Recycled 1/4 Inch Tape	6,795	5:07	2021-09-24
Sleep Song, Part 13 (from Origins)	6,447	5:24	2022-10-07
Sleep Song, Part 8 (from Masane Cissé)	6,401	5:30	2022-10-07
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Corrente (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,390	2:50	2018-09-22
Prologue (To The 1st Cello Suite)	6,347	3:56	2023-11-10
Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Tempo di Borea (Arr. by Derek Gripper)	6,206	3:05	2018-09-22
Blue Light - Studio	6,105	4:48	2021-09-24
Koortjie - Live	6,032	8:09	2021-03-05
Meadows	5,991	3:34	2019-06-28
Sleep Song, Part 14 (from Origins)	5,986	3:30	2022-10-07
Sissie My Kind - Recycled 1/4 Inch Tape	5,926	6:27	2021-09-24
Duga - Live	5,628	3:27	2021-03-05
The Upper Reaches - Live	5,568	6:10	2021-03-05
Bakoye - Live Solo Guitar	5,417	4:47	2022-03-04
Sleep Song, Part 16 (Kai Kai Sleeps)	5,267	8:29	2022-10-07
Mama FC - Live Solo Guitar	5,177	1:37	2022-03-04
Blue Light For Julian Bream - Mono 1/4 Tape Version	5,151	6:17	2021-08-27
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: IV. Sarabande - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,634	1:02	2023-11-10
In The Presence of... - Live	4,627	5:16	2021-03-05
'56 - Live Solo Guitar	4,561	4:08	2022-03-04
Risk - Recycled 1/4 Inch tape	4,446	5:01	2021-09-24
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,445	1:46	2023-11-10
Cassette Locale After Masanobu Fukuoka	4,423	38:33	2014-02-14
'56 Live in Cape Town - Duo Version Live in Concert	4,313	7:39	2023-04-21
Fanta's Tita 1971 - Solo Guitar	4,272	3:34	2022-02-18
Variable Heredity	4,237	8:04	2024-10-30
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: V. Menuetts I & II - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,192	1:48	2023-11-10
Tubaka - Live Solo Guitar	4,136	3:60	2022-03-04
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: VI. Gigue - Arr. for Guitar by Derek Gripper	4,084	0:55	2023-11-10
Traffic Ijemile	4,071	4:23	2015-10-02
Epilogue (To The 1st Cello Suite)	4,031	1:13	2023-11-10
Kya Baat - Live	4,027	10:52	2021-03-05
Niks Is Nodig	3,832	5:46	2024-10-30
Djourou Kara Nany - Live Solo Guitar	3,605	3:36	2022-03-04
Chamber Music - Live Solo Guitar	3,576	4:07	2022-03-04
Kaira - Live Solo Guitar	3,446	3:01	2022-03-04
Für Alina - Guitar Solo	3,391	3:34	2021-04-16
Konkoba - Live Solo Guitar	2,995	4:45	2022-03-04
Through the Middle Passage	2,470	7:25	2024-10-30
Izalwa Algiers	2,241	5:46	2015-10-02
Outer Coast	1,736	8:02	2024-10-30
Chameleon House	1,538	8:42	2024-10-30
Remembered Unknown	1,407	3:58	2024-10-30
Sunlight Dream	1,361	7:47	2024-10-30
Aidos’ Whisper	1,242	3:59	2024-10-30
Vertical Parallels	1,058	9:13	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
Three Continents	< 1000	4:30	2024-10-30