derek gripper “folon”
from: saturday morning in boston, 2019
Derek is a South African guitarist whose playing emulates the sound of the kora, though a little less so on this beautiful recording of a tune by Malian singer, Salif Keita than on many of his recordings of solo kora music.
-Alan West-
“In the past
In the past, no one questioned to you
In the past, no one questioned to me
In the past, that’s how it used to be
In the past, whatever happened
In the past, no one wanted to know
People who had suggestions to make
People who could think for themselves
People who were hungry
In the past whatever happened
In the past, you could not speak about it.
Today, you are supposed to take part
”
Malian singer-songwriter Malif Keita
““You know, if you wanna call everybody, one thing you have to do is to call them with music. To tell you the truth, music is everybody’s name””