{"product_id":"derek-gripper-libraries-on-fire-cd","title":"Derek Gripper - LIBRARIES ON FIRE - [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLibraries on Fire is the follow up to 2012's critically acclaimed album One Night On Earth: Music From the Strings Of Mali. Master guitarist Derek Gripper furthers his exploration of works from Mali s great kora maestros; Toumani Diabat?, Ballak? Sissoko and Sekou Batourou Kouyate, creating a new form of classical guitar music out of Africa s richest musical traditions. Libraries On Fire is the 10th album from this incredible musician whose passion has won him recognition the world over.  REVIEW  Gripper has cracked it...his playing has a depthless beauty, which does full justice to the complexity of Toumani s compositions. To do so without any hint of the music being dumbed down is a staggering achievement on solo guitar...Gripper s record genuinely complements Toumani s music, and the more resonant sonorities of the guitar give the record its own baroque attraction...Gripper s extensive liner notes are a tour de force, too it s one of the most perceptive and insightful pieces ever written about the kora and the compositional qualities of Toumani s unique music. --Songlines Magazine\"The result is astounding, not just for its technical brilliance, but its musicality. Gripper executes these pieces with the precision and attention to detail one might expect from a great classical musician...It s hard to imagine a more impressive and passionate rendering of Malian music on classical guitar, particularly from a person who has done it all his own way. --Afropop worldwidean extraordinary set of instrumentals...with a unique and quite astonishing guitar technique...at the same time tributes and also very intense, personal takes on the originals...there is a feeling of freedom that is liberating to listen to...he succeeds magnificently...A true synthesis and a great album. --FRoots\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"African Music,WORLD MUSIC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47583269650650,"sku":"4026702455821","price":24.78,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/7787\/3626\/files\/LIBRARIESONFIRE_at44jv.jpg?v=1770964307","url":"https:\/\/shopmusic247.com\/products\/derek-gripper-libraries-on-fire-cd","provider":"Shopmusic247","version":"1.0","type":"link"}