Contents |
Adowa (Otanfo) / Baffour Kyerematen -- Dagomba / Baffour Kyerematen -- Nkabom / Osei Kwame Korankye -- Seprewa kasa (Seprewa speaks guitar answers!) / Kari Banaman -- Towoboase / Osei Kwame Korankye -- Nkasoo / Osei Kwame Korankye -- Agyese wobre / Osei Kwame Korankye -- Barima ye na / Baffour Kyerematen. |
Abstract |
The seprewa, a Ghanaian stringed instrument cousin to the kora of Mali, is highlighted by Seprewa Kasa, an ad hoc group formed to promote the instrument to a world audience. |
General note | Duration: 50 min., 43 sec. |
General note | Insert ([11] p. : ill.) includes brief history of seprewa and Ghanaian music in English. |
General note | Compact disc. |
Credits | Produced by Alfred Kari Banaman. |
Performer |
Performed by Seprewa Kasa (Baffour Kyerematen, lead vocals, seprewa, apreprensua, asratoa, efiritsewa, bass calabash, percussion; Alfred Kari Banaman, acoustic guitar, electric guitar; Osei Korankye, lead vocals, seprewa, talking drums) ; also appearing on the album: Yaw Nkansah, seprewa, backing vocals; Teddy Osei, flute; Laryea Harrison, kpanlogo, percussion; Paulina Oduro, backing vocals; Emmanuel Gyebi, bass; Madam Karankyewa, backing vocals; Kwame Yeboah, Fender rhodes, kalimba; Nii Okai Tagoe, addtional percussion, brekete, atumpan. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at DiBess Studios, Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana; additional recordings at Perception Studios, Tottenham, London. |
Language | Music sung in Akan, one of Ghana's main languages, with lyrics printed separately in English. |
UPC |
605633005127 |
Publisher number | TUGCD1051 Riverboat Records |