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Seprewa Kasa.

Author/creator Seprewa Kasa (Musical group)
Other author/creatorBanaman, Alfred Kari.
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[London] : Riverboat Records : World Music Network, ℗2008.
Description1 audio disc (50 min., 43 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
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 noteDuration: 50 min., 43 sec.
General noteInsert ([11] p. : ill.) includes brief history of seprewa and Ghanaian music in English.
General noteCompact disc.
CreditsProduced 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 noteRecorded at DiBess Studios, Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana; additional recordings at Perception Studios, Tottenham, London.
LanguageMusic sung in Akan, one of Ghana's main languages, with lyrics printed separately in English.
UPC 605633005127
Publisher numberTUGCD1051 Riverboat Records

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