• S.K. Kakraba – Lubile Prai
    • S.K. Kakraba – Banyere Yo
    • S.K. Kakraba – Darifu
    • S.K. Kakraba – Darikpon Variations
    • S.K. Kakraba – Sopka
    • S.K. Kakraba – Guun
    • 1. Lubile Prai
    • 2. Banyere Yo
    • 3. Darifu
    • 4. Darikpon Variations
    • 5. Sopka
    • 6. Guun

    Intense solo instrumental music from Upper West, Ghana. Stark, virtuosic, the hypnotic, magical music of S.K. Kakraba is performed on the gyil, a Ghanaian xylophone made of 14 wooden slats strung across calabash gourd resonators.

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