When Steel Talks entends condolences to the family of St. Lucia's steelband maestro Lennard "Scrubb" Wellington on his passing on March 3..
Journalist, musician, producer, film director, and historian among many other things - Dalton Narine passed on Tuesday 11th February. He was simply one of the best. He was a "Pan Man".
Tribute to Uric ‘Ragga dat’ Reid
February 23, 1931-November 4, 2024
Uric Reid aka Ragga dat travelled from sixth street Barataria with his friend Joe Roseman to rehearse with City Syncopators. Joe recalled playing second pan on Carnival days with Ra
He said that's a small first step that will end with the removal of the privy council as the final court of appeal
Read more…On his ID Card Abdul’s name is Anthony Reid. We refer to him as Bub because Abdul was also known as Beelzebub, or simply Bellzie, a name that has devilish connotations in Christian theology and in village talk back in the day. One man’s meat is anoth
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama is never short on drama. This year (2024) was no exception. A first-place tie and a last-place judgment have generated endless debate. But despite the annual tension, frustration and hints of conspiracy, the compe
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - From the sleepy fishing village of Black Rock, Tobago emerged a woman who became the bass of the steelpan community in T&T.
Beverley Ramsey-Moore, the 17th President of Pan Trinbago, and the fir
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....The fish broth story is connected to Invaders, which had a legendary musical rivalry with All Stars in the 1950s and 1960s.
Invaders have been present at their Tragarete Road location since 1941. There wer
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“When I lived in Trinidad, in my eyes the steelpan was just a form of entertainment. I listened to Panorama on radio, I loved the music festival - on radio. In New York there was a program to promote the culture of your country and I got into suppor
Read more…The Seattle Times
Hundreds of parents and students recently protested cuts in arts and special education programs at the Edmonds School District board meeting. The district has to cut its budget by almost $12 million.Washington, USA
Read more…Newsday - Editorial
THE SUGGESTION made by Pan Trinbago president Beverly Ramsey-Moore that the children's Carnival should be moved to make way for holding only the Panorama competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Carnival Saturday was tactles
Read more…by Andre Moses
St. Augustine Secondary Steel Orchestra has won ten (10) national titles: seven (7) Panoramas and three (3) Steelband Festivals. The band has toured Barbados, France, Scotland and South Africa and has produced music teachers, solo pe
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Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
(Letter to the Editor)
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - With national elections some three years away, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar (pictured) seems ready again to recycle promises made 12 years ago as leader of the
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| Marlon “Goose” Guerra |
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of ace veteran panist Marlon Guerra.
by Garvin Blake
Saturday, June 11 was etched on my calendar since BRIC released their Celebrate Brooklyn schedule in late April. Pan was again taking center stage at the borough's biggest and best summer festival. Adding to the anticipation, this s
Obituary of Beverly Ruthven Griffith
After a courageously fought battle with several illnesses, Beverly R. Griffith of Deerfield Beach, Florida passed away on April 19, 2022.
Beverly was born on April 18, 1941 in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago.
by Roger Gibbs
published with the expressed permission of the author
‘Everybody wondering how the steelband start
When you get to know, well it’s going to break your heart’
Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts)
The Grandmaster sang this classic calypso
Newsday
- Angelo Marcelle
THE EDITOR: I read with intense interest TTUTA’s March 22 column headlined “No respect for national instrument.”
Having researched pan’s plight and the lack of respect and recognition that successive governments have shown
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