It is with great shock and sadness that we announce the death of our beloved President of the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) Mr. Lutalo Masimba known in the cultural fraternity as Brother Resistance. Prior to being elected Presiden
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When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist and performing artist Deja Cain.
Read more…by Andre Moses
Brother Resistance was and is an original. It is not easy to be an ‘original’ in today’s world, but he found the courage and conviction to express his originality. I met him in the early 1970’s on the UWI campus. When Birdsong was for
Read more…Kyndall Cunningham - Yahoo News -- Ed Sheeran
Sun, July 4, 2021, 5:02 AM·6 min read
Last Friday, British pop star Ed Sheeran released “Bad Habits,” the first single from his forthcoming album Minus. The song, which is on track to debut at No. 1 on t
birdsong rings de bell for Brother Resistance!
birdsong joins the cultural fraternity at home and abroad in saluting the contribution of Brother Resistance (Lutalo Masimba) to the development and propagation of our indigenous art forms. Zistance wor
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Cleaning up in Aisle 7. Dispelling a few myths for those who never met me
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by Linda Straker
There will not be for
Read more…A percussion master... Ace conga player for Metro Steel Orchestra and Pantonic Steel Orchestra
A partial list of albums the late “Pious” performed on...
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Explainer - Man From The Ghetto (LP, Album) | Kam's, Charlie's Records | ECR 421 | 1981 | |
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Still sounding awesome 17 years later to the day. Thank you Mr. Marcano and the late Dr. Samaroo for always providing access wherever we met - Antigua, New York, Trinidad & Tobago...
Just Listen ! From a Friday night many moons ago...
Trinidad & Tob
Read more…Carnival 2021 came and went. There is a tremendous amount of potential for us as a nation if we can learn from the experience. Here are my thoughts and suggestions
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“You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire. Once the flames begin to catch, the wind will blow it higher.” – Peter Gabriel, Biko In honor of Black History Month, we are proud to bring the message of Peter Gabriel’s “Biko” back to the
Read more…Global - Recording and performing artist Garvin Blake provides an in-depth and careful look at that defining moment when one of the most important musicians in the history of the ste
Read more…At three score and ten, plus six, with a mind as sharp as it has ever been, it turns out worshipping took a toll on his knees. How did that happen? Well, for a couple of months, on mornings, he would go to the pan yard, in St Barbs, which he built fr
Clive Bradley & Opera singer Anne FridalGlobal - Fridal is the first known opera singer to perform operatic versions of calypsoes, and her interpretat
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For the past few weeks, the executive of Pan Trinbago, in what would have normally been Panorama season, have been reliving , via social media, highlights of a fund raising virtual concert that was staged for Christmas, featurin
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - US-based Trinidadian broadcaster extraordinaire, Von Martin, has written a book about key people who contributed to the development of the steelpan. And, no two ways about it, this should be compulsory reading for anyone w
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to panist Curtis Lynch and his family and friends on the passing of his Dad. Curtis is the captain of CASYM Steel Orchestra.
Global - “His preferred drink is rum and coke, though he sips a beer in the pan tent this particular night. Standing a slight five feet three inches in sandals, he peers through round, brown glasses. Cigarette smoke punctuates every word of his flat
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