Friend or Foe: Will the next New York Mayor be an Ally of the New York Steelband Music Community?

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams with USSA (United States Steelband Association) President Anthony “Big Tony” Joseph

Brooklyn, New York, USA - If Eric Adams does become Mayor of New York City, will there FINALLY be a Mayor who is an advocate f

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Celebrating the life of Lennox 'Bobby' Mohamed

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Happy Birthday to panist & arranger Dejean Cain - June 26

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, performing artist and arranger Dejean Cain.

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Tuco Trinidad-Tobago on Brother Resistance

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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Happy Birthday to panist and performing artist Deja Cain - June 26

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist and performing artist Deja Cain.

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Brother Resistance you stood tall and defined a space and a pathway

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

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Sheeran’s Bizarre History of Musical Thievery -- Remember when Bugs said Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care borrowed liberally from Kes?

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

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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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My 2021 Address To When Steel Talks

by George D. Goddard

Cleaning up in Aisle 7. Dispelling a few myths for those who never met me

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Grenada - No formal carnival for 2021

by Linda Straker

This will be the second year without formal carnival celebrations
60% of 110,000 population to be vaccinated by July 2021
Ministry of Culture will be meeting with stakeholders to discuss possible aid packages

There will not be for

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PAN CHRONICLES STEELPAN TALK SHOW

Live with Duvone Stewart

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Remembering Cecil “Pious” Atherton - RIP

A percussion master... Ace conga player for Metro Steel Orchestra and Pantonic Steel Orchestra

A partial list of albums the late “Pious” performed on...

		Explainer - Man From The Ghetto ‎(LP, Album)	Kam's, Charlie's Records	ECR 421	1981

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Renegades Steel Orchestra - “Pan on The Road” | Jit Samaroo | Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2004

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

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85 Years Of Trinidad All Stars

85 Years Of Excellence

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Post Carnival 2021 Suggestions - The Way Forward - Daryl C. Joseph

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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Watch Peter Gabriel Re-Record ‘Biko’ With Artists From Around the World

“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

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Pan Explosion – The Making of The Jit Samaroo Sound

by Garvin Blake

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

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A Real Steelband Man - Anthony Kinsale - "Benup" - in the Spotlight - by Sharmain Baboolal

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

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Happy Birthday to Anne Fridal - November 19

When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to opera singer and performing artist Anne Fridal.

Clive Bradley & Opera singer Anne Fridal

Global - Fridal is the first known opera singer to perform operatic versions of calypsoes, and her interpretat

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A Sad State of Affairs, Indeed. - The PROSPEROUS QUEEN OF PAN

by Sharmain Baboolal

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

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Friend or Foe: Will the next New York Mayor be an Ally of the New York Steelband Music Community?

Celebrating the life of Lennox 'Bobby' Mohamed

Happy Birthday to panist & arranger Dejean Cain - June 26

Tuco Trinidad-Tobago on Brother Resistance

Happy Birthday to panist and performing artist Deja Cain - June 26

Brother Resistance you stood tall and defined a space and a pathway

Sheeran’s Bizarre History of Musical Thievery -- Remember when Bugs said Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care borrowed liberally from Kes?

birdsong rings de bell for Brother Resistance!

My 2021 Address To When Steel Talks

Grenada - No formal carnival for 2021

PAN CHRONICLES STEELPAN TALK SHOW

Remembering Cecil “Pious” Atherton - RIP

Renegades Steel Orchestra - “Pan on The Road” | Jit Samaroo | Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2004

85 Years Of Trinidad All Stars

Post Carnival 2021 Suggestions - The Way Forward - Daryl C. Joseph

Watch Peter Gabriel Re-Record ‘Biko’ With Artists From Around the World

Pan Explosion – The Making of The Jit Samaroo Sound

Pan Explosion – The Making of The Jit Samaroo Sound

by Garvin Blake

A Real Steelband Man - Anthony Kinsale - "Benup" - in the Spotlight - by Sharmain Baboolal

Happy Birthday to Anne Fridal - November 19

A Sad State of Affairs, Indeed. - The PROSPEROUS QUEEN OF PAN

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