Global - ....Acknowledging that the steelpan promotes inclusive societies, sustainable communities and the creative economy and can have a positive impact on mental
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sympathy to the family and friends of Earl Rodney on his passing.
He is one of the esteemed champion arrangers of the Golden Era of Pan.
Read more…Antigua Observer
Steelpan music is an integral part of Antigua and Barbuda’s cultureAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The history of the steelpan, and its influence in Antigua, is a treasure trove worth exploring. However, in order to explore the treasure
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - ....Upon arrival, the Caribbean Youth Panoramics (CYP) quickly and expertly set up their stage side steelband, as a crowd of their peers and elders looked on expectantly as the preparations ended and the panists sto
Read more…Remember what de 'Professor' Philmore say - Is ArrangOrama!
The erasable Ken 'Pro' Philmore; sparked in All Stars; spectacled, named and trained in Hatters; and a fire for Finclaire; once said "...Is ArrangOrama!".
What he meant with his 'ArrangOram
Read more…64 years ago:
Remembering in November. The 1st steelband to play at The White House in December 1957
Remember, we are remembering again in 2021 what someone remembered to write down in 1990-91, about something remembered in a newspaper in 1957; A
Read more…Robert Hernandez
Organizer
Boynton Beach, FL
Highlanders Steel Orchestra is in the process of building a modern Pan Theatre at its Pan Yard location. The Pan Yard is located on the Eastern Main Road at the corner of William Street, Success Village,
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Memories - George Bailey - Trinidad Carnival
A Film by Aldric G. Bailey
In 1959, Your Uncle George, the most famous of all the bandleaders, had produced Relics of Egypt...
To me, Relics Of Egypt was a continuation of Cecil B. De Mille's "The Ten Co
Read more…"When I realized the conversation was about me, and why I didn't sing my song, I heard George Goddard telling Kitchener, "If that boy doh sing his song here tonight, I will make the steelband men and them boycott yuh tune." He had that kind of power.
Read more…See what Valentino recalls about this great man. #karmaisamother
HONORING OUR HERO WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID. ANYTHING'S CHANGED? NO.
George D. Goddard, B.A.
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A documentary by des-Sound Productions - 2004
Read more…So, as the young pretty groundhog from South lends his forked-tongue to this snake pit, keep in mind that "Pan In Danger" because of robbers like this former Diaz-picked Pan Trinbago education officer, who also happens to be an authentic, unindicted
Read more…DO THE RESEARCH AND DON'T BE INFLUENCED BY THE TRUMP-LOVING RESIDENT TROLL.
Read more…TIME TO FORGET UNCLE SPREE. IT'S UNCLE SAM TO THE RESCUE!!! S.A.M. MEANS "STEEL AWAY MUSIC" (STEEL PULSE.) OF COURSE, EVERY UNCLE SAM NEEDS AN UNCLE TOM. IN FACT, WITHOUT UNCLE TOM, THERE IS NO UNCLE SAM. UNCLE TOM IS UNCLE SAM'S OXYGEN! EVERY PLANTA
Read more…A TOTAL OF SIXTEEN IDEAS WERE PRESENTED. WHAT MOSES' PROPOSES IS NOTHING NEW, AND DOES NOT LOOK AT STEELBAND (AS INDUSTRY) WITH THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE CONSIDERATIONS THAT EVOLVES WITH SOCIETY AND TIME. I DO; I DO NOT LOOK AT COMPLEX MULTIFACTORAL ISS
Read more…SO; BUMP YOUR GUM ALL YOU WANT IN THIS SPACE. YOU WILL FOOL THE GULLIBLE...I GIVE YOU THAT. BUT HISTORY...EH, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARDER TIME CREATING THAOSE "ALTERNATE FACTS", MY NEMESIS. OH, AND I AM ALSO KIN TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S HISTORY OF
Read more…HERE IS MY FULL REPLY:
Make Pan Trinbago the Ministry of Pan. Oh Goddard!!! lmao. Some of these ideas are really dangerous and not well thought-out. The day that happens, we can all say goodbye to pan, as we know it. Not the mention, if the Governm
Read more…HAPPY APRIL FOOLS'/ALL FOOLS DAY!!! (I mean, come on; allyuh really think panmen and panwomen will EVER be that appreciative? lol. Ah know ah ketch ah few mackoo! Such an immature bunch of feeling-toters and hypocritical (so-called) "Christians". Lik
Read more…I understand "Third World" political mindsets of the gullible lumpen, and that some are in this WST space posing as historians. Regardless of what they would like to believe, Dr. Eric Williams did NOTHING that benefitted steelbands! NOTHING!!! And, I
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