UK 2023 Champion Panorama arranger Duvone Stewart at Notting Hill Carnival Monday 2023
Morning Star
Chris Searle interviews master of the jazz steel pan LEON FOSTER THOMAS on the release of his album Calasanitus
England, U.K. - Musical snobbery has often consigned the beauty and melodism of steel pan as a lower form of musical instr
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...Charlie, very much a man who prefers to remain behind the scenes, is not just an architect of Birdsong. Starting as a UWI graduate at the age of 24 years, and working through both Pan Trinbago and the National Carnival Commis
Read more…An Interview with Matthew Phillip. The Executive Director of Notting Hill Carnival.
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UpClose with “Lord Kitchener”
In a heartfelt and thoughtful sit-down interview, Aldwyn Roberts the late great legendary calypsonian, composer and musician [simply known to the world as “Kitch” of “Kitchener"] shares his vision for the art forms of
Read more…MEETING OF THE MASTERS
ARRANGERS bare some of their feelings at a Forum at Basement Recordings
What do you get when, for the first time in history, Pan arrangers par excellence agree to meet at an impromptu rap session? What comes out are Insigh
Read more…The Chopping Block Is Back. THE CHOPPING BLOCK
Discussion on panorama payment for panist with David Muhammad and Aquil Arrindell on the chopping block.
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Leadership
May 17, 2021
When Wharton management professor Adam Grant sat down to write his new book, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know, he wanted to make the case for why executives should reconsider their approaches to how to man
Read more…Global - Nevin Roach take a bow! The competition aspect of PanoGrama 2021 has been competently adjudicated by an esteemed panel of judges, points have been awarded and the competition postmortems have begun, as the event’s virtual audience weighs in
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The Mayor of Lasalle, Manon Barbe, right, presents the The Moulin D'or The Golden Mill Award to Martin Albino in 2010 for the work he has done over the years in the community, including teaching youths and seniors the Read more…
Rudder, Arrow, Shorty, Montano, and Terror all feature in this delightful clip sourced from an old 1980s recorded TV VHS videocassette. (Unknown interviewer)
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In 1943 Eric Williams, the future prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, organized a conference on 'The Economic Future of the Caribbean'. Williams, a rising star in intellectual and activist circles, brought together an eclectic and influential gr
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Glenda Gamory - Pantonic Steel Orchestra - UpClose
She is one of the most important figures in the history of the North America steelpan music movement. She is the first woman to ever lead a steel orchestra to a major Panorama victory.
Meet Glenda
Read more…Listen to an exclusive Von Martin–interview with the iconic Mr. Sterling Betancourt. Here is Betancourt’s story in his own words with noted author and journalist Von Martin. This interview was done in London, England at Betancourt’s home in 2000.
Read more…The Chopping Block Is Back. Does Geography affect opportunity as a pannist and as a steelband
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