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My first knowledge of the man named “Jules” was when I heard my godmother, Norma Daniel, speak about him with reverence,
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On the concept of The Excellence in Growth of the Steelpan Art Form Chuma Akil Jahi Watson says: “Steelpan has so much to offer and needs the youths to continue being heavily involved. Not just for the playing aspect but mo
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We spoke about his process.
We spoke about Ken.
We spoke about Pan and the rest of the world.
DJ Wanke and I got to sit with THE Mark Loquan and travel through his 20years of music.
He is one of the most prolific, well-known songwriters to have ever walked the planet. With over 600 (six hundred) songs under his belt and to his credit, his songs have shaped and influenced generations. And in no short order he is one of the great
Read more…FROM the communities of Gonzales and Belmont where he grew up, to the New York City art scene and to a current role as one of the TT’s greatest creative talents, it has been a rewarding, eight-decade journey for LeRoy Clarke.
From tomorrow, art lover
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The extremely talented, articulate, charismatic and forward-thinking Jahlani Roberts i
Read more…Beverly Ramsey Moore, Ainsworth Mohammed, Junia Regrello and Michael Marcano all recommend Aquil Arrindell for President but he chose to run as Vice President instead.
By Aquil Arrindell
‘One of the reasons that Mrs. Ramsey Moore is running for t
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Global - He was the blueprint for successful steelband leadership. George Goddard, one of the early leaders of the Steelbands Association, was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold posthumously for his contribution to the development
PAN YOUTH: Sydney Nichols - https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=sydrocs - was chosen as the only primary school student in Trinidad, to be a part of the Esther Dalton Foundation project, "Youth on Steel", which also featured 3 other secondary/Univ
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Robert Greenidge was born in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad, West Indies. He began playing under the direction of his uncle, Carl Greenidge, a renowned arranger and tuner. At eight he joined the Savoy Steel Orchestra where he was taught scal
Read more…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP4OcbXyeSo&list=PLERIfzebORG_GaxE51Mkqbxsmz_J0K553&index=9
Ignorance Experience with Leeandro Noray.
performing on a high C bore Tenor pan
made by birch Kelmen recently tuned by Augustus peters.
Please share this great
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With our state of the art recording facilities on site here at ICMP, it’s unsurprising that we often usher many major musicians and performers of all kinds through the doors.
Back in July Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy passed through to get some last
Amanda Parris
When I was 11 years old, I attended a summer camp with my cousins. It was held in a church basement in the east end of Toronto, and I don't remember much about our time there beyond the friendship bracelets we made and the smile of a b
Read more…GARY CARDINEZ Trinidad Newsday
AS of March 1, after 57 years, veteran musician and band leader Roy “Pappy” Cape “hung up” his prized Selmar Parris Super 80 saxophone as a performer with the long-standing brass band he formed - Roy Cape All Stars.
He
Producer, author and noted on-air broadcaster Von Martin shares another important documentary on the pan from his archives. This time we meet the late Pan Pioneer Junior Pouchet - former great captain and founder of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra.
Head
Read more…Producer, author and noted on-air broadcaster Von Martin shares another important documentary on the pan from his archives. This time we meet Pan Pioneer Hugh Borde.
Head of Caribbeana Communications Inc. Von Martin shares one of his many interviews
Read more…The Report Company - February 2016
Dr. Nyan Elizabeth Gadsby Dolly first entered parliament as the representative for St. Ann's East following the September 2015 general election. She spoke to The Report Company about the work needed to raise awaren
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