Panorama timeTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It’s Panorama season in Trinidad and Tobago which is in the thick of Carnival events and one of the best ways to show support for the national instrument, the Steelpan, and to have
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United Kingdom - The ‘Call for Papers’ for the 11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference has been extended to 6th December 2024.
....The 11th Steelpan/Carnival Arts Conference...will be held at the elegant theatres of the National Academy for the Perfo
Read more…Leon “Smooth” Edwards and Bertram “Birch” Kelman among awardees
From left, Leon "Smooth" Edwards receives his honorary doctorate of fine arts from President Christine Kangaloo, Chancellor of UTT at the UTT graduation ceremony at NAPA, Port of Spain,
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Leon “Smooth” Edwards and Bertram “Birch” Kelman
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Entrepreneur Sieunarine Persad Coosal and politician and educator Orville London are among the five local luminari
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of musician Roy Cape.
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The feature of the event is the Barbados National Youth Steel OrchestraBarbados, W.I. - The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) anticipates a record-breaking turnout for the 2024 edition of Republic Bank Pandemonium, as the event ce
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Schoolchildren enjoyed Caribbean cuisine, steel drum music and limbo dancing
Cornwall, England - Schoolchildren from across Cornwall honoured the 76th anniversary of the Windru
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WE TING ... if I translate that into TRINI TING -- WHEN STEEL TALKS will take down my posting.
I personally know a guy who was not BLACK ENOUGH to be tuning pans ... and if allyuh know the HELL HE CATCH trying to contribute to PAN
Read more…Saint Lucia embarks on a UNESCO-backed initiative to infuse schools with steel pan music, aiming to preserve cultural heritage and empower youth.
St. Lucia, W.I. - With an innovative stride towards enhancing cultural appreciation among the youth, t
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In a move to bring pan into the Kafe, soca icon and businessman Carl Jacobs has come up with a series of events titled Steel Plus.
Jacobs said the intention is to make the national instrument a
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The Beach-Nuts — Out In The Sun (Hey-O)
New York, USA - When songwriter and record producer Bob Feldman passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 83, we lost another giant of 1960s Brill Building pop.
Born in Brooklyn to Orthodox Jewish pa
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Machel Montano is the 2024 King of Calypso after performances from twelve finalists at the Dimanche Gras showcase on Carnival Sunday night. The Calypso Monarch competition was organized by the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Julie Williams and Exodus Steel Orchestra on the passing of her son JAMAL LAMAR HOSEIN.
JAMAL LAMAR HOSEIN.
November 24, 1986 - January 30, 2024
Funeral Service
Exodu
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Vincent Hueloy Yip Young - former manager of Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra and decorated Cultural Ambassador
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As part of the global schedule of activities for the annual Steelband Month in Trinidad and Tobago, and certainl
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Belize, S.A. - Pan Yaad ‘23 which was held at the Government House on Regent Street, Belize City.
The crowd was bigger than in recent memory - where a mature audience danced until after midnight to the shimmering sounds of steel drum.
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A Marathon student practices on the steel drumsFlorida, USA - The Florida Keys have rich, feel-good, island-inspired musical roots, from Coffee Butler and Howard Livingston to Key West’s adopted son, Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1
Read more…The life of Denyse Plummer, over five decades in song
CNC3 editor
Denyse Plummer, a former pop singer who switched to calypso and later gospel in a musical career that spanned more than five decades, died today at age 69.
She had been ailing for
Read more…Hello pan community. I recently got my 1980's Kim Loy Wong double tenor tuned by OV Solomon. He did a super excellent job in restoring both tonality and note accuracy to my double tenors.
He is located currently in western North Carolina but his tun
Read more…Mum and Me Productions aims to bring vibrant energy - Earl Brooks, Jr. featured
New York, USA - For those not in Trinidad and Tobago to have a taste of Pan and Carnival for 2024, there is that opportunity to have both, if you are in New York come S
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