I totally agree with her. Why should she? With children building robots that can push and pull pan rack, why should she? I recently saw a robot that was built from parts from a garbage dump by a Nigerian child. And if you don't like robots I've been
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Lynn Taitt, the Trinidadian responsible for reggae music.
by 18 Karat Reggae
The entire world knows that reggae music comes from rocksteady. What most people don’t know, however, is that although rocksteady started in Jamaica, it was started by a Tr
Read more…Beam me up Scottie
A national award for Mr. Michael Scott, a community hero, a pan man.
By Aquil Arrindell
I had recently performed at the celebration of life for Mr Scott at La Brea Nightingales pan yard. It was visually evident from the massive
Read more…...Some four decades ago the Government of Guyana donated a set of steel pans to the Cuban community in Santiago de Cuba as well as provided two steel pan tuners to assist with the launch of Cuba’s first steel orchestra.
On Friday afternoon, two of t
Read more…by Sandra Blood
Is there an elite realm of pan?
How should an elite steel orchestra be characterised? Does T&T comprise elite steel orchestras – yielding Bach, Beethoven or Tchaikovsky-quality music worthy of concert fees being $1,500 or US$250 per e
Read more…The honorable Birch Kelman was insulted in public at an event (Panorama 2018) that your members supported and participated in. Please allow Mr. Kelman the dignity of knowing that his life work and commitment to excellence is worth more to your organi
Read more…What is your opinion about the Steelband Movement promoting the works of Pan music composers Boogsie, Andy, Ray, Pellham, Robert, Pro. Bradley and any other composer.?
Read more…South zone, who are you supporting now? Everyone you supported got paid off.
by Aquil Arrindell
The motion against the C.I.P (in an unconstitutional meeting) was moved by Wire, accepted by the chairman and his executive and was passed by the members
Read more…Having steelbands roll through the Savannah for panorama preliminaries is just a good idea that should not be dismissed today. Doing this will have a lasting effect on the young generation.
Read more…Mr. Diaz be the hero; kill the monster you created.
By Aquil Arrindell
Divide and rule.
Before Carnival, I wrote an article that explained that the only reason the president called a meeting with single bands was because he had heard that Mr. A
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Trinidadian Teneisha Campbell has had leading roles in other movies, but a cameo appearance as a border tribeswoman in a fight scene between Black Panther and M'Buku has turned out to be the most exciting moment of her career.
Bor
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President Anthony Carmona greets Rudy “Twoleft” Smith at the Office of the President on February 20.
RUDY “Twoleft” Smith is an ambassador for steelpan in Denmark, where he lives in Copenhagen, and throughout Europe.
However, his h
Read more…You have to UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE!!!
Weekes said many have beset us with dismal stories, “telling us that T&T is currently close to the point of no return…crime, corruption, racism, a dismal public services an
Read more…I am sure that not too many people in the rest of the world will get upset when we call HELON FRANCIS "CALYPSO KING OF THE WORLD" ... and I figured out what I was hearing in terms of the delivery style of the lyrics and I could live with it. So now I
Read more…By Abbisola Oxley
Havana, Cuba – Some 40 years ago Guyana donated the steel pans to help form the first steel orchestra in Cuba which is based in Santiago de Cuba. Today, the band is “a hit” and is popular throughout Cuba.
On February 23rd, as Guyan
Read more…The National Society of Steel Band Educators will host its inaugural professional conference on Saturday, March 10, 2018 on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The conference will be op
Read more…Of course, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ still holds the reins of power -- so an election on that date is not a certainty. But the politicking among the RECYCLED CANDIDATES is venomous!!! Phone calls, faxes, emails, texts, tweets, promises of utopi
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday -- Melissa Doughty
Minister of Community Development Culture and the Arts Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly experiences the Virtual Steelpan Museum which ran from February 7 to the 28 at the National Museum, Port of Spain.
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