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.
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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.
Port-of-Sp
Read more…A sad day for pan. Though he mostly worked in the background he was a strong advocate for pan in schools and worked hard reviving La Brea Nightingale. Sad to know such a conscious and loving man is now gone. One of the latest murder victims in this
Read more…by Shareen Gray
The trend for UK pan players attending Trinidad Carnival to take part in their Panorama has been happening for decades. Shamefully – as a steelpan industry person – I hadn’t attended until this year, and this was a spontaneous trip ma
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PAN IN CUBA: Members of La Casa del Caribe incorporate the steelpan in Cuba’s annual Fiesta del Fuego (Fire Festival).
LAUREL V WILLIAMS
MANY attempts were made over the decades at unifying various Caribbean territories over the ye
Read more…The Gleaner - Jamaica
...Ainsworth Mohammed is what we call a 'panman' but one whose strength, whether as a banker or band manager, is the combination of organisational and people skills with foresight and strategic thinking. While dep
Read more…John Babb -- Trinidad and Tobago - Newsday
THE steelbands and some fantastic drumming held sway at yesterday’s sessions of the 32nd biennial Music Festival at Queen’s Hall. Under the leadership of veteran Desmond Waithe, the young RIPE Steel Ensembl
Read more…Steel pan music in the Caribbean is normally associated with pulsating soca music, large complicated arrangements during Carnival, and the general rhythm and tempo songs people all around the world look forward to when they visit this
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