Prolific pannist Earl La Pierre has been honored in Trinidad for his contribution to the development and promotion of the steel pan.
Ground-breaking Trinidadian steel pan band, Invaders, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, honored the Cayman
Read more…BY JAY MWAMBA - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
WHEN STEEL TALKS
Each year, New York Panorama, the highly popular m
Read more…Thought this was a very insightful article about Rudy Smith and his exploits with our national instrument. Congrats to him and Sunshine Awards for honoring him and by extension 'pan'.
Ray Funk and Andrew
Cuban News Agency
MATANZAS, Cuba, Aug 25 (acn) Success Stars Pan Sounds, steel band from Trinidad and Tobago will be presented on August 28th in this city.
The metal drum band, representing the Success Laventille Secondary School (SLSS), will perform
Film making is one of the most notoriously difficult jobs we have created in our digital age, so creating a film good enough to be shown at the Caribbean Film Festival is an achievement in itself. I met with such an achiever, Keith Musaman Morton, pr
Read more…NBC SVG - St. Vincent - Picasso John
Twenty five youths were presented with certificates on Sunday for successfully participating a training exercise hosted by the Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra during the summer vacation.
The students were pres
Read more…Mick Hutton - Wednesday 09 September 2015 - The Independant
Russ Henderson's death at the age of 91 will have touched a great many people worldwide. An extraordinary man whose dynamism and zest for life inspired all those that knew him, he was still
Read more…The International Conference and Panorama, an initiative of Pan Trinbago, has come and gone, and was a resounding success in the area of participation. Thanks to Preside
DR GLENVILLE ASHBY Tuesday, September 8 2015 - Trinidad Newsday
MARTIN DOUGLAS is retired these days, but it appears that he is busier than ever. As we strolled into Ali’s Roti Shop along Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn for a sitdown interview, there is a
Read more…Keith Diaz (Pan Trinbago):
“It is a very interesting budget. Certain mention was made of culture, but I haven’t seen the yellow book to know how much has been allocated to the national instrument. In a time of depression, culture has an important rol
For individuals who are steelpan builders or tuners, here is a brief description of the intent of the goals from this research. This research is about collaboratively developing environmentally sustainable practices for steelpan building and tuning t
Read more…PanAzz 1 - Bring Back de Ole Pan Lime!
PanAzz 1 - Bring Back de Ole Pan Lime!
PanAzz 1 - An afternoon of Southern Steel, Robin Park, San Fernando, Trinidad, TT.
22nd August 2015; 03:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Cheers - tobagojo
Read more…Allyuh, Help me to Embed a Video to WST, I am having problems. Ok, I go to You tube, I see Share, I click on it, I see Embed, I click on it, I see the Code and also see Show more, I click on it, the Video shows up with an arrow in the center to play
Read more…The great Len "Boogsie" Sharpe has not won in his four Panorama outings this year 2015. He has lost on three continents, Trinidad Panorama, the International Panorama, UK Panorama and New York Panorama.
Read more…Just over two years ago now, Pan came to Poland. That is not to say others hadn't tried before. A very skilled drum (as a percussion instrument) maker called Wójtek Sówka in 2010 attempted to start Pan in Poland and to an extent succeeded.
I am from
Read more…By Marlene Augustine - Trinidad Newsday
The national instrument — the Steelpan — has been described as a magnificent gift from God by manager of Bp Renegades Steel Orchestra Michael Marcano.
Marcano was speaking yesterday at the Holy Trinity Cathedr
Read more…Todays musicians are not playing music by guess, its music of the highest.
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As iconic steelbands Massy Trinidad All Stars and CAL Invaders celebrate their 80th and 75th anniversaries, respectively, in 2016 Desperadoes will celebrate 50 years of success in s
By MIRANDA LA ROSE Tuesday, August 18 2015 - Trinidad Newsday
The early steelband, a crucial site of power and privilege for panmen through which they established an identity, still holds true for the contemporary steelband even though women were now
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