The intellectual property (IP) issues that have plagued the steelpan, a musical instrument created from discarded metal oil barrels by impoverished musicians, strike at th
BY JANELLE DE SOUZA Sunday, January 4 2015
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The prizes for the winners of this year’s National Panorama Competition are expected to remain the same as last year’s, although the priz
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Intellectual property rights is one of the major issues that is preventing the steelpan from being properly marketed internationally.
Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie said on Wednesday that ne
Read more…Update 2 on the Pan Ministry- Philanthropy in pan
We have presented two questions thus far, now we add a third.
(1) What else can be done for pan? and we responded with three general suggestions
(a) BUSINESS – a pan industry, (b) PROMOTION – g
Read more…Today December 1st - -my dear mother (Iris Wilson) celebrated her 96th birthday. I give thanks and praise to the Almighty for this simply wonderful thing called life. My Mom has always been a strong supporter of the pan. Her mother ( my grandmother M
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Championship band Supernovas Steel Orchestra will enthrall music lovers in Antigua for the annual Moods Of Pan festival being held in the twin-island country’s capital of St. John’s at the end of the month. The orchestra wil
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Holland - “Who wants to go to Sao Vicente, to play at the carnival parade on 16/17 February 2015? Flights are around €450, (depending on departure point); [and you are] staying there for free. There is not very much time to organize, so respond as so
By Dan Levine
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc won an antitrust trial on Tuesday when a U.S. jury decided the company did not act improperly when it restricted music purchases for iPod users to Apple's iTunes digital store.
The verdict was
Read more…Practise was postponed yesterday at the Desperadoes panyard after one of the workers contracted to move the steelpan rack was shot during gang warfare at Rudolph Link Road in Laventille. Atiba Pantin, of Diego Martin, died while receiving treatment a
Read more…Pan is on the move: An exclusive ministry for the steelpan in Trinidad and Tobago
“What else can be done for pan?” This question has been asked for decades by pan aficionados and others in Trinidad and Tobago the birthplace of the steelpan. Calypso s
Read more…Energetic and in command is the best way to characterize the tall, shaven-head Jessel Murray, artistic director/conductor of the T&T National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO). Murray and the NSSO were recently featu
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The proliferation of music stands in steelband performances, signifying widespread sight-reading by pan players, might be mistaken for a faddish overnight sensation on the Trinidad and Tobago pa
Read more…Last week, Roberts released his first 2015 single Soca State of Mind and is collaborating with Exodus to remake one of his father’s hits, The Toco Band, for Panorama.
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Trinidad and Tobago's music industry is used to controversial lyrics in its annual crop of new soca (soul of calypso) and calypso songs for carnival.
But in the run-up
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Brooklyn, New York - “Whose neighborhood? Our neighborhood!” the protestors shouted. The lines and the arguments are clearly defined. In what has become a significant flashpoint in the push-back ag
Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - So The semi-final round of Talent Expression, the leading performance art talent competition in the South, organised by the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation has set the stage for a tremendous final night.
Ei
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The promoters of the 2014 T&T Steel Pan and Jazz Festival (TTSJF) have recruited an exceptional line-up of facilitators for the 12th annual First Citizens Workshops for Young Musicians Series, to
Greeetings everyone,
YES, I am certainly pushing this agenda...as such I have set up a facebook page to get the necessary feedback from the public. I welcome all inputs from the people who agree that this is good and also from the people who have opp
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Golden Hands, a group of young vibrant steelpan musicians based in San Fernando, is celebrating its 21st anniversary with the staging of I Am Pan: The National Steelpan Pageant, at the Sundarlal
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Barbados, W.I. - The Sweet Sounds of the steel pan are resonating across Brandon’s Beach and its environs.
In front of a large crowd, Massy Pan Pun De Sand got off to an infectious musical start with Central Bank Band Camp.
With a bi
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