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“Panwomen is Boss”- All-female Pan Jazz Concert Celebrates Women in Pan

St. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Atlanta Networks, Inc. presents “Panwomen is Boss,” an All-Female Pan Jazz Concert, on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at the La Joya Auditorium (opposite the Jinnah Memorial Mosque), Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Tr

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On a Move Toward Pop, and Denser Rhythms - Etienne Charles’s ‘Creole Soul’ Shifts Away From Mainstream

New York Times

You may have heard that it’s hard for a jazz musician to find respect beyond what seems like a fixed number of close followers and students. Musicians can ignore that situation, or respond to it. Etienne Charles’s new recording, “Creo

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The school where Pan is king

The Trinidad Guardian

Belmont, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Just last month, 11-year-old Ishmael Williams of St Margaret’s Boys’ Anglican School emerged as the most outstanding student in a pan construction and tuning course offered by Pan Development

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Steelband unity at Renegades Steel Orchestra

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Despite the fact that they are not sure if they still have a sponsor, Skiffle Steel, of Coffee Street, San Fernando, came to Charlotte Street in Port of Spain and gave northerners a

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St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown (SJCK) Pan Starz Orchestra get new instruments!

The Vincentian

SJCK gets new steel pans

St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I. - The student body of the SJCK celebrated the arrival of new pans for the St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown Pan Starz Orchestra, to the tunes of ‘We Jammin’, ‘Billy Jean’, ‘Diffe

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Jr. High Steelband In ‘Talent’ Finals

OakdaleLeader.com

Oakdale, California, USA - Oakdale’s got talent. In fact, a bit of the island calypso sound performed by young Oakdale musicians will soon be featured on the Gallo Center for the Arts stage.

....“The kids played well and handled th

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Bermuda’s first Pan Jazz Festival to celebrate the steel pan

 

Bermuda -  Bermuda’s first Pan Jazz Festival takes place next month, celebrating one of the world’s most versatile instruments.

Organised by Somersfield Academy and Atlantic Publishing, the festival will include the 18-piece Somersfield Steel Pan

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Trinidadian steel-pan player signed to Moshi Moshi records debuts solo album ‘Con-fusion’

Premiere: Fimber Bravo Debuts ‘Dimbaya’ Video

Trinidadian steel-pan player signed to Moshi Moshi records debuts solo album ‘Con-fusion’
 

England, UK - 'Dimbaya' translates as "to celebrate." The past week has involved a fair few celebrations - some

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Steel drums come to Limehouse for autism charity concert

London, England, UK - The sound of steel drums echoed through the East End on Saturday evening as performers staged a charity concert.

The Ebony Steel Band took to the stage at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Butcher Row, Limehouse, for an e

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B-B students drum up lesson on Caribbean rhythms

GETTING THE BEAT: Musician Ted Canning leads a group of Byron-Bergen fifth-graders in a traditional Trinidadian steel drum song as part of a grant-funded Artists in Education project.

 

Bergen - NY, USA — Trinidad and Tobago may be a long way from B

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NLA comes to the aid of Grenada Panorama and Steelband competitions

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. – As part of its mandate to support culture within the Tri-Island State, the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) has announced its contribution to Carnival 2013, focusing mostly on the Panorama and Steel Band Competitions a

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Rachel Hayward directs Gibraltar steel band debut

City University London

England, UK - Gibraltar’s first steel band made its debut in April under the direction of City PhD student Rachel Hayward. Royal Gibraltar Regimental Band Leader, Craig Philbin, aims to nurture community music-making on the Roc

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Condolences on the passing of Gerald Logie of Tripoli Steel Band

Condolences are being extended to the family and friends of Gerald Logie of Tripoli Steel Band, who passed on June 30, 2013.

He was one of the original panmen who came from Trinidad touring with the Tripoli Steel Band many years ago.

Info submitted

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Belgrave hailed as ‘great intellect’ -- Remembering Teddy Belgrave

Trinidad Express Newspapers

The life and work of Ian “Teddy” Belgrave remembered and celebrated at funeral service

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eulogised as a great intellect, panman, mentor, teacher and activist, the life and work of Ian “Teddy” Belg

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Can't Stop The Beat: Three New Caribbean Artists Making Waves

By Jasmine Garsd

If there is a musical lesson history has taught us, it's that you cannot stop a beat. People can be imprisoned, movements can be disbanded, but music — and the ideas embedded in it — will always find a way.

The Afro-Caribbean style k

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Greenidge injects Pan into Differentology

The Trinidad Guardian

Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - Robert Greenidge took Caribbean Night to another level last Thursday night. Initiated over two decades ago at Upper Level Club in West Mall, the weekly Thursday night special is being reprised at Wood

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BHS Steel Drum Band to perform in Montrose

 

Pennsylvania, USA -  Island music will overtake Montrose, Tuesday, April 30, as the Binghamton High School Steel Drum Band presents the “Juice Blenders” concert, 7 p.m., at the Montrose Theatre, Public Ave., Montrose. Admission to the concert is f

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Ambridge steel drums celebrate silver anniversary

Pennsylvania, USA - The Ambridge Area Steel Drum bands will perform a silver anniversary show Saturday, and if you've ever heard them play you know that means one thing.

"Fun," band director Todd Hartman said.

"It's just students enjoying themselve

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South Africa loves pan music

The Trinidad Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Africa is fathomless,” said Hugh Masekela last Sunday evening when addressing a farewell reception, held in his honour at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain. The world-acclaimed South African musician,

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Grenada Bomb Tune 2013 Results

St. George's, Grenada, W.I.

The following are the results of the "Bomb Tune Competition" stage at the Grenada National Stadium on Sunday July 7th, 2013

1st - Coyaba New Dimension - “That’s The Way It Is” - 253 pts
2nd - Republic Bank Angel Harps - “N

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