Music from the Ebony Steel Band laces its way around this fine revival of Errol John’s play

Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, National Theatre, London

Music from the Ebony Steel Band laces its way around this fine revival of Errol John’s play. At first, it sounds joyous but, with repetition, you hear the melancholy in it. And so it is with John’s p

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Boston Public Schools Steel Pan Festival

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Consul General R. N. Ramgoolam on "Afro-Trinidadian Culture".

"In a keynote address to mark Black History Month, Trinidad and Tobago Consul General Rudrawatee Nan Ramgoolam challenged Afro-Trinidadian young people to fulfill the richness of their cultural heritage. In a speech that detailed the history and sign

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When Record Store Day Meets Earth Day, it’s time for The Esso Trinidad Steel Band

When Record Store Day Meets Earth Day, it’s time for The Esso Trinidad Steel Band

by Denise Sullivan

In honor of this weekend’s most auspicious collision of Record Store Day and Earth Day,  Saturday and Sunday respectively, I decided to reprise a sto

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Was the Pan Community Sold Out & Betrayed? -- Pan party earns $5M

Pan party earns $5M

By Lara Pickford-Gordon Saturday, April 21 2012 - Newsday

Pan Trinbago’s revenue from Carnival 2012 has doubled to $5 million. The increased earning was generated from the party held on the Greens, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-S

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Music men: Century-old piano factory now home to a different kind of music

The MidWeek

DeKalb, Illinois, USA - In the formidable building that once housed the Wurlitzer Company in DeKalb, music is still being made by hand.

 

Wurlitzer, which made pianos, organs, accordions and jukeboxes at the plant, ceased production there

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2012 D.C. Caribbean Carnival in doubt

By Jimm Phillips and Stefanie Dazio, Published: April 10The Washington Post

The annual D.C. Caribbean Carnival is in serious financial trouble and may not occur this year, organizers say.

City officials say they will not sign off on the Caribbean Car

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Steelband fraternity says farewell to Junior Pouchet

Trinidad Express

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The steelband fraternity yesterday came out to the St Finbar's RC Church in Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin, to bid farewell to founding member of the Silver Stars Steel Orchestra Junior Edgar Francis Pouchet.

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About the Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation - A Story that should be known

ABOUT THE LAVENTILLE STEELBAND FESTIVAL (LSF) FOUNDATION

The Laventille Steelband Festival Foundation started as a committee under the Board of Management of the Laventille Community Complex in 1999, with a mandate to uplift the communities of Lavent

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Pandemonium: A first in Antigua-Barbuda’s Panorama - joint winners have been declared

Antigua Observer

St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - For the first time since Antigua & Barbuda’s staging of the Panorama competition, joint winners have been declared.

LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra and Hadeed Group of Companies AMP Halycon St

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African roots - Gratitude Steel band resonates with Berkshire

Michigan, USA:

February is Black History Month. To inform and inspire its students, Birmingham Berkshire Middle School held an African Music Assembly. Many students do not realize it, but gospel, jazz, soul, rock ‘n' roll and many other forms of “mod

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St. Lucia's Monty Maxwell - guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician

St. Lucia Voice News

St. Lucia, W.I. - Monty Maxwell, guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician, was born in the southern town of Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. He grew up next to a pan yard or steel band shed, so from an early age

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Panman Milton "Wire" Austin in hospital with broken leg

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian:

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Veteran panman Milton “Wire” Austin is recuperating at the San Fernando General Hospital after toppling off a wrecker on Carnival Monday night. The leader of the San Fernando-based Fonclaire Steel

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Trion High Steel Drum Band is world-class

TRION, GA (WRCB) -  It's the sound of the islands, coming from an unexpected place, the Trion High School band room.  The Steel Drum Band is an after-school ensemble, but it's not as easygoing as it sounds.

Senior Alex Hatley said, "It may not sound

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$250M jumping up in steelband - TnT Paper Display Bias Against Steelpan Community

Please notice that outside of the original title - this article has almost nothing to do with the Trinidad and Tobago steelpan music community directly, much less specifically.  One can only surmise that the title was chosen to pull on the underlinin

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Despers USA present Champions In Steel

            SATURDAY MAY 5th 2012 Performing live- Adlib steel Orchestra                           Pan Sonatas steel Orchestra                            Casym INC.                           Pantonic steel Orchestra                            Despers

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Cuban Steelpan Orchestra from "El Cobre" presented by Government of Trinidad and Tobago

Embassy of Cuba in Trinidad and Tobago
 

Port of Spain, Trinidad - On Monday 19th March, in a moving ceremony held at the National Academy of Performing Arts, the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism presented 3 steelpans to members of the Steelpan

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Race and Pan Politics. Should we be "colourblind" to pan's invention?

Before reading my post, please click on the following link, and read the attached article: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2012-02-27/tt-envoy-ny-tells-afro-trinis-learn-more-about-your-culture Race and racism, are topics that are very "taboo" in Tr

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Get it right by 2013 (Is Panorama in Danger?)

Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.  - The Chamber has often called for Carnival to be recognised for the business it is, and for recognition of the exemplary collaboration between artists and the more conventional business sector. It i

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Percussionist Robert Chappell plans final recital

NIU  Today

Illinois, USA - Before he retires this year, NIU music professor Robert Chappell will put together one more recital that promises to be funny, sentimental and, as usual, unforgettably entertaining.

All of his past recitals have been speci

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