February 15, 2021
The future of steelpan is well underway.
Have you ever made a list of your favorite albums of all time? Tough, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s easier to break it down by category and start there. You work your way through
Read more…by Von Martin from his book “Voices of Pan Pioneers of Trinidad & Tobago”
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad and Tobago- Mrs. Holman spoke admirably of her son Ray’s playing the pan, despite her
Read more…Pan Trinbago officials were left fuming today after a meeting with UDECOTT over the relocation of the Hatters Pan Yard was cancelled. The meeting was considered critical to the future of the San Fernando steel orchestra. More in this report.
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Guyana Chronicle March 1, 2021
"WORK in Guyana’s burgeoning petroleum sector is progressing expeditiously, with Stena Drilling’s DrillMAX sailing into local waters to commence exploratory and appraisal drilling at ExxonMobil’s Longtail-3 well in the
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - South Trinidad’s Valley Harps Steel Orchestra now has a refurbished and upgraded home at Sunrees Road, Penal, thanks to community activism.
The concrete structure, decorated using recycled paint
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Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Operations Manager, Keith Matthews, in the Trophy Room at the Pan Theater on Duke Street Port-of-Spain.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra has ten Panorama titles under its
Read more…BYRON SERRETTE
KEITH DIAZ
CARLON HAREWOOD
AQUIL ARINDELL
DESIREE MYERS
By Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff
From these beginnings, Carnival evolved into an inclusive annual street party, thanks to the artists and organizers who followed Jones’s lead. In 1966, Rhaune Laslett, a community leader in Notting Hill, revived the festiv
Alvin Daniell visits 12 different panyards throughout Trinidad as they prepare for the Panorama Semi-Finals, and interviews their arrangers and records their practice sessions.
it's GLOBAL AUDIENCE.
The most intriguing aspect of the show, to me, was the constant reference to the music as THE CHUTNEY MUSIC INDUSTRY -- by the HOST and PRODUCERS of the SHOW and GENRE.
The old adage STRENGTH IN NUMBERS really applies here as GU
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Phase II Pan Groove at the Another Phase concertTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - HADCO Phase II Pan Groove’s virtual concert Another Phase has received rave reviews from patrons despite a mix-up that caused a few to miss the s
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jazz musician Etienne Charles will share the spirit of Trinidad Carnival in a video featuring soca star Kees Dieffenthaller and blue devil masqueraders on American talk show, the Late Show with
Read more…Newsday SHANE SUPERVILLE
In this file photo an Exodus Steel Orchestra player passionately beats the steel drum. File Photo -SUREASH CHOLAI
Manager of the Exodus Steel Orchestra Ainsworth Mohammed has condemned a break-in at the band's Tunapuna pany
Read more…Guardian Feb 13, 2021
"The protest began well before midday as a handful of protesters with placards gathering opposite the Abercromby Street entrance to the Red House.
They were soon joined by other groups including one large group of activists, who
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The atmosphere inside the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on February 6 defied the reality that Carnival 2021 celebrations had been cancelled. All the elements identified with “th
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Loyal enthusiasts on what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.
By Geneva Abdul, Pierre-Antoine Louis, Sandra E. Garcia and Sharine Taylor
Booming music. Glittering costumes. And perhaps even more important: the feeling of
Read more…BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE
CARLON HAREWOOD
AQUIL ARRINDELL
Cicely Tyson and Bobbi Humphrey brought spoken word and music as Ms. Tyson in her always regal manner read "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.
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