Carnival favourite Pepe Francis talks about hanging out with royalty and how his steel band keeps kids out of trouble

by Simon Gage

Pepe, who is also from Trinidad, which he left nearly 50 years ago, is the figurehead of Ebony, a band he originated with two friends in a yard in 1969, and which is now the Coldplay, Spice Girls, Beyoncé and One Direction of steel ban

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Why State must hold on to TTT

Arthur Dash - Trinidad Newsday

I wondered whether TUCO would be able to afford live broadcasts when the private owner calls his price.

Witness what is happening to our calypso tents. Would we ever see the steelband Panorama live again and whether Pa

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YEAH, MON!!! All up in ah JAMAICA dem ah talk about the CARIFESTA SUPER CONCERT. But dem nah talk about BEVERLEY SUPER PAN CONCERT at all ...

JAMAICA OBSERVER

August 20th, 2019

Top acts for CARIFESTA concert

Grammy Award-winning artiste Shaggy is to join Trinidad and Tobago's Alison Hinds, Machel Montano, and evergreen Calypso Rose on Saturday's Island Beats' Super Concert in Port of Spain

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Now All Stars upset at Carifesta concert pan snub

Joan Rampersad - Newsday

Mass Trinidad All Stars.

MASSY Trinidad All Stars views the snub of pan on the Island Beats concert as “a slap in the face,” especially in Pan Month.

The concert lowers the curtain on Carifesta XIV on August 24 and is inten

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Pan hosts its own super concert

Joan Rampersad - Newsday
Katzenjammers

DISAPPOINTED that steelpan music was not included in the Island Beats super concert to close Carifesta on Saturday, Pan Trinbago will be hosting it own super concert featuring some of the top bands in the land.

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Rosalía and Ozuna Drop Steel Drum-Infused Reggaeton Banger “Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi”

By Lucas Villa

“Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi” marks La Rosalía’s second time dabbling in música urbana this year following “Con Altura” with Colombian superstar J Balvin and her frequent collaborator El Guincho. Whereas “Con Altura” is an aggressive party anthe

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UK National Steelband Panorama Competition 2019

UK National Steelband Panorama Competition 2019

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Pan Trinbago Celebrates Pan Month in August

Pan Trinbago Celebrates Pan Month in August

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Birdsong campers show off skills

Gary Cardinez - Newsday

The Academy Orchestra conducted by Jesus Acosta.

There was a sense of pride, joy and achievement among the participants of the Birdsong Academy’s Music Vacation Camp closing concert on Saturday evening at Queen’s Hall in St

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World Pan Day to be Celebrated Annually

Beginning this year, August 11 will be celebrated globally as World Pan Day. This was announced last Sunday by Beverley Ramsey-Moore, new President of the governing body for steelbands in Trinidad and Tobago, Pan Trinbago. She was speaking at the Pa

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Notting Hill Carnival: Executive Director Matthew Phillip on the festival's traditions and what to expect from this year

Evening Standard

London, England - It all started back in January 1959. Claudia Jones, a Trinidadian human rights activist, organised a Caribbean Carnival at St. Pancras Town Hall in London – a celebration of West Indian culture that was televised b

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Carifesta symposium hears "sweet soca promoting toxic behaviour" [This could be a real interesting discussion for LYRICS LOVERS!!!]

Trinidad Guardian

8/20/2019

"So­ca mu­sic has cre­at­ed re­in­force­ment of some neg­a­tive be­hav­iours in our so­ci­ety".

This was an ar­gu­ment put for­ward by Dr. Sueann Bar­ratt dur­ing the pan­el “Where we go­ing with So­ca? Eval­u­at­ing An Ar

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Trinidad & Tobago: A Rich History of Dance, Devotion and Demonstration

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The Higher Logic Project performs at Middletown Art Center Aug. 23

ELIZABETH LARSON - Lake County News

The Higher Logic Project. Courtesy photo.

The performance is the Higher Logic Project’s debut of it newest lineup which is bursting with flavor and harmony. 

“We have added a new drummer, keyboardist, guitarist,

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THE BIGGEST SUMMER CONCERT FESTIVAL EVER: CARIFESTA XIV 2019 -- ISLAND BEATS SUPER CONCERT!!!

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NINE MONTHS WITHOUT A PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER ... was SANDRA AWAII too "WHITE" for PAN TRINBAGO?

Please note that I put the word "WHITE" in quotes. Because if you just come from TOBAGO and see SANDRA, you might think that she is WHITE. But if you have lived in FOREIGN for a very long time -- WHITE is a DIFFERENT KINDA TING.

Anyway, according to

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Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly has denied ever saying or suggesting the pan was not worthy of the Carifesta Super Concert stage

Michael Mondezie - Express

She was responding to an allegation by Pan Trinbago president Beverly Ramsey-Moore that she was told by Gadsby-Dolly that the national instrument, the pan, is “not good enough” to be featured at the Carifesta XIV Super Con

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Meet Zakiya Uzoma-Wadada - Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor of the Eman­ci­pa­tion Sup­port Com­mit­tee

Trinidad Guardian

She al­ways want­ed a ca­reer in teach­ing and at the age of 18 after leaving high school, was ap­point­ed a teacher at Bel­mont Girls’ RC School fol­lowed by St Rose’s Girls’ In­ter­me­di­ate School. At the age of 19 she was marri

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Great Expectations Delivered - NY Pan Stars Launch Lights Up the Hood with Electrifying Steelband Performances

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Back in the day one always had a favorite TV show that aired once a year. This was long before the era of Netflix and Hulu and DVDs. And no matter how many times you saw it - you knew it was going to be great every time.

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STEEL BANDS - THINGS & STUFF

LONDON ON THE INSIDE

The sound of steel pans is one of the unmistakable sounds of Carnival. Introduced to the British public in the early 1950s – they were shown on the BBC in 1950 and in 1951 The Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) play

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