Did STALIN write his own songs?
Very few CALYPSONIANS wrote their own calypsos.
As CHALKDUST sang in QUACKS and INVALIDS: "Every time they make a hit is MERCHANT or DEVIGNES who compose it".
And going back to the fifties and sixties you had people lI
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Single pan band winners were surprised with additional prize money on Friday.
Each of the 30 competing bands received between $50,000 to $10,000 more than the initial prize. Winners between one
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South East Port-of-Spain Secondary School Steel Orchestra members perform Out and Bad, by Voice, in the preliminaries of Junior Panorama at the Silver Stars Panyard on Tragarete Road, Port-of-SpainTrinidad & Tobago, W.I.
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Trinidad & Tobago,
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Practise makes perfect: Young members of the Beetham Vibrations Steel Orchestra go through their paces on the pans during a recent practise session.Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Scotiabank Foundation recently partnered w
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Students from nine schools — five secondary and four primary — are slated to compete in the 2022 Schools Panorama competition to be held on October 31 at the Antigua Recreation Grounds (ARG).
The competit
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Austin Stoker aka Alphonso Marshall, a veteran actor and panist passed away on his 92nd birthday on Friday October 7, 2022. Born in Trinidad in 1930, Marshall died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from renal failure according to
Leroy Calliste aka the Black Stalin has died.
The 81-year-old bard passed away this morning at his home in San Fernando.
His wife Patsy confirmed his death to Loop news.
She said he passed away peacefully at home around 9.45 am with his family around
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2023 Tune of choice: “Far From Finished ” | arranger: Kymani Sandy
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Miami, Florida, USA - The rhythmic sounds of steel drums will fill the air at Miami Carnival, and this year, a band a long way from the Caribbean will be on hand to show their stuff.
This weekend’s Miami Carnival is about
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Instruments used by the NKU Music Preparatory Adult Beginning Steel Drum BandKentucky, USA - An NKU (Northern Kentucky University) alum who hadn’t consistently played music since college. An adjunct faculty member of the music depart
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Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra performs a striking set at Here Comes The Sun festival
Berkshire, England, UK - A not-for-profit arts organisation is hosting events during October, as Reading celebrates the contribution of blac
When Steel Talks T&T 2023 Panorama News Duvone Stewart is the 2023 Panorama arranger of T&T Defence Force Steel Orchestra - Small band category.
Tap link for complete info: https://www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2023/news/2023arrs/duvone-stewart-named-202
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Lisa Yarbor and members of St. Luke’s Steel BandNew Haven, Connecticut, USA - Gloria Rogers stepped to the beat from the back of the audience towards where her two friends, Mary Lopes and Mary Freeman, were dancing
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Honeybee Steelband plays music on Halloween in Montpelier last MondayMontpelier, Vermont, USA - In the middle of Montpelier’s State Street on Halloween, goblins, witches and giraffes paused their pursuit of sugar-filled treats to eye a buz
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Single Pan Semi-finals for the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama season was postponed due to inclement weather and the adverse weather alert put out by the country's meteo
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Jonathan Scales Fourchestra’s Maison Guidry performs during a concert at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022
Iowa, USA - On Sep. 30, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra performed at the Englert Theatre, showcasing
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MOVED BY THE MUSIC: Housing and Urban Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis dances yesterday to the sweet pan music of Music Stars Steel Orchestra, following the upgrading and refurbishment works to their band room lPeace Arch News
The Sweet Pan Steel BandSurrey, British Columbia, Canada - After seeing a lack of representation of his Caribbean roots in Surrey, Oliver Baley created the city’s first Afro Caribbean Cultural Summerfest for everyone to appreciate a
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Desperadoes Steel Orchestra players join the J'Ouvert jamTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - There's no better way to celebrate a national holiday than with a party – a street party. And that's what Shell Invaders did for Republic
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