We talk about how we invented the steelPAN but we never acknowledge that we also invented the IRON, true it is the hub of a car but it was us that made it a percussive instrument, we created a distinct sound that we could find any type of steel now,
Read more…I hesitate to an ‘ism’ to the end of my post title as I am not sure if that is exactly the category a certain phenomenon I have recently uncovered falls under.
As some of you know, about 6 months ago I wrote an article about how I with my wife brough
Read more…Subway musicians are humming a happy tune.
BuskNY, an advocacy group for underground buskers, announced that the city has strummed up over $100,000 in settlements for the wrongful arrests of performers.
Musicians and activists gathered in the Union A
Read more…WST has made it possible for members to discuss any pan related topic they choose, some of us may have areas where we zero in on for whatever reason but the Forum is available for everyone to choose whatever they want to talk about.
It is my observat
Read more…Corruption by the above the law, then Prime Minister Patrick Manning and his regime, Brian Copeland, Clement Imbert, Junia Regrello, with the T&T Government as assignee, ows "Pan man" 7.5 billion tt dollars,, via a criminal conspiracy willfull/delibe
Read more…Pan stewards and officials dropped the ball last Saturday at the 16th edition of the annual Point Fortin Borough Day Celebration Pan on the Move.
Most of the participating steelbands were hampered by disc jockeys along the route, who were hesitant t
Read more…It was recently disclosed by a very authoritative source that the fuel subsidy had cost the country $31 billion in the past ten years, adding that studies show the subsidies “disproportionately benefit the rich rather than the poor.”
I am wondering h
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New Arranger for Birdsong Steel Orchestra!
Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at Florida State University (FSU) Mia Gormandy replaces Composer/ Arranger Andy Narell at Birdsong Steel Orchestra.
At 27 years old, Gormandy, is the manager
The Mighty Shadow has been discharged from hospital after spending almost a week at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
Read more…In The Era of The Early Sixties to Present. Which Steelbands Man had the Biggest Impact with the Success of the Steelband That They Represented. ???
Read more…Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley drew upon personal credentials of knowledge and caring to contribute to discussions by pan and culture lovers on the future of Panorama.
In Laventille last weekend, at a tribute event for three high-achieving steelbands
by Tony Fraser
Musical student Mia Gormandy was worried about the response she would get from the Japanese when she returned to that country following the unsolved murder of Asami Nagakiya.
Asami, 30, was strangled to death and her body dumped under a tree at the Q
Read more…Everybody just focused on PANORAMA and bringing PAN back on the road with people pushing like back in THE SIXTIES. And everybody believe the KEITH DIAZ nonsense about PAN TRINBAGO BEING the GLOBAL GOVERNING BODY of PAN. Utter nonsense!!!
Go read all
Read more…The WHOLE FORUM keeps admiring KEITH DIAZ like he wearing the King's New Clothes. Like is only me and Bertel seeing through that!!!
And they hoping that some miracle will happen and KEITH DIAZ take them to the promised land.
Read more…In the immediate aftermath of the ASAMI MURDER, sentiment flowed freely on this forum and utmost confidence was expressed in the ability of the TT POLICE to solve this case expediently. Anyone who expressed doubt (given the 6% murder detection rate)
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“PAN on the Wall”, which features concerts simultaneously occurring at two spots on the seawall, is one of the many activities that have been planned to include steelband music into the Jubil
Many Steelbands in all categories enter Panorama and if they fail to move on to the next round pack up their instruments and wait for appearance and assistance to bands payments and you will not hear from them again until next Panorama. Why can the p
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