Bands, Tunes, Arrangers
London, England, U.K. - The UK National Panorama showcase features five steel orchestras for 2026, one more than last year. Ebony Steelband returns to the competition after a one-year absence, determined—along with three othe
Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra performs in Pan In Times Square IV
New York, USA - A hot and humid afternoon was the setting for the sounds of steel on Sunday August 9 in celebration of August as Steelband Month, and more specifically August 11 as W
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New York, USA - This is a listing of addresses of active Pan Yard locations for the Panorama season - of public-facing steel orchestras in New York, and one in Philadelphia - along with contact information where available, in summer of 2026.
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2026 Grenada Senior Panorama champions, New Dimension Steel Orchestra on stage
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - New Dimension Steel Orchestra clinched the 2026 national Senior Panorama title with its performance of Cordel Byam’s arrangement of ‘I Got
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - It is indeed going to be a ‘Pantastic Saturday’ for steelband music lovers who will be on hand to take in ‘live,’ the country’s annual steelband Panorama which unfolds at the National Stadium o
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Hells Gate Steel Orchestra delivers its championship performance at the Antigua & Barbuda 2026 PanoramaAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The bands with their musicians showed up and showed out - the fruits of their weeks, even months, of musical labor in
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Global - With profound regrets When Steel Talks is sad to share news of the passing of the honorable, great and legendary panist Robert Greenidge on June 8, 2026. He was one of our organization’s biggest supporters from the very start.
Robert is sim
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Rio de Janeiro vibrates with Carnival fever throughout February, but the main event is the parade of samba schools through the massive "Sambodrome" venue. For two nights, the schools -- community organizations deeply rooted in Brazil's vibrant sam
Read more…....Most importantly, Ainsworth Mohammed, Exodus' founder and manager said, "He is a real good human being.
"He understands people and knows how to work with a group because there are so many dynamics working with a large group, and he did an excel
Read more…Growing up in Tobago, Arnold began playing the steelpan with the Symphony Stars Steelband at the young age of twelve and, very soon after, was playing with the band at hotels and other venues in Tobago. Following a dispute, he was expelled from Symp
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The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organization (TUCO) wishes to announce that they were informed by the Chair of the TUCO Junior Calypso Committee, Ms. Thora Best that she had received several complaints of breaches of the 20
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Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a
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Band #1: Matthews Steel Orchestra Music Academy
Tune of Choice: This one for you Kitch - Eric "Pink Panther" Taylor
Arranger: Kelly Matthews
Band #2: Cordettes Academy for the Arts
Tune of Choice: Dingolay -
Sincere condolences to the Pan Lara, Pan Evolution and Skiffle family, and the pan fraternity on the whole on the passing of Devon Cumberbatch.
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“I would love for the instrument to be as mainstream as the piano, guitar or viol
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The St. James Children’s Carnival Parade is on.
Come Sunday February 12, the 33rd edition will be staged under the banner of the St. James Community Improvement Committee (CIC) and existing members of the St. James Working Council with assistanc
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2023 Tune of choice: “Black Man Feeling To Party” | arranger: Duvone Stewart
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Read more…Taitt, left, ushered in the rock-steady era by arranging and playing on two of its earliest recordings
The Trinidadian guitarist "Lyn" Taitt, who has died of cancer aged 75, was one of the most important contributors to the rock-steady style that ru
Read more…The Ministry of Education’s National Schools Panorama 2023 kicked off on Wednesday January 11 to melodious sounds. Hundreds of students at the primary and secondary school level matched skills on the pan and other musical instruments in the prelimina
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