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The Great Robert Greenidge has transitioned

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 Carnival 2024 LIVE: Brazil's Samba Schools Perform at Rio Carnival | Brazil News Live

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

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Antiguan Touch Down.. A Caribbean Love Story In Pan

....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

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Patrick Arnold former Pan Trinbago president has passed

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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Two 2023 Junior Calypso Monarch Competition Finalists Disqualified

Friday 24th March 2023

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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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Harry Belafonte

 

New York Times

Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist

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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Watch -- National Junior Panorama 2023 - 21 and Under Category Preliminary

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 -

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of scholar, educator and panist Devon Cumberbatch

Sincere condolences to the Pan Lara, Pan Evolution and Skiffle family, and the pan fraternity on the whole on the passing of Devon Cumberbatch.

Devon Cumberbatch

“I would love for the instrument to be as mainstream as the piano, guitar or viol

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St. James Children’s Carnival Parade

 

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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The French Panorama 2023 | Steelband Results

 

ClemBazBand

Sunday Band

Calyps' All Stars

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When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Renegades Steel Orchestra - 2023 Panorama Champions

2023 Tune of choice:  “Black Man Feeling To Party”  |  arranger:  Duvone Stewart

See complete results

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Obituary - Nearlin “Lyn” Taitt obituary: He helped create the rock-steady style -- The Guardian

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

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Duvone Stewart HONOURED, WITH THE UNVEILING OF THE DUVONE STEWART PAN THEATRE, AT HIS ALMA MATER, Signal Hill Secondary School

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Non-Schools and Secondary Schools - National Junior Panorama 2023 Preliminary Results - Trinidad & Tobago

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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Skinner Park is back!!

 

Skinner Park Calypso Fiesta 2023 - photo by TUCO

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• Watch in entirety - Coverage of the 2023 Calypso Fiesta Semi-Finals

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Order of Appearance for Junior Steel Orchestras 2023 Finals - Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Junior steel orchestras will be vying for championship status in their respective categories at the Trinidad and Tobago 2023 Junior/National Schools Panorama Finals at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on Sunday Jan

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Veteran composer, arranger and musician extraordinaire Wayne “Birdie” Kirton has passed

Wayne "Birdie" Kirton

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When Steel Talks extends to congratulations to arranger Andre White and Chord Masters Steel Orchestra on their capturing of the 2023 Single Pan Band Championship

Chord Masters Steel Orchestra at the 2023 Single Pan Finals

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New York J’Ouvert 2022 Results

 

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Singing Francine has passed away

Calypsonian great Singing Francine has passed.

Singing Francine

TUCO mourns the passing of Francine Edwards known in the calypso word as "Singing Francine" who passed away early t

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