It’s 10 am on a January day that’s colder than what I’m used to. Maybe it’s because of the ocean breeze that’s whipping my hair around my face like free formed streams of ice. It could be that everyone is moving around
NY Junior Panorama Results
1 - 264 points - Higher Levin - Damany James
2 - 262 points - NY Pan Stars - Marc Brooks
3 tie - 257 points - AdLib - Tristan Brewington-Japsi
3 tie - 257 points - CASYM - Lance Maximin
5 - 254 points - Pan Evolution - Bran
Read more…The sound of the Caribbean filled the town centre on Saturday when a steel band took to the high street.
Panachea brought the tunes to Slough, as well as running workshops for members of the public to get involved
“....if the steelband movement is to go forward, we cannot do so with Keith Diaz as the president”
Global - With grumblings in social media circles by pan players in Trinidad & Tobago about a possible boycott of Panorama 2017, along with frustration
We have been working behind the scenes to get this published so that we can move on with the rest of our project. Hear is a short film showing a vision of where we are heading. If you play pan and are interested, let us know by leaving a comment and
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Dawad Philip
When an elder dies, a great library is lost, so the African proverb says. So too, when a mas man passes on, a storyteller, raconteur and magician disappears, a piece of the Carnival -- theatre, art and transcendence -- is taken
The Canadians are here! Good luck to Pan Fantasy in the NY 2016 Panorama. It was great meeting you again and 'documenting' your yard performance for WST's drive-by team.
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By Indranie Deolall September 29, 2016
Spectacular Lord Shorty was ironically anything but little. Standing an imposing six feet four inches tall the musical genius boldly experimented and created the sensual soca, with his exploratory “Indrani” song
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Grenada Steel Band Association has outlined a litany of issues stemming from the staging of both Panorama and Xtreme White at the same venue during the just concluded carnival celebrations.
As we hear in this report, the pan association is calling
birdsong’s 43-year struggle for security of tenure is scheduled to reach a head at any time now when the High Court order in respect of Civil Complaint No. CVC2015-01075 will be executed. The court order empowers our landlord to evict the organizati
Read more…Order of appearance
1 CASYM
2 PANTONIC
3 ADLIB
4 PAN EVOLUTION
5 DESPERS
6 CROSSFIRE
7 PAN FANTASY
8 STEEL XPLOSION
9 HARMOMY
10 PHILLY PAN STARS
11 D'RADOES
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Read more…'The Fusion of Steelpan with Other Art Forms in the 21st Century'
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To Register for the conference and get more information, the link is: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/steelpanconference.
Registration can also be by email – see R
Read more…Without a National Policy for Pan, situations like the eviction imbroglio that is presently confronting Birdsong are bound to occur. If the steelpan is the national instrument then we have to set up the national infrastructure within which steelbands
Saturday August 6, 2016 - 6:00 p.m.
Order of appearance - Grenada Panorama
1. Digicel Florida All Stars
2. Suzuki Pan Wizards
3. Pan Ossia
4. Grand Roy Pan Angels
5. FLOW Commancheros
6. Coyaba New Dimensions
7. Republic Bank Angel Harps
8. Pan L
St. George's, Grenada, W.I. -- Kirk Seetahal, CEO of Spicemas, under which Grenada's National Panorama currently takes place, is under fire for the unprecdented and gross disrespect and contempt experienced by the steelband players and community in t
Read more…Over 80 Schools from across Africa will converge in the East of Gauteng for the 5th International Marimba and Steelpan Festival taking place on the 30th and 31st of July 2016. This year the festival is part of the Africa Month initiative, which looks
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of the legendary guitarist Fitzroy Coleman. He was simply one of the greats. Considered by many to be Trinidad's greatest guitarist.
C News
Coleman was voted one of the top 100 jazz guit
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