Legendary Steelpan innovator, builder and tuner Bertie Marshall has passed

When Steel Talks extends sincere condolences to the Family, friends, colleagues and greater steelband fraternity, on the October 17, 2012 passing of Bertie Marshall of Trinidad and Tobago - legendary Steelpan innovator, builder and tuner.

 

Noted his

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Renegades Vacation Youth Music Camp to Set Stage Towards Healthier Minds Through Arts and Entertainment

Renegades Vacation Youth Music Camp to Set Stage Towards Healthier Minds Through Arts and Entertainment

Sandra L. Blood

When Steel Talks

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Trinidad and Tobago - Arts and Entertainment, a necessary strategy

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Humidity, Hot Steel and Rumbling Rhythm - 2012 Pantonic Band Launch

Pantonic, CASYM & Natural Expression keep things churning

Brooklyn, New York, USA - It was another hot Summer night, and a very humid one at that - for the 2012 Pantonic Band Launch. Combine the entertaining and sultry steel band sounds of Pantonic a

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Mas Man Final Cut, a film on Peter Minshall’s Carnival of Humanity, premieres at Brooklyn Fest

Director and Panman Dalton Narine unveils
‘Mas Man - The Complete Work’

 

Global - It is the only film about a man from a tiny Caribbean island who reached 80 percent of the planet in a single night. And it premieres at 7 P.M., Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Ar

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NAS President Anthony Hinds speaks on NY Steelband Panorama Issues

Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Anthony “Ike” Hinds of Dem Stars Steel Orchestra and National Alliance of Steelbands (NAS)

New York, USA - ...For nearly 40 years, on the Saturday before Labor Day nearly a thousand of our family, friends

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Pan Trinbago - Appeal for Blood

Augustus Mark, 83, steel pan pioneer,  better known as 'one man' is in dire need of blood.

Pan Trinbago is appealing to members of the steelband movement and the public to donate generously.

Mr. Mark aka “One Man” is resting comfortably at the Port o

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Desmond Chase speaks on WIADCA and NY Steelband Panorama Issues

Desmond Chase speaks on WIADCA and NY Steelband Panorama Issues Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Desmond Chase

New York, USA - Thus far, I have endeavored to stay clear of the controversy which has engulfed the West Indian-American Day

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A Touch of Class - Pan Sonatas Longevity, History and Olympic Gold Music Affair

New York, USA - While a large portion of the world was focused on the first day of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London - Brooklyn, New York was gearing up for its own ‘Olympic’ affair of the music kind. It’s “Steelband Music Time” and band launches ar

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On the Road with Pantonic Steel Orchestra - New Rochelle Here We Come

On the Road with Pantonic Steel Orchestra - New Rochelle Here We Come

New Rochelle, New York, USA - The large Summer evening crowd sang, clapped, danced and rocked to the unmistakable music, sounds and rhythm of Pantonic Steel Orchestra. And when it

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Sixty-one to Graduate from Music School in the Panyard

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- It is graduation time for 61 youngsters attached to the Humming Bird Pan Groove Steel Orchestra Music School in the Panyard Camp. The youths ranging from six to sixteen years will receive certificates after successfully compl

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Registration for Trinidad & Tobago’s 2013 Panorama is on!

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands interested in participating in Panorama 2013 are advised that registration commences on Monday 11^th June 2012.

Participants can collect their registration forms from any Pan Trinbago Regional Office, that is, Nort

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Meet Robert Cadet, Jr. - Junior Panorama Arranger for Grenada’s Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra

Global - Robert W. Cadet, Jr. better known as Junior Cadet started playing Pan at the age of 10 in New York. The first band he played for is now known as Harmony Music Makers; he then moved on to Metro and other bands. In 1997 when his father, Robert

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CASYM Steelpan Performance, Music and Arts School Programs = Success, Generations and Legacy

New York - There are few steelpan music organizations that can match or rival the music educational  success record of New York’s CASYM Steel Orchestra.

The Big Apple steelpan music franchise has been a productive fixture within the New York educat

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Pan Trinbago celebrates Pan Month in August

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago is celebrating Steelband Month in August. This year’s program will coincide with the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago’s Independence.

In this regard, a number of events

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Conflicting Reports on the Passing of Orville Wright - Educator, Performing Artist & Steelpan Supporter

When Steel Talks extends well-wishes to the family and friends of Orville Wright in this trying time.

Pan Times apologizes to the Steelpan fraternity and the friends and family of Orville Wright, and to Mr. Wright himself, for the possibly imprecise

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It’s WeBeat 2012 in St. James: Élan Parlé, St. James Tripolians, Silver Stars, Desperadoes & much more

St. James, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jazz, Steelpan music and Vintage Calypso will each have its day as WeBeat continues at the St. James Amphitheatre, Western Main Road, St. James in western Trinidad. Come Wednesday 6th June, jazz aficionados c

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Pan Trinbago launches new company ATTSDC

Pan Trinbago Inc. will be launching its new subsidiary.

The entity, the Africa Trinidad &Tobago Steelpan Development Company Limited (ATTSDC), will be introduced to the Trinidad & Tobago community today, Tuesday 10^th July, at the Hyatt Regency, Wrig

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Pan in de Countryside stops off in Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago continues its “Pan in de Countryside” series with two events in Tobago. The first comes off at the Charlotteville Recreation Ground, on Saturday 7^th July from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Steelbands scheduled to per

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Scotland's first Steel Band festival - Nairn hosts first steel band festival this weekend

Nairn hosts first steel band festival

Scotland's first Steel Band festival – Panfest 2012 - is being staged this weekend at Nairn Academy, whose three steelbands will host a visit by bands from Aberdeen, Glasgow and East Ayrshire.  All will be perf

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Controversial Pan Trinbago Proposed Headquarters in Trinidad and Tobago - Additional Video footage

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