New York, USA - It is a Friday evening in early December in the Kensington part of Brooklyn - actually the center of Brooklyn, and the steelpan is again about to take front and center at the beautiful Calvary Cathedral of Praise. This show is bille
Read more…1....Steelpan and Tracks Combo 2.....E-PAN/ G-PAN inovations 3......International developement of Steelbands 4......Developement of Steelpan literacy and Media worldwide 5......Million dollar Panorama Prize payment in Trinidad and Tobago Help Me with
Read more…Last night the National Alliance Of Steelbands had their first meeting it was a very good meeting one of the thing that i liked about this meeting was that even through every body did not see eye to eye on every thing we all agree to work things out
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Global - True greatness is achieved by those who are able to deliver the goods without compromise on the grand stage, with distinction and excellence. Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Michael Jackson, Pelé, Usain Bolt, The Williams Sisters, The Oscars, T
Georgia, USA - Pansonics Steel Band, one of Atlanta’s leading steel bands, will be bringing Caribbean culture to the metro Atlanta community in the United States. This New Year’s Eve, they will grace the streets of Atlanta bringing the melodic sounds
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - Small steel orchestras will be the first category to be judged as the National Panorama Semi Finals gets on the way on Sunday 31 January at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, from 9:00 am
Fourteen (14) Small bands will
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - Golden Hands and Valley Harps Steel Orchestras are the winners of the inaugural NLCB On the Drag Competitions.
The events were staged by Pan Trinbago on the drag at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, during the bmobile N
Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) delegates attending last Saturday's installment of Parang and Steel concert series staged by PCS Silver Stars Steel Orchestra were given a rousing culture send-off on November 28. click for full story
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Semi-final Steel Orchestra Line-up set for the ‘the Big Yard’ - Steelband Panorama 2010
Trinidad and Tobago - Seven (7) steel orchestras from the sister isle of Tobago are among the forty-five (45) bands taking the stage in the bmobile National Pan
Hyattsville, Maryland, USA - On Saturday, December 12th, “one of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region” will host an unforgettable evening of Holiday music featuring a unique and often misunderstood musical instrument. click for
Read more…Global - Avis Bruce is a professional steelpan musician, arranger, composer and music tutor. She has been a member of the present Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Symphony Orchestra from its inception; in addition she was a member of the former Tri
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Global - His name is Winston Scarborough - but to most of the world he is known as “DeFosto” the steelband panorama music songwriter master. The exact moniker preferred by Scarborough is “The Original DeFosto Himself.”
For over three decades, songw
Vocalist and Performer Edwin Ayoung Speaks on Pan and Steelband Panorama Music Global - Veteran recording artist, composer and performer Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung is one of the most versatile and respected practitioners of the art of singing and composin
Read more…The Winds of Change - New York Steelband Association set to Alter Course New York - With only a week into the 2010 season the winds of change have propelled themselves into the consciousness of the steelpan music world. When Steel Talks News has bee
Read more…78 year-old Elton Parks or 'Sackie,' as he's fondly called among the pan fraternity - in an interview with Hollis Clifton - revealed that he had a vision to become a 'calypsonian' and a 'taxi driver.' Both of these were achieved except that he became
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New Rule Change for Panorama 2010
Global - Pan Trinbago has announced an increase in the number of bands qualifying for the National Panorama Finals 2010. Visit When Steel Talks As a result there will be ten (10) finalists in each of the three cate
Opinion Piece by Michael L. Joseph Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI: Today, in this age of National Steel Orchestra / National Steel Symphony, Pan in Schools, the E-pan, the G-Pan, the PHI, the National Youth Steel Orchestra etc; one is still left to won
Read more…Global - For 2010, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is going into the ‘Big Yard’ with music written by arranger, world-renowned musician and performing artist in his own right, Robert Greenidge. Determined to be once again a force to be reckoned with on
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago - Phase II Pan Groove leads the pack going into Trinidad and Tobago's national steelband panorama 2010 competition finals, with the 2009 champs Silver Stars on their heels, and south-based Skiffle Bunch rounding out the top three of
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, WI - Come carnival 2010 Fitz-Gerald Sparks would be 79 years young and still playing tenor pan for his beloved Starlift Steelband for panorama even though he is confined to walking on crutches over the last eight years. “Daddy Spa
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