PanAlley Steel OrchestraBrooklyn, New York, USA - In pictures and audio, Basement Recordings documents PanAlley Steel Orchestra founded by New York steelband music veteran Travis Roberts. This first-ever Panorama for the band featured a music coll
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - Champion arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle returned to the D’Radoes Steel Orchestra fold this season, and collaborated with them as they performed his arrangement of “Jamtown” for the 2025 Ne
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New York, USA - Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra ably defended its 2024 championship by taking a consecutive title in the 2025 New York Panorama. Playing in the penultimate position of the eight competing steel orchestras - the band affectionately know
Mangrove Steelband at the 2025 UK National PanoramaLondon, England, U.K. - It is title number thirteen for 2025 UK National Panorama champion Mangrove Steelband, led by its arranger André White. The sweetness of the band’s performance of his arran
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Children enjoy dancing with Sesame Flyers’ costumed masqueraders to the sounds of Eruption Steel OrchestraNew York, USA - ....Couldn’t resist the urge to shake a leg as the Labor Day weekend closes in? Check. Stage sides of steel orchestras Erupti
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NYU Steel with Daron Roberts (left) and Dr. Kendall K. Williams
New York, USA - Before the scorching hot days of summer, was the cool and inviting springtime which was the backdrop for NYU (New York Univer
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Panorama victory was sweet for Hells Gate Steel Orchestra in 2025, and especially so as the music organization is celebrating its eightieth anniversary. Together with resident champion arranger Khan Cordice, who now has his
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, champion arranger Vanessa Headley-Brewster speaks on her musical journey, and her latest path - arranging for New York’s Metro Steel Orchestra. We also hear from Metro’s leader Anthony “Big
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Pantime Steel Orchestra on stage during its championship performance at the 2025 Saint Lucia Panorama
Saint Lucia, W.I. - Periodical downpours of rain on Sunday July 13 did not stop the sounds of steel orchestras as they fervently served up respect
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - They led all the way from the preliminaries, through the semi-finals and took home the championship title after final night competition. Exodus Steel Orchestra and arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle are champions in the large
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Global - Fifteen large steel orchestras completed their panyard preliminary judging on February 12....After the opening of score sheets, all bands move forward to the Sunday February 16 semi-finals....The grouping of fifteen includes the reigning c
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Participating steel orchestras in the medium category of the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama are in the spotlight from February 4 through 8 during the preliminary phase in this year’s competition.
Meet the arranger
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Intermittent sprinkles of rain took a back seat to full torrents of steelband music taking center stage at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain. The event? The 2025 Trinidad and Tobago Junior National Pan
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - And the last shall be “first.” That’s the way things apparently ‘played’ out for the finals of the 2025 season of the Single Pan band component of the annual Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. San Juan East Side Symphony
Tristan Japsi - Arranger
Steel Sensation at its panyard recording sessionBrooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captures Steel Sensation on Friday, August 30 as they prepare in their Brooklyn panyard for the 2024 New York steelband Panorama
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Rondell Pompey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Rondell Pompey was born and bred in John John, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on September 7th 1971. Most of the older folk in his family were members of Carib Tokyo Steel Orchestra, so it was n
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Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra and André White on stage for New York Panorama 2024
New York, USA - ....Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra founded by Wayne Bernard finally took home the championship title, trophy and prize purse. And for the band’s champi
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - It has been two years since Commancheros Steel Orchestra was atop the country’s national Panorama competition, in 2022. And the road back there goes through seven other competing bands, not lea
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The junior musical organization that is Angel Harps Juniors powered its way to the top once more this year. The steel orchestra bested equally eager fellow youth musicians from five other bands, at the junior national P
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Hells Gate Steel Orchestra on stage at the 2024 Antigua & Barbuda Panorama
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The ARG (Antigua Recreation Grounds) in the capital of St. John’s reverberated with the steelband Panorama once more on this August 3 evening, wher
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