Our sincere condolences to the Pan community of Maine, USA on the death of the man who brought steelpan music and the artform to the state.
When Steel Talks through our recording wing Basement Recordings, has had the good fortune of being associated with some of the best steelpan and steel orchestra recordings ever produced. Part of that fortune has been a keen understanding of the Pan i
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PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946. The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin’s EC school. His love affair with music began early, with the first instrumental object of h
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New York, USA - Mustafa Alexander, who started playing pan in New York during the Bradley-Pantonic years, experienced special moments in New York pan first-hand as he learned and expanded his skill set as a steelband musician under the great Cl
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Meet Nigel Byam who is
Grenada, W.I. - He is a first-time national champion steelband Panorama arranger; youthful, yet at the age of thirty-one a “young” veteran in his craft of musicianship, with a history of more than twenty years of involvement with the steelband art
Read more…How does one pay homage to a legend, mentor and friend?
From A Place of Love.
A project based on, and motivated and inspired by, nothing but love.
With the unexpected passing of Ken “Professor” Philmore on September 30, 2018, many worldwide were move
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New York, USA - ....With resounding clarity and honesty, members of the next generation of leaders, arrangers, tuners, owners, players and managers speak to the dangers and perils that face New York pan. And moreover, that which threatens the New Y
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USA - When Ellie Mannette died in August of 2018, the steelband community worldwide grieved along with his family. He had made it clear that he did not want a funeral, but we, his apprentices, friends and family, knew we would soon h
Read more…Daily News - Ruwanthi Abeyakoon - Ceylon
“It was a very interesting exercise for me to teach this Caribbean musical instrument to British students, although I was not of Caribbean or African origin. During my stay in Vienna, Austria as wife of Sri L
Toronto, Canada - Recently steelband music history was created on a global scale when the Salmon Cupid-led Toronto All Stars Steel Orchestra participated in the 2019 NBA Champion Toronto Raptors live broadcast celebration parade, as hundreds of tho
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - At Grenada’s 2019 National Panorama, one of the competition's youngest arrangers, Cordel Byam, guided now-twelve-time Panorama champion New Dimension Steel Orchestra to its latest victory lap around the national steelba
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New York, USA - In the midst of all the joy, happiness and goodwill that 2019’s “Pan Is Sweet” generated, there was a bitter-sweet moment of deep pain and reflection coupled with happy memories, as Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (BSO) honored and remem |
Global - Lore has him as one of the greatest double-tenor players to have ever walked the planet. Through the eyes of someone who knew him closely—his former wife Kathryn Barbour—the steelband world gets an upclose and personal l
The birth of Carib Parlor Notes
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Let’s start with the end. The inaugural session of Carib Parlor Notes featuring performing artist and panist Garvin Blake was extremely successful. It was a groundbreaking event with vast hi
New York, USA - With enough music magic being generated at the Frederick Loewe Theater to make Harry Potter and his mates jealous, NYU Steel proceeded to turn the capacity audience into life long “Pan Jumbies.”
A long time ago the legendary drummer
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Akira Iino from Japan has created a new guitar pan with diamond shapes indented into the skirt of the drum. The diamond-cut steel drums are m
Read more…Leon Foster Thomas and Khuent Rose at the Roulette Intermedium
New York, USA - The one thing there was no shortage of at the 2019 Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (BSO) Summer production of ‘Pan Is Sweet’ at the Roulette Intermedium, was great memorable mus
Read more… Meet Yanis Roset - Explorer, Panist, Organizer, Arranger, Educator, and Bandleader
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Guadeloupe - The formula is simple. Yanis Roset = Pan. An in this regard Yanis has embarked on a life long journey of exploring all things involving the culture of |
