THE FINAL NIGHT by Dalton Narine and Dr. Frances

  THE FINAL NIGHT (2)

by Dalton Narine and Dr. Frances

© 2019 -  All Rights Reserved.

Flowers bloom and die and bloom again. And thus was the Panorama reborn Saturday night, ten medium and ten large bands swaddled in a labor of love - the beauty of

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How to Stop Worrying About Duvone Stewart

BP Renegades Has a Feeling In Its Soul Like It Born Again

by Dalton Narine

I know a delusional man who thinks he’s witnessing from the front seat of his car a flamingo laughing at the antics of a clown.

But it’s just BP Renegades arranger Duvone Stew

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Pan and the future of work

by Wesley Gibbings

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - What do Panorama 2019 and the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) obsession with “the future of work” have in common? Everything. There he goes again, you say: “Pan–the greatest thing we do” and all

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LEON “SMOOTH” EDWARDS ‘PASS THE PEPPER’

Will Massy Trinidad All Stars have the guts 
to dance into the Final Night lead?

by Dalton Narine

Every once in a while there comes along a man so multi-talented in the arts that no one specific field can satisfy his creative e

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Arrangers are people too, but Panorama is a brutal beast

Enthusiastically, I went on the assignment and came back with stories...

Chronicles of a Panorama

by Sharmain Baboolal

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was my first ever night time assignment. And my first foray into steelband journalism, if we can call

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Is the Party Done? Compliments of “The Duvone” and “The Renegades”?

A Preemptive strike?

Armed with a song (Hookin’ Meh) that has captured the spirit and imagination of the country like few have in the recent past, one has to wonder: what was in those “extra large garbage bags” being waved by fans from the high-rise

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ZANDA! by Dalton Narine

 This doctor of Pan goes around dispensing his science of orchestration to PANORAMA LOVERS the world over

by Dalton Narine

Zanda’s knowledge of rhythm, melody and harmony adds to the complexity of a band on the move as it primes itself for yet anoth

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The Carnival Is Not Over Who Said So? Michael Marcano President, Renegades Steel Orchestra

An Interview with Dalton Narine

I believe anyone who did not join in the struggle has no moral authority to question someone who did. (Michael Marcano)

Michael Marcano joined the CIP (Concerned Individual for Pan) out of a concern for the declining

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Meet Dr. Roy Cape - Legend, Musician, Bandleader, Author, Educator & Philanthropist - UpClose!

Global - He is the man who brought the likes of Beverley Griffith, Clive Bradley, Scipio Sargeant, Ron Berridge, and Raf Robertson into the steel orchestra arranging community. Full Stop!!! Yes, you heard it here.

It is said that the world moves

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Meet Aquil Arrindell Musician, Educator & Pan Activist - UpClose!

On separating himself from the former executive board of Pan Trinbago  "..if there was a fight between the players and the executive then as an executive member I would be standing on the wrong side. I am a player before anything else. It was one of

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Trinidad All Stars J’Ouvert Medley - A Holiday Special from Dalton Narine

Global - Make your Holidays sassy & merry with Neville Jules’ classic Medley that moved Trinidad All Stars to celebrate year of love for millennials in 2000 Take a listen

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Much Success in 2019

Peace and Pan

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No tears for North Stand

KEITH ANDERSON, Port of Spain

 While I empathise with Pan Trinbago as it complains about a loss of revenue with the non-erection of the North Stand at the Queen’s Park Savannah this year, I prefer to look at one of the issues surrounding the stand –

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REVISITED: Another Side of Pan - Dean Fraser and Exodus Steel Orchestra Shine

Mason Brothers, Roots Steel Band and Gemonites Close Moods of Pan 2007 - Day Three

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - It is now day three of the Moods of Pan 2007 Festival and it is also the final night. Thus far, it has been two days of great entertainment

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Revisiting - Meet the Three Amigos - Odie Franklin, Marc Brooks and Kendall Williams - Panist, Panorama Arrangers - UpClose!

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Meet Brandon Waldrop - Panist and Arranger UpClose!

He is a deep thinker, a perfectionist - two traits which work well for a committed musician. The audio 'images' evoked through the arrangements unveiled to date by Brandon Waldrop, are undeniable windows into the treasure trove in store for music lov

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From Trump to a World of PAN to Panorama

May blessings shine upon us throughout 2018’s half brother year (Yeah, 18 & 19 are tied at the hip — same ol’ same ol’ , for there’s no Trumpian miracle at the core of this No Country for Old Men, so that the years and the madness intertwine America

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Clive Bradley - The man who helped shape the musical direction of Panorama. (1982) by - Knolly Moses

Clive Bradley

Trinidad & Tobago

PANMEDIA FEATURES):- His preferred drink is rum and coke, though he sips a beer in the pan tent this particular night. Standing a slight five feet three inches in sandals, he peers through round, brown g

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Ralph MacDonald, Robert Greenidge & Friends Drop Magic on MOP Festival - Moods of Pan 2008 - REVISITED

Antigua & Barbuda, W.I.- Multiple Grammy award-winning producer, song writer and performing artist Ralph MacDonald came to the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua, sister isle of Barbuda - to have some fun. What was also very apparent from the on

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Journalist Dawad Philip Speaks on Clive Bradley

Trinidad & Tobago

Renegades have lit their candles 
in the night for Nosey in Brooklyn,
and on the hill by Desperadoes 
for Bradley, who made his music  

canticles against the guns of Laventille. 
Overlooking Calvary, he caressed his

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