Revisiting - Meet Yoshihiro Harada - Explorer, Pioneer, Panist, Composer, Arranger, Educator, Recording Artist and Band leader - UpClose!

Japan - Yoshihiro Harada heard and fell in love with the sound of the steelpan in the late 80s. That was all it took. For the rest of his life Harada and the steelpan would have an inseparable love affair.

He is one who believes in the power of the

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Who plays the steelpan on Talking Heads' 1977 song, "Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town"?

Does anyone know the answer to this mystery?

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Revisit- Meet Chantal Esdelle - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“I am most proud about being the first female and youngest panist to win the Pan is Beautiful pan festival solo competition in 1992.”

“I am most saddened by the legacy of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade which obscures our ability to remember our good

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Meet Jenica Henry - New York, USA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, USA - “Set Goals, Stay Focused and don’t be afraid to fail (pressure can either bust pipes or make diamonds….and you, darling, are diamond material). Also don’t get caught up in changing who y

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Woman's Month -- A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, Their Passion, Their Story - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form Listen to Their Story, Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams - A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

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Meet Megan-Leigh Langton-Attang - Trinidad & Tobago -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“To the young female panists reading this who are dreaming of becoming involved with the steelpan as a career I say, “Yes, please do. There is room for you.” I think the only limitations on steelpan start with the individual holding the views. Don’t

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Meet Dianne Ariel Whiteman - Trinidad & Tobago

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Meet Mahalia Thomas - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“Don’t be afraid to do what you love. There will always be the percentage that has something negative to say about what you do, but once focus on yourself, focus on positivity and find ways to better yourself and others you will truly enjoy life/the

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Meet Jryck Williams - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

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Meet Ashley Gateson-Amankwah - United Kingdom

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“From my perspective I personally feel it (Panorama) is indeed a blessing. The people that I have met over the years, there is a likelihood I would never see again. I’ve got the chance to perform in fro

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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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