Meet Daneisha Frederick
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“I would love for the instrument to be as mainstream as the piano, guitar or violin. It may have a ways to go, being a fairly young creation, but I believe pan can progress, develop and infiltrate music of all
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Meet Nandia Hamilton 
New York, USA - “What disappoints me is when people think pan is just a set of noise rather than hearing the beauty in the music.”
She is focused, has a vision for
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Meet Nicole Archer
Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Playing pan is my therapy, my ultimate relaxation, my one constant throughout the years. I don’t think I can properly explain the feeling
Meet Shannon Mc David - Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago - “I must say performing on a Panorama stage is the most invigorating experience. I feel such a thrill - like there's an energy running through my veins the second the stick touches the p
Read more… “I love pan because of the way it makes me feel when I play and listen. Its pure vibes. In addition to this, the relationships and friends I’ve made through pan are really something special and totally irreplaceable. Pan has opened up a whole new wo
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “I will always have a passion for steelpan because it is engrained in my DNA. It is an incredible art that was created out of brillian
France - “In France steelpan is quite unknown. Except with steelpan players, I have to explain quite every time what steelpan is. In general people are interested and don’t un
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And The Steelpan Artform
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2018
2017
by Martin Daley
What a great result from the Panorama semi-finals last Sunday. The two groovy “young boy” songs Year for Love and Hello—subject only to a tie for fourth place with Lightning Flash—ran first, second, third and fourth as played by Reneg
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by Robbie Joseph |
Global - Lizzie is an amazing individual whose musical journey has taken her into challenging situations that have proven to be her stepping-stones towards the grooming o |
Global - In the inner circles of Soca music creation and production, the name Jovan James is well known, as he has singularly written, or co-written, hits for some of the biggest Soca stars in Caribbean. The list reads like a who’s who of heavy hi
Read more…Carnival, Mas & Pan Ideal for VR & AR
New York, USA - The tech industry famously has a diversity and gender problem. Hear from some of the VR industry’s leaders who spoke at the 2017 NYVR Expo on how this is being addressed and overcome. The panelis
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Neville Jules at When Steel Talks Studios
There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at When Steel Talks refer to as Giants and Titans of “Pan and the Ste
Read more…We Kinda Music - A Review
On US National Public Radio (NPR), Andy Narell describes how pan has taken him from the traditional steel band sound to jazz and back again.
Narell has a sincere and deep conviction about the music he makes
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London, United Kingdom - The hugely-popular and community-supported annual UK Panorama played out successfully on August 26th to the delight of pan music lovers.
....Defending champs Ebony Steelband, ninety-players strong, returned to the winner’s s
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