Meet the first woman in the history of Antigua & Barbuda who will arrange for a National Panorama

“At age 25 I will be a first time, female arranger on a National Panorama stage and I want that to inspire other women to take that leap….it is humbling and a great burden at the same time. I am ready for the challenge. ” 

She is an educator, perform

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Kenmore firm a hit in steel drum industry

A visit to Panyard Inc., one of the Kenmore neighborhood's burgeoning music businesses, is as much a lesson in the history of steel pan drums as a look inside the Akron company.

Owner Ron Kerns is a musician

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St. Vincent & The Grenadines Panorama 2017 Results - It’s “Gold” for Starlift Steel Orchestra & Arranger Duvone Stewart

Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, W.I. - All that glittered was indeed gold, and this was the case for Starlift Steel Orchestra of St. Vincent and The Grenadines on the night of Thursday July 6, as they played their way through to the 2017 Pa

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Big 5 Notes by Dalton Narine

These musicians are pouring their hearts out to diverse audiences, and yet there's a lack of professionalism in the control room. Audio is hardly sound.

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St. Lucia Panorama 2017 Results - Babonneau Steel Orchestra’s Triumphant Return with Arranger Alison Marquis - Champions!

Castries, St. Lucia, W.I. - After a one-year hiatus, the return of Babonneau Steel Orchestra led by champion arranger Alison Marquis was a triumphant one. With a musical army seventy-nine strong and appearing in position three out of six, the band di

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The Clamour of Steel Pan, The Majesty of Choral

Seven News

Most of you are familiar with the expansive elegance of Choral music, and of course you all know the hype and energy that brings the Steel pan to life. These two forms of music don't usually go together but the University of the West Indie

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Serious Pan in July - Big 5 - The Pan Concert

In one fell swoop the event elevated the past, present and future of pan in Trinidad and Tobago. More importantly, in July, people are talking seriously about Pan in Trinidad all over the world...

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Five of the world's great

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The Other Side of the Coin - Kendall Williams and Pan In Motion at the 2017 Bang On A Can Marathon

New York, USA - Recently When Steel Talks (WST) was presented with an opportunity to experience another chapter in the musical adventure, journey, and burgeoning chronicle that is the career of Brooklyn’s own Kendall Williams. Indeed there are many

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Remembering the late great Glenda Gamory - President of Pantonic Steel Orchestra - on her birthday - May 10

When Steel Talks remembers Glenda Gamory, former President of Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Glenda was the first woman to lead a major orchestra to Panorama victory.

See More on Glenda Gamory

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Bob’s Music Launches Conglomerate for Performing Arts Opportunities for Steelband Music & More

New York, USA - He a multi-talented musician. An awesome panist. He is the current defending champion New York Junior Panorama arranger. Moreover, he is a young man with a plan and he has hit the ground running. We are talking about Damany James, the

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A Magical Experience - The Knights, Andy Akiho, Andre White and Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra make Much Music at the House of BRIC

New York, USA - Recently while a significant portion of the global steelpan community was fully engaged with the happenings and grand performances of Trinidad and Tobago’s national Panorama competition—the greatest percussion event on earth and Supe

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NYU Steel Ensemble 2017 Spring Concert:  Beyond Talk - Walking the Walk

The faces change, folks graduate and move on, but NYU Steel through its association with the prestigious NYU Percussion Program keeps on keeping on. The goals and cultu

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Jonathan Scales - To the Orient and Back - UpClose!

Have Pan, Will Travel... 

“Musicians play music to uplift people, but every once in a while it's the musician that is in need of 'spiritual uplifting' the most....thankful for a great night in Tamshui Taiwan! ❤ ” ... Jonathan Scales

When Steel Talk

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Meet Mika Yoshida - Japan

“Pan has turned a new page in my life. Coming to Trinidad made a pretty big impact on my way of thinking and lifestyle...”

In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - Mika Yoshida shares her personal journey and perspective on the global reach

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Revisited -- Boogsie Sharpe: The Legend by Dalton Narine - Pan Magaizine

How many times has he heard the same review? He overarranges. He plays too many notes. He’s too jazzy. This is calypso—our music, they remind. And who are “they” but a bunch of amateurs strutting in his panyard a few nights before the 1987 North Zon

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Revisited - Junior and Edwin Pouchet of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra

A Tale of Two Brothers and Their Band

 by Dalton Narine

Published with permission from Dalton Narine.
Submitted to When Steel Talks by Dalton Narine.

Always, it seems, something’s going on down there in Cocorite. In the late 1940s and 50s, a steel

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Meet Alegbe Temidayo - Nigeria - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

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Hearts of Steel the film wins Toronto Short Film Award

Hearts of Steel is a documentary film that follows a group of Toronto teenagers a they prepare and practise rigorously for a musical competition for steel bands. Along the way they learn leadership, commitment, trust, multi-cultural respect and the

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Meet Isoke Noel - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“....I love to teach. That feeling of accomplishment you get when your student excels solidifies why I love it so much. But on the other hand, something about the lights that hit you while you are on st

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2017 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Review - the Good, Bad and Ugly

WST Review

The 2017 Trinidad and Tobago Panorama season—and by extension the Carnival season—was a tumultuous one that was overflowing with enough drama, intrigue, passion and controversy to field a season of Scandal, Empire or Game of Thrones. But i

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