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
Read more…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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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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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.
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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
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
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
Read more…“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
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
Read more…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
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
Read more…Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
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
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Hanging out with music genius Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and friends at Panorama Semi-finals 2017
Published with permission from David Boothman
Submitted to When Steel Talks by David Boothman
Boogsie’s genius has given to pan music worldwide a musical sop
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Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
“What keeps me going are my memories of growing up and being a part of pan sides in both St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and Brooklyn, NY during the summer months. Those were the best times of my life. There 
