When Steel Talks Exclusive (721)
Revisited - The Artistry of roycrosse and Dalton Narine: When Two Pan “Vets” Meet
Creative Co-Production births
“And Great Showers Of Tears Came Down”
Global - It is usually said that opposites attract; however this is a case where like minds meet. At this juncture - those of roycrosse, and Dalton Narine. “roycrosse” - this is i
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America's Got Talent on the Brooklyn Steel Side
Brooklyn Steel Orchestra comes together for AGT auditions
New York, USA - In an 'on the spur of the moment' collaborative effort, some of Brooklyn's finest steelpan musicians came to together for a special project. That project being vying for a sp
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Soca Calypso Road March - Trinidad & Tobago - 1932 to Present
YEAR - ARTISTE - SONG - album
- 2013 - Superblue - "Fantastic Friday"
- 2012 - Machel Montano - Pump Yuh Flag Double M
- 2011 - Machel Montano - Advantage The Return
- 2010 JW & Blaze "Palance"
- 2009 Fay-Ann Lyons "Meet Super Blue"
- 2008 Fay-Ann Lyons "
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Another Side of Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steel Band
DeKalb, Illinois - Under the vision and direction of Liam Teague and Clifford Alexis the steelpan, the music of the steelpan instrument and by extension “Pan,” the culture and experience, have grown, been disseminated widely across the world, and mo
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Revisited -- Meet Master Akini Gill, Masters of Music Education - UpClose!
Global - It’s a Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, It’s a Tale of Two Cities, all wrapped into one - but mostly it’s a tale of an improbable journey. A life’s journey that began in East Dry River, Port-of-Spain, on the island of Trinidad with it
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Meet Dr. Brian Copeland - Inventor of the G-Pan & PHI - UpClose!
Read more…“...Now this project was always bigger than pan. We viewed it as a pilot project for showing the nation how to innovate. We feel, that we have to be ready for when that oil money is done and the way to do it is to have a higher/stronger culture of in
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Revisited - The 1953 Dial Records of Carnival Music in Trinidad
republished with expressed permission of the author
Global
- When Aubrey “Bolo” Christopher, of Christopher Brothers Cycle and Radio Services, 7 Nelson Street, Port of Spa
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Pan Progress - NYU Steel
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New York, New York - Dance, cheers, warm feelings and steelpan music wonderment were the order of the day at the NYU (New York University) Steel Fall concert at Frederick Loewe Theatre - all wrapped into a joyful, professional, educational and |
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Indigisounds - Alternative Steelpan Solutions - debuts in New York
New York, USA - Indigisounds - Alternative Steelpan Solutions - debuted in New York City earlier today, Saturday September 28 at IMSTA FESTA NYC 2013, utilizing keyboards, and also the PanKAT as a controller with a tenor-pan layout in fifths - as the
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Meet Pepe Francis, Chairman of the British Association of Steelbands & Ebony Steelband Trust Director - UpClose!
Global - Panman and Masman Pepe Francis – a man who has dedicated more than fifty years to the steelband art form, wears multiple hats including those as director of the Ebony Steelband Trust in London, and chairman of the British Association of Stee
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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 1999 revisited - Bradley talks the talk; Narell walks the walk
Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 1999 revisited - by Dalton Narine
Trinidad - ALL THE clichés apply on this Panorama evening.
What’s new, though, is that Panorama has begat a couple of sidebar stories that now overshadow the very tenor of the contest.
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Jaco Pastorius - "Holiday for Pans" - Othello Molineaux on pan - She's Leaving Home by the Beatles
This is the project Jaco was working on for several years with Othello Molineaux, the steel pan player who often played with Jaco and appears on a couple of his officially released albums. I recall reading about this in Downbeat back in the early 80'
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Canada's Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra Makes Musical Mark in New York for Panorama 2013
New York, USA - Canada’s Pan Fantasy Steel Orchestra landed in New York with a music splash as they pleased steelband music lovers who were fortunate enough to catch them as they ran through their tune of choice for the 2013 New York Panorama, Super
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‘Fantastic Friday’ turns into Super Saturday for the 30-year Cultural Organization - CASYM Wins
New York, USA - A hot and humid late Summer evening on Labor Day weekend in New York was made even more so by the fiery musical performances laid down by ten steel orchestras, as they vied for the 2013 championship title in North America’s premier s
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Meet Duvone Stewart and Travis Roberts of CASYM Steel Orchestra: New York's 2013 Champions - UpClose!
New York, USA - He is a big man, with big ideas, big talent and he is without doubt 'big-time.' His name is Duvone Stewart and he came here to conquer New York. In the Big Apple there is a saying: "You ain't done it 'til you done it." Duvone has de
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The Sound of the Steelpan Captures Brooklyn - Despers USA leads the way
Drummers tell the story...
New York, USA - Leave it to Despers USA Steel Orchestra to bring together one of the more engaging band launches of the 2013 Brooklyn, New York steelpan music season. The first weekend in August saw seven of New York’s f
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Steelpan Parade Takes Pride of Place with Pan On D Avenue II
Woodbrook, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan on D Avenue II in Woodbrook, Trinidad was a huge success; the crowds turned out and Trinidad’s best steel orchestras paraded from east to west—a reversal of last year’s direction—along Ariapita Avenue in Nort
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2013 UK Panorama Championship Results - Real Steel Retains Title for Second Year!! Leroy Clarke repeats as Winning Arranger!
London, United Kingdom - Almost one year to the day (the 2012 Panorama was August 25) UK steel orchestra ‘Real Steel’ repeated their winning ways when they held on to their championship title for the second year in a row. As defending champs the band
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Pantonic Steel Orchestra 2013 Band Launch rounds out Pre-Panorama Music Salvos
New York, USA - It was the second weekend in August, and the final steel band music launch for the 2013 New York panorama season was underway. And it was finally the turn of Pantonic Steel Orchestra to host representations of several of the region’s
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