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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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D’Radoes Steel Orchestra 2013 Band Launch - No Rain on the Musical Parade

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Not even the continuous driving rain could dampen the spirits of the pan artists and/or beauty of the steelband on this Sunday night on the last weekend in July in New York. This was the third consecutive New York band laun

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CrossFire Steel Orchestra 2013 Band Launch - Summer Steel in Season in New York

Brooklyn, New York, USA - The Summer night this time around might have been cooler than a few weeks ago when CrossFire Steel Orchestra hosted their 2013 pan yard opening, but the steelband sessions laid down during the music organization’s seasonal b

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Three-in-a-Row for Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra of Antigua & Barbuda - Winning arranger Khan Cordice leads band to 2013 Steelband Panorama Championship Glory

St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - It was a sea of “cricket white” - topped off with red caps, and several cricket bats thrusting skyward in victory - as Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra musicians literally bounded on stage to celebrate their 2013 ste

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St. Lucia 2013 Panorama Results - Pantime Steel Orchestra Wins! Thirteenth time’s The Charm for Pantime!

Harmonites Steel Orchestra captures three in a row in ‘Small Band Category’

 

Gros Islet, St. Lucia, W.I. - Who said “13” was an unlucky number? If you ask Pantime Steel Orchestra of St. Lucia, the 2013 National Steelband Panorama champs, you’ll get

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Pan Sonatas Roar!! Missing in action no more - Harmony Steel Orchestra’s 2013 Yard Opening - Recap

New York, USA - As fate would have it, or simply scheduling - to this point in the New York steel orchestras’ Summer performing series of launches and panyard openings, When Steel Talks (WST) has not seen or heard the mighty Sonatas Steel Orchestra.

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NEVILLE JULES pioneer, innovator, arranger, & noted leader in an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks

Circa 1934 in Trinidad, when only rhythms were being beaten on the "tamboo bamboo", bottle and spoon, etc. - (the British having banned outright the beating of African drums in 1931), and the Steelpan had not yet come into being, Neville Jules was

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Meet Curtis Pierre of Dixieland Steel Orchestra: An Original Trinidad Pan Story - UpClose!

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Congratulations SION HILL EUPHONIUM! Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (Vincy) 2013 Panorama results

St. Vincent & the Grenadines 2013 Panorama Results - Five back-to-back Championships for Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra

Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines  - Five in a row! Holding fast to the National Steelband Panorama title are 2013 cha

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The Proof is in the Pudding - CASYM’s Young Stars Shine at Steelband Concert

CASYM Spring Concert 2013 - featuring PS 161, Class 1 and Class 2

New York, USA - “Show me!” That is simple Brooklyn-ese for ‘let your success do your talking.’ And having said that, CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement, Inc

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Carnival TV streams Tobago Jazz Festival 2013 to the World

Global - Carnival TV has quickly established itself as one of the leading organizations for streaming music entertainment content out of the Caribbean. For those who are unfamiliar with Carnival TV, they are the media broadcast company that has been

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Pan On Fire for Solo Contest - Tristan Japsi Victorious

USSA holds first solo competition - But Steelpan Folks Curiously Missing...

New York, USA - First off, very few have been as critical of USSA (United States Steelband Association) over the years as When Steel Talks (WST); however, if the truth be to

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