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Champion Panorama Drummer Roger Anthony Bethelmy - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra 1977, 1983, 1985

Roger Anthony Bethelmy

The Winston Tu

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D’Radoes Steel Orchestra 20th Anniversary Celebration A Massive Triumph

NY Pan Broken but not Dead by a Longshot - “People Like Peas”

Brooklyn, New York, USA - On Sunday August 21^st D’Radoes Steel Orchestra held their 20^th anniversary celebration. Twenty year

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Remembering Some of Those In Pan We’ve Lost in 2022

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Champion Panorama Drummer Leason Jacobs - 2006 and 2008 - Phase II Pan Groove

 

Leason Jacobs

"The most challengin

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Watch Live stream -- Kadooment Day 2022 - Crop Over 2022

History of Kadooment Day

The Crop Over Festival is the traditional end of the Sugar cane season and has been celebrated for over 200 years.

Sugar cane was first introduced to Barbados at the end of the seventeenth century. It made Barbados home to o

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Memories: Wyclef Jean bonds with Pantonic - A Band of Immigrants

New York, USA - Fifteen years ago in August of 2007, superstar Wyclef Jean visited the panyard of New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra as they were preparing for that year’s Panorama co

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UK 2022 Panorama Results - Ebony Steel Band Captures 23rd Championship with arranger Duvone Stewart

London, England, U.K. - Ebony Steelband’s performance of the Duvone Stewart-arrangement of Mash Up sung by the late Dexter “Blaxx” Stewart has given the orchestra its twenty-third UK

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Andrius Edwide 2022 Panorama arranger of Laborie Steel Orchestra (St. Lucia)

Andrius Edwide

Andrius Edwide has been named the 2022 Panorama arranger for La Brea Laborie Steel Orchestra. Their 2022 Tune of choice: “Cyah Wait” by Alpha

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A Woman of Gold - Mrs Franka Hills-Headley

By Dr Jeannine 'J9' Remy, lecturer in music CCFA, UWI

There are many educators in Trinidad who incorporate pan into their music schools. Some of these schools may teach many different musical instruments, and voice, while others solely concentrate o

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Well done! Unison Steel - New Kids on the Block

A night of classic jams in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed a ‘quiet storm’ moment

New York, USA - They may be the new kids on the block or more accurately the latest (new) edition on the block - but they did not disappoint. For sure it was F

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Ready for PanoGrama 2022 - Meet Mikiel Smith of Grenada - Steelpan Performing Artist

Global - The talents of eight panists will be showcased online in the 2022 PanoGrama prelims on Saturday May 7, in the second of three nights of comp

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Well done! UKASPO (UK All Steel Percussion Orchestra) - (Ebony Steelband, Mangrove Steelband, Croydon and Metronomes steel orchestras) performs at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration

London, United Kingdom - When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all involved in the historical grand steel orchestra music production for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday 5 June 2022.

It was an awesome performa

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Remembering Our Brother Michael Marcano by Andre Moses

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Legendary Panman Rudy 'Two Left' Smith

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Rudy Smith Quartet performing at Moods im Schiffbau 

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St. Lucia Panorama 2022 Results - Champions Again - Babonneau Steel Orchestra Retains Title with Arranger Allison Marquis

St. Lucia, W.I. - After two years of no official Panorama activity in St. Lucia due to COVID-19, the competition stage at the SAB in Castries came alive with four bands taking on defending champions Babonneau Steel Orchestra. The band, led musicall

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Pan in Motion with Asphalt Orchestra at Bryant Park - “To Jam too”

Kendall Williams of Pan in Motion composes “To Jam too” (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

New York, New York, USA - With the backdrop of concrete, steel and green, green, grass

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Renegades & manager Michael Marcano ready for 2007 South Panorama Finals

 Trinidad & Tobago Steelband Panorama 2007

A When Steel Talks Exclusive

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A WST Exclusive

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Renegades is into the homestretch, quite excited and ‘very optimistic’ about their upcomi

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Kitchener - King of de Road by Garvin Blake (in homage of the Grandmaster’s 100th Birthday)

April 18th, 2022 marks the centennial of Aldwyn “Kitchener” Roberts’ birth. The Grandmaster in the art of calypso, Kitchener’s music provides unique insights into Trinidadian culture. He was a griot, singing colorful tal

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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to nurse and panist Diane Thomas

Happy Birthday to Diane Thomas

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March is the month we celebrate Women. A few weeks ago we laid to rest the most brilliant, humble and caring woman I've ever known. Mommy loved her plants, children and of course Pan. March 23 was her birthday.

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