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
On set: Pantonic Steel Orchestra for photoshoot with Wyclef JeanNew 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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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 has been named the 2022 Panorama arranger for La Brea Laborie Steel Orchestra. Their 2022 Tune of choice: “Cyah Wait” by Alpha
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
Read more…A night of classic jams in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed a ‘quiet storm’ moment
Unison SteelNew 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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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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Rudy Smith Quartet performing at Moods im Schiffbau
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
Read more…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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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Renegades is into the homestretch, quite excited and ‘very optimistic’ about their upcomi
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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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“Playing with others who play steel pan is really where I find my true happiness, whether it is a duo or a small group of
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.
Many of the legendary early influencers and participants in the development of the steelpan movement have their navel strings directly and/or indirectly buried in this island. From Desperadoes to Fonclaire - Winston "Spree" Simon to Allan Gervais amo
Read more…Presentation from the Kitchener symposium held at Medgar Evers College - Brooklyn, New York, USA
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“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the
NESTOR SULLIVAN was born in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago. He attended the St. Joseph Boys’ R.C. School, and later went on to attend St. Mary’s College, and subsequently Teacher’s Training College. At the tertiary level he obtained a Master of Arts
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Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York, USA - ..This passion for young people led her to the birth of Women In St
