New York, NY, USA - The late great Andre Tanker, (Trinidadian songwriter and musician) would have been thrilled to see and hear his song “Ben Lion” being performed at an American university thousands of miles away from his land of
Brooklyn Steel Orchestras Declare War on Breast Cancer
New York, USA - On a beautiful sunny October Autumn day the New York steelpan community joined hundreds of thousands of committed New York walkers in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, when they participa
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remain in Winner’s Row
Antigua & Barbuda - Fourteen Antigua & Barbuda primary and secondary school steel orchestras competed in the country’s Independence school Panorama, held on the evening of
A When Steel Talks Exclusive
Global: In a carefully-worded communiqué from the office of ATTSDC’s (Africa-Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan Development Company. Ltd.) CEO Chief Bowie S. Bowei, comes a statement that regrettably, the partnership entered in
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by Les Slater - Journalist & Former Highlanders Arranger
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“... this wasn’t some anonymous John
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - School steel orchestras will be in the spotlight in Antigua & Barbuda for the Antigua Commercial Bank National School Panorama. It will be held at the Yasco Sport complex in St. John’s on October 30th 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Steel
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New York, USA - Even as a bright and sunny weekend now looms ahead for the always-anticipated annual steel band music panorama competition in New York, many steel band music connoisseurs do n
| Toronto Wins through the Years - Panorama and “Best Beating Band on de Road” This is a work in progress, and subject to change |
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| Year | 1st place | Arranger | 2nd | 3rd |
| 2012 | Pan Fantasy | Al Foster | ||
| 2011 | Afropan | Earl La Pierre Sr. | ||
| 2010 | Salah Steelpan Acad | |||
“Chinee music” was a derisive characterization some wiseacre came up with as a putdown
Global- One of the Trinidad and Tobago dailies a few days ago carried a report about pan visionary Bertie Marshall being hospitalized, supposedly because of issues
Global - “We go be dangerous, when we come back” – and the band was indeed the ‘comeback kid’ of the 2012 season. Like the lyrics of their Panorama song, When We Come Back, Grenada’s New Dimension Steel Orchestra triumphed and did just that, turning
Babonneau Steel Orchestra retains St. Lucia title; Harmonites repeats win in Small Band Category
Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, W.I. - St. Lucia’s 2012 National Panorama saw steel orchestras competing in the large band category and in the small category.
Brazil, SA - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Pioneer, Musician, Arranger and Conductor - Soluna Garnes shares her experiences, visions and overall thoughts as she takes on the challenge of introducing the Steelpan to the country of B
Musashino-City, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese steel pan player Sasaki Kentaro who visited Trinidad and performed with Phase II Pan Groove in 2005, has a passion for Pan, and earlier this month he funneled this passion into what became the festival ‘Pan Lov
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - For the participants in the 2012 Grenada Bomb Tune competition, and those who had the good fortune to be there in person to experience it, the show was probably a good one, if 2011 and other past Bomb Tune competitions w
Global - Anthony Williams, leader and arranger of the defunct Pan Am North Stars, has planned a special occasion to celebrate his 81st birthday.
On June 24, at the St. James Amphitheatre, Williams will commemorate the 50th year of the band’s renditio
Read more…Global - It’s time once more for the annual Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama competition, and six steel orchestras will vie for the 2012 championship title on August 2 at Carnival City in St. John’s. East Vibes Steel Orchestra is expected to throw
Brooklyn, New York, USA - So not even the torridness of the then-unfolding heat wave or the downpour of rain, could put a ‘damper’ on last weekend’s Pan fete. It was “Back in Times” through the ‘90s, New York style. Yes it has begun - “Pan in New Yor
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I. - More than a hat-trick, to make their own mark on history, steel orchestras from St. Vincent & the Grenadines will now have to surpass the ‘beaver trick’—four championships in a row—racked up by the 2012
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Read more…Master Tuner Wallace Austin
Wallace Austin at Basement Recordings/ WST Studios
Wallace Austin is considered as one of the finest steelpan tuners ever. Wallace Austin was part of the legendary team of tuners (Rudolph Charles, Lincoln Noel, James 'Bas
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