Destination Montreal - Festival International de Steelpan de Montreal 2012 in Review

Canadians Celebrate Steelpan Music at Week-Ends du Monde

Pan Coalition of Maine performs at F.I.S.M. 2012 in Montreal, Canada

Montreal, Canada - They danced, they sang, they smiled broadly, as they cheered and clapped and they listened intently - but mostly their hearts, bodies and souls were filled with the joyous

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Revisited -- The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils In the Spotlight

The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive
with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils
In the Spotlight

Revisited - Originally published - 10.21.06

Trinidad - One of the pan tuning greats Lincoln 'Delgado' Noel has recently passed, but the art of tuning the steelpan instrum

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Inaugural USSA steelband “Bomb” competition showcases New York steelpan talent and resolve

New York Steelpan Youth Have Spoken

New York, USA - On a periodically picture-perfect Saturday afternoon twelve New York steel orchestras participated in the USSA (United States Steelband Association) –sponsored inaugural event called “Pan Expo 201

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Pan in Greece - Delaware Steel plays ISME Conference

Delaware, USA - On July 13, Delaware Steel, under the direction of Professor Harvey Price of the UD (University of Delaware) in Newark, will head out on tour for the first time since its Eurasian stint in 2008 when they shared the stage with gre

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Revisiting - New Yorkers Take the Lead - Honors Steel Band Pioneers

“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” ― James Baldwin

Another When Steel Talks Review

Honored Steelband pioneers and proxies

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A Ministry Exclusively for the Steelpan in Trinidad & Tobago

A Ministry Exclusively for the Steelpan in Trinidad & Tobago

by Salah A. Wilson

This proposal and discussion is not a response to any current dispute concerning the Steelpan movement and the Cultural Ministry of Trinidad and Tobago. This topic has

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The Foundry Ensemble Showcases with Andy Akiho on Steelpan - Princeton University the backdrop of Pan

The Foundry Ensemble Showcases with Andy Akiho on Steelpan
Princeton University the backdrop of Pan

The Foundry Ensemble at the Infini-T Cafe after their performance

Princeton, New Jersey, USA - It’s intense, yet relaxed; the familiarity of the players in the practice room in the Woolworth Music Center, just next

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A historical look at Steelpan In Guyana - Down Steelpan Memory Lane With Rudy Bishop

In A 2001 article, Guyanese Godfrey Chin writes, “On February 6, 1945, there were born two boys, different parents, different countries – one in Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica – the other, David St. Kitty, Guyana. And JA, the great African God of Music

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WST Reboot -- Flamingoes Steel Orchestra - A look at the once-renowned orchestra - yesterday, today and tomorrow

Flamingoes Steel Orchestra
A look at the once-renowned orchestra - yesterday, today and tomorrow

by Salah Wilson

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Flamingoes is a process in motion. It will take some time for the band to get back anywhere near to its form

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Panorama 2012 through the lens of Pan Podium

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The multi-talented Robbie Joseph of Pan Podium takes us on a Panorama 2012 pictorial.

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“Women’s Contribution to the Steelband Movement” -- Merle Albino-de Coteau

“Women’s Contribution to the
Steelband Movement”
Merle Albino-de Coteau

Mrs. Merle Albino-de Coteau is a retired Director of Culture, in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Women's Affairs. She is a daughter of the soil having being

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Neville Jules Speaks - Revisted

There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at When Steel Talks refer to as Giants and Titans of “Pan and the Steelpan Movement.” Through their intellect, ta

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Girl Pat Steel Orchestra - A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

An excerpt from The Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan History and Evolution by Dr FIR (Fedo) Blake reads: “The most successful female venture in the steel pan movement was made by the Girl Pat Steel Orchestra of Hazel Henley of Picton Street, Newtown. Sh

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Panorama 2012 Notes - Ramajaying All Over Steel City

Global - Personal notes on live interactions from Panorama 2012 by journalist, pan historian, musician and film editor Dalton Narine.

The thoughts of the likes of the legendary Anthony Williams and Len “Boogsie” Sharpe; the raw words of Pan Trinba

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Desperadoes Steel Orchestra And The 50th Panorama

by Dalton Narine

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Desperadoes wasn’t at the finals on Panorama night, in part because the average fan could have hardly recognized the personality of the band, though 42-year tenor player Ursula Tudor stood out as usual.

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Antigua - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form Tribute To Women In Pan

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

Tribute To Women In Pan - Antigua

Woman On Pan

My name is Dotsie Isaac Gellizeau. I am an Antiguan mother, a sister, a wife, a writer and above all else a - renaissance woman. Women doing their natural

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The Women from Trinidad's "First Family of Pan" KAREN and KEISHA Codrington of the Pan Family Steel Orchestra

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

The Women from Trinidad's "First Family of Pan" KAREN and KEISHA Codrington of the Pan Family Steel Orchestra

Karen Codrington - Co-Manager, Treasurer

Karen is a very serious and disciplined young woma

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WOMAN IN PAN -- Mark E. Loquan -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

Tribute To Women In Pan - 2005

WOMAN IN PAN
Mark E. Loquan

VERSE
One could say women contribute literacy
To the whole evolution in pan
Like the case of our women conductors
And adjudicators, dey cont

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Pan Visionary Hollis Clifton in the Spotlight

A SteelpanVibes interview by Barbara Sealy Rhoden

hollis-clif.jpg?width=150 Florida, USA - ....It was during my student tenure in England in the early 1970s, as fate would have it I became a member of the Ebony Steelband. But, with the social stigma attached to the steelban

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Steelband Pioneer & Arranger Junior Pouchet Remembered: Eulogy

by Dalton Narine

Global - Since I spoke with Les Slater this morning about the passing of Junior Pouchet (pictured), related to me by his family in Orlando, I’ve been playing Silver Stars’ double CD, 27 cuts by Junior’s band and nine by his brother E

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Destination Montreal - Festival International de Steelpan de Montreal 2012 in Review

Revisited -- The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils In the Spotlight

The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive
with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils
In the Spotlight

Inaugural USSA steelband “Bomb” competition showcases New York steelpan talent and resolve

Pan in Greece - Delaware Steel plays ISME Conference

Revisiting - New Yorkers Take the Lead - Honors Steel Band Pioneers

“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” ― James Baldwin

A Ministry Exclusively for the Steelpan in Trinidad & Tobago

The Foundry Ensemble Showcases with Andy Akiho on Steelpan - Princeton University the backdrop of Pan

A historical look at Steelpan In Guyana - Down Steelpan Memory Lane With Rudy Bishop

WST Reboot -- Flamingoes Steel Orchestra - A look at the once-renowned orchestra - yesterday, today and tomorrow

Panorama 2012 through the lens of Pan Podium

“Women’s Contribution to the Steelband Movement” -- Merle Albino-de Coteau

“Women’s Contribution to the
Steelband Movement”
Merle Albino-de Coteau

Neville Jules Speaks - Revisted

Girl Pat Steel Orchestra - A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Panorama 2012 Notes - Ramajaying All Over Steel City

Desperadoes Steel Orchestra And The 50th Panorama

Antigua - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form Tribute To Women In Pan

Tribute To Women In Pan - Antigua

Woman On Pan

The Women from Trinidad's "First Family of Pan" KAREN and KEISHA Codrington of the Pan Family Steel Orchestra

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

The Women from Trinidad's "First Family of Pan" KAREN and KEISHA Codrington of the Pan Family Steel Orchestra

WOMAN IN PAN -- Mark E. Loquan -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

WOMAN IN PAN
Mark E. Loquan

Pan Visionary Hollis Clifton in the Spotlight

Steelband Pioneer & Arranger Junior Pouchet Remembered: Eulogy

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The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils In the Spotlight

“Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.” ― James Baldwin

“Women’s Contribution to the Steelband Movement” Merle Albino-de Coteau

Tribute To Women In Pan - Antigua

Woman On Pan

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

The Women from Trinidad's "First Family of Pan" KAREN and KEISHA Codrington of the Pan Family Steel Orchestra

WOMAN IN PAN Mark E. Loquan

Note: this page contains paid content.

The Art of [Pan] Tuning is Alive
with Andy ‘Mad Max’ Neils
In the Spotlight

“Women’s Contribution to the
Steelband Movement”
Merle Albino-de Coteau

Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form

WOMAN IN PAN
Mark E. Loquan