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Ace Panists Freddie Harris, III & Mustafa Alexander light up the Kemah Pan Jam Festival

Texas, USA - Two of New York’s well-known panists - Freddie Harris, III and Mustafa Alexander - made the trip down south to Texas not too long ago as the headline

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Rise of the Steelband in Guyana

Submitted by and published with the express permission of the author - the late Godfrey Chin

Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 - By Godfrey Chin

By 1953 local bands sprouted throughout the mudland from Bartica t

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Champion Steelband Arranger Earl Rodney in the Spotlight - Revisited

New York, USA - He is one of the esteemed champion arrangers of the Golden Era of pan. His name, like the other great ones, carries much respect and recognition. And like his fellow famed steelband music panorama arrangers - one name will suffice as

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Revisited -- Destra Garcia - as you have never heard her before - her love for the SteelPan instrument, the passion & pain behind her songwriting

Global - Destra Garcia of Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most successful and popular SOCA music artists in the world. Like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Mary J and others, Destra has cultivated and maintained a special bond with her adoring young fans who

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Steelband Music Classic Performances

There are musical compositions, arrangements, and performances that are undeniably musical gems. Moreover they are true classics that have weathered the test of time. These classics continue to shine irrespective of the era, changes in musical taste

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Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going
by Les Slater

Brooklyn, New York

“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the band. I can hear the sound of the tenor pan.”

It is to our