A When Steel Talks Exclusive
Connecticut, USA - ....I attended a Calliope’s Children rehearsal one August evening, and Jimmy put me on a set of four basses to watch and learn from the two bass-pan players: his son, Keith
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Global - Claudette Baptiste was born to Yvonne and Ruthven Callendar in the twin island of Trinidad and Tobago. She married her childhood sweetheart and love of her life Saint Aubyn Charles Baptiste. In this union, Claudette was b
Read more…In speaking with Dr. Batson—Professor of Music, and Chair of Visual and Performing Arts, Florida Memorial University—about the NYU Steel/New York Theatre Ballet collaboration, she noted in part that “Pan music like the music of the ancestors, has nev
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Please take a moment and lift our pan sister in your prayers!
Global - After three rounds of intense competition over several weeks, displaying scintillating, sometimes creative performances - Trinidad & Tobago′s own Keishaun Julien vanquished his nine musical contenders on this May 22 PanoGrama 2021 final ni
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An exclusive interview with the late Alston "Lil" Jack
"I was born on the island of Trinidad and Tobago, which has one government. It is located near to South America, that’s in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The population is over one millio
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“Aside from my love of the instrument, I think it is important to preserve our culture in perpetuity. All too often, we are so overly influenced by ʽwestern culture’ that we are willing to leave our own ways behind. I don’t want Pan or Caribbean cult
Robberies at Hatters Steelband Pan Theatre, San Fernando
by Holllis Clffton
Japan - “....people in the world are connected through pan, enjoying music, and where we are making a future.”
The sound of the pan gives her energy and makes her feel alive; Pan is her passion. In an
Global - Rather abruptly, our Sociology professor asked for an example of a “synergistic collaboration”; silence pervaded the room; that was during my college freshman year. Toda
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Global - In this time of COVID-19, much has changed, including the attendance of funerals/celebrations of life due to restrictions in size of gatherings. And this was of course true for the in-person attendance of the December 19 service for the la
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Global - "In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare wrote of the Roman warrior “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” So let it not be with Clive
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“...Time has come that the drums or barrels be standardized so that the texture and thickness of the metal along with the other materials used to make the drums are all one thing. I believe that this will help with creating a uniformed sound. ” ––
Read more…Global - “...There is only one Clive Bradley who gave us exceptional music. Clive is my friend... He was a very sharing man and a very private man. It is a great, great loss. I have lost my friend... for me he used to create magic... ” –– Ella Andall
Read more…When Steel Talks - Feel the Music - Live the Experience - Reboot
“Goddammit! God-dam y′all bad...”
These words, an emphatic and joyous declaration from the elderly Black American, heard shouting at the end of this recording, in a spontaneous outbur
Listen to the late iconic steelpan pioneer, tuner and panist Mikey Enoch in his own voice.
This seminar was captured at a When Steel Talks/Basement Recordings pan class in the early 1990s.
Tuner Mikey Enoch was unequivocally one of the pillars of the
We're celebrating Republic Day with “T&T Together” – an exciting concert featuring our Digicel Ambassadors backed by the A Team Band
Read more…It ain’t that easy - playing a Pan, that is
Global - So who knew that the Tenor voice of the steelpan family of instruments, would prove to apparently be the most difficult challenge for some team members on the CBS Amazing Race’s latest season pr
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Rubadiri Victor
This is what I'm trying to get the politicians to understand... A Youth from my community who is a brilliant panman and a leading light amongst wayward peers has reached the end of his rope...
He plays pan and does gardening and od
