Some Panmen of the 1950s
by Ian Lambie
I am fully aware of the excellent contributions made by Ellie Mannette and Andrew “Pan” de la Bastide to the advancement of “pan” in the USA and by Anthony “Tony” Williams at home. I decided to write about lesse
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Most people claim Brooklyn J’Ouvert officially started in the late 1980s in Flatbush. But here’s Kitchener in 1974 singing “Who Give Them the Okay”, a tune about a J’Ouvert in Bedford Stuyvesant. Assembling on Fulton Street and Franklin Avenue, the
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“I do not believe there is a challenge that would be difficult for this generation because it is some of the same people who have grown up in steelpan during the same tough and challenging times. With that being said, this generation has a creative
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - For most New Yorkers Labor Day signals the passing of Summer: back-to-school, early sunsets, dropping temperatures. However, for West Indians, the heat is on.
Frustrated masqueraders impatiently waiting to collect costumes
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The APA Pan Fellowship is a groundbreaking new programme offering participants a culturally immersive and practical learning environment, infused with the traditions of steelpan, in the wider context of indigenous percussion and pan-Caribbean music
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“The feedback was amazing! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the competition from start to finish. People loved the production, the engaging nature of the show, the live performances from soca artistes and other acts among many other things. I spent weeks
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These streaming services are not really pushing for folks to buy an artist's music. Instead, their main push is for you to purchase a subscription to THEIR (spotify, apple etc...) streaming service. Per stream, an artist recoups $0.00676 (google) wh
Read more…The world is waiting for us to sprout wings and fly while keeping an honest respect and reverence for our history and culture... Ansel joseph
From Rudy Smith, Ray Holman, Len "Boogsie" Sharpe, Othello Molineaux, Andy Narell, and Robert Greenidge to
Read more…As far as WST (When Steel Talks) is aware, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago, and Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra of Brooklyn, New York, are the only orchestras that employ the six-pan as a regular voice in their orchestra. As of Summ
Read more…Global - When Steel Talks extends congratulations to the 2020 International Ramajay organizer Exodus Steel Orchestra and all the contestants in the steelpan competition. You were outstanding.
Results Finals | Semi-Finals > Soloists - Duets - Qu
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New York, USA - “The instrument is amazing as is; however, it’s the organizations and people of power that give it the wrong attention.” - Earl Brooks Jr.
The name “Brooks” resonates deep and loud in the world of Pan. There is the iconic Earl Brook
Read more…Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
New York, USA - After ten years with one of New York’s powerhouse steel orchestras, Tamika Alexander could be described as being ‘Despers USA to the bone!’ She is impassioned about, as she calls him “M
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St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Meet Khan Cordice, the eighteen-year-old youthful arranger for the National Youth Pan Orchestra
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jelani Cielto a special talent? Absolutely. He also has that type of gift that makes a very select few see partial differential equations as child’s play. Blessed with the innate ability of a photographic memory, he has
Read more…“Visa is proud to support Republic Bank Exodus Pan Ramajay and bring experiences as unique as the Trinidad and Tobago DNA.” – said Waldemar Cordero, Head of Marketing for Central America and Caribbean, as he announced Visa’s support for Pan Ramajay
Read more…New York - This is Brooklyn Steel Orchestra as they performed live, on stage in Trinidad, as they competed in the 2015 International Panorama. They performed “Ah Feeling” by “Lead Pipe” and “Sa
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Her vision for Pan - “For the national instrument to be treated as such, for pan men and women to be secured after retirement, for steelpan to reach as far as being featured o
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “The stigma of pan being from the bowels of society, involving “badjohns” or the thought that steelpan music is noise or “wine or jam” that exemplifies the devil... Because I believe it is so much more than this. The ab
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