Live Stream Brazil 2020 Carnival

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Congrats to Joylanders Steel Orchestra the 2020 Medium Panorama Winners

When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra and arranger Stefon West

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Large Band Panorama 2020 Finals Results - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Cops 12th Championship

Panorama 2020 Results - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra Takes 12^th Championship with Arranger Carlton “Zanda” Alexander

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is the Panorama 2020 champion, copping the orchestra’s twelfth title, along wit

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Medium Band Panorama 2020 Finals Results

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ten steel orchestras in the Medium band finals of Trinidad & Tobago’s annual National Panorama had their musical say on the night of Sunday February 16, 2020.  They faced judges Joanna Ragbir, Lennox London, Roger Sardinha,

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Results - Small Conventional Steel Orchestra Finals - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2020

Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators With Arranger Ojay Richards Capture Title

Uptown Fascinators Steel Orchestra out of sister isle Tobago bested thirteen co-competitors to clinch the championship and trophy in the 2020 Small conventional steel orchestra fi

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From Ray Holman's Mom to Girl Pat ------Beryl, Pat and Pat by Von Martin from his book “Voices of Pan Pioneers of Trinidad & Tobago”

The girls in ‘Girl Pat Steel Orchestra’ did feel proud of their contributions to the advancement of the steel band movement. They mastered an instrument no one ever thought would accomplish such stature in today’s world of music. “It is sad though,

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Christmas with CrossFire Steel Orchestra

A Steelpan Music Wonderland - No Place for the Grinch

Brooklyn, New York, USA - “Nah it’s cold out there - can’t go” -- were words that were never entertained or spoken by the full-house crowd that turned up for the CrossFire Steel Orchestra ‘We Th

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1000 Shades of Kendall Williams - Composer, Arranger, Performing Artist and Educator

Faculty Recital Kendall K. Williams, Pan in Motion

Brooklyn, New York, USA - Kendall Williams is an unadulterated triple threat - composer, arranger and performing artist. And of course you can throw educator in there if you like.

Quiet and unass

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New Zealand Experiences Steelband Love Through The Passion Of Marion Titmuss

by Marion Titmuss

A WST Exclusive

New Zealand - What is a white, middle class, classically-trained flautist doing trying to get Pans going in New Zealand schools and how did she get the first University in Australasia to agree to Pans being introduc

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To Hell and Back to Pan by Dalton Narine

Veterans Day Embraces 2 Trinis who served in Vietnam and elsewhere

Global - ....Veterans Day is officially observed on November 11.  So, it’s the memory of the Vietnam War and how Gerry and I both fought it as soldiers of the First Infantry Division

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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Carl Chase and wife Susan on their passing

Our sincere condolences to the Pan community of Maine, USA on the death of the man who brought steelpan music and the artform to the state. 

See WST interview Carl Chase

Carl and Susan Chase, pillars of local arts, die by choice

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The Steel Orchestra and the Immersive Audio experience - a match made in audio heaven?

When Steel Talks through our recording wing Basement Recordings, has had the good fortune of being associated with some of the best steelpan and steel orchestra recordings ever produced. Part of that fortune has been a keen understanding of the Pan i

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Revisited' Pelham Goddard - The Quiet Giant

PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946.  The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin’s EC school.  His love affair with music began early, with the first instrumental object of h

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A Moment in Pan - Honoring All Pan Tuners - Yesterday and Today November 7

International Pan Tuner Day

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Meet Mustafa Alexander, Panist and Performing Musician - UpClose

New York, USA - Mustafa Alexander, who started playing pan in New York during the Bradley-Pantonic years, experienced special moments in New York pan first-hand as he learned and expanded his skill set as a steelband musician under the great Cl

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Meet Nigel Byam, Director of Marketing, New Dimension Steel Orchestra, Grenada - UpClose!

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Meet Champion Arranger & Performing Artist, Cordel Byam - UpClose!

Grenada, W.I. - He is a first-time national champion steelband Panorama arranger; youthful, yet at the age of thirty-one a “young” veteran in his craft of musicianship, with a history of more than twenty years of involvement with the steelband art

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Meet the executive producer of the Ken “Professor” Philmore tribute “Pan By Storm... The Storm Continues” - Sherwin Thwaites - UpClose!

How does one pay homage to a legend, mentor and friend?

From A Place of Love.

A project based on, and motivated and inspired by, nothing but love.

With the unexpected passing of Ken “Professor” Philmore on September 30, 2018, many worldwide were move

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Real Talk - From New York Pan Men and Pan Women - But Is Anybody Listening?

New York, USA -  ....With resounding clarity and honesty, members of the next generation of leaders, arrangers, tuners, owners, players and managers speak to the dangers and perils that face New York pan. And moreover, that which threatens the New Y

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Memorial Concert for the Legendary Ellie Mannette by Emily Lemmerman

A WST Exclusive

USA - When Ellie Mannette died in August of 2018, the steelband community worldwide grieved along with his family. He had made it clear that he did not want a funeral, but we, his apprentices, friends and family, knew we would soon h

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