When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the great panist Robert Greenidge.
Global - It is said that our lives are inextricably linked together in ways we may never know or imagine.
....Years ago a very young Ray Holman arranged the Beatles’ original and the now classic Penny Lane for Starlift Steel Orchestra. While this so
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Global - ....For myself; after an absence of 19 years from the Panorama arena, the prospect of returning evoked a myriad of conflicting thoughts and emotions, which started with the initial offer made to me by the late (WITCO Desperadoes leader) Rudo
Global - He is the man who brought the likes of Beverley Griffith, Clive Bradley, Scipio Sargeant, Ron Berridge, and Raf Robertson into the steel orchestra arranging community. Full Stop!!! Yes, you heard it here.
It is said that the world moves
Read more…Happy Birthday, Lord Kitchener |
A Tribute to Kitchener, our Beloved Griot Pan, Calypso and Calypsonian New York: April 18, 2005 is the Grand Master’s birthday. |
Presentation from the Kitchener symposium held at Medgar Evers College - Brooklyn, New York, USA
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“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the
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
MEETING OF THE MASTERS
ARRANGERS bare some of their feelings at a Forum at Basement Recordings
What do you get when, for the first time in history, Pan arrangers par excellence agree to meet at an impromptu rap session? What comes out are Insigh
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
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Clyde Durant, president of Moods Pan Groove.
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Montréal, Canada - “Growing up, most little girls would spend their time playing with dolls, throwing a tea party with their teddy bears etc. I on the other hand was given a pair of pan sticks… thank
“For me personally, I am most proud of throwing myself into learning a new Pan (cello) when I first began playing with PESO, and I am still currently playing it and loving it. When it comes to the Pan community, I am most proud of the continuous str
Read more…by Nestor Sullivan
Global - This year, 2010, steelbands in England participating in the Panorama at the Notting Hill Carnival, played for free. That is, the bands received no monies for appearance fees or for prizes. It is reported that this was due
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New York, USA - She truly has ‘Pan in her DNA...’ Her grandfather is Steve ''Shart'' Edwards, a champion Panorama drummer for the legendary Solo Harmonites Steel Orchest
Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
When Steel Talks provides an exclusive 2002 interview with Glenda Forde-Gamory. Ms. Gamory is currently the president for Pantonic Steel Orchestra. P
United Kingdom - From Panorama player to music educator - she has experienced all aspects of the Pan up close and personal. Performer, arranger, and now director - the steelpan instrument is in her b
Rudolph Charles - Thirty-Five Years Later, Steelband Leader Still Exceptional
Originally published - February 2010
Global - - March 29th, to be exact - will be thirty-one years since the death of one of the most influential figures in the history
The late great Pat Bishop was the first known female to sing with a steelband (Esso Tripoli) live in 1967 as the result of a bet that a steelband could play softly enough to accompany an unamplified female voice. | see more |
In 1972 Merle Albino-
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New York, USA - Culture is her life blood. The Performing Arts flows through her veins. She’s a triple threat - Educator, Dancer, and Percussionist. Rosanna To
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