When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Candice Andrews-Brumant, captain of Renegades Steel Orchestra.
When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the iconic Ms. Ursula Tudor of the legendary Desperadoes Steel Orchestra. She will be severely missed by the glob
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes-Millington)
SINGING SANDRA
REAL NAME: Sandra Des Vignes
DATE OF BIRTH: 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH: East Dry River, Port-of-Spain
EDUCATION: ...
CAREER: Sa
Read more…“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” - Cicely Tyson
RIP C
Cicely Tyson and Bobbi Humphrey brought spoken word and music as Ms. Tyson in her always regal manner read "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.
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Global - “In 1973 he migrated to Venezuela where he further developed his skills as a tuner of great merit, by tuning pans of different styles of other tuners who had passed through Venezuela and left their pans there. After nine years in Venezuela
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“There seems to be a greater need to explore and experience more especially by our youth. Their musical appetite seems quite encompassing and the loyalty to a single band as in the earlier years seems to be a thing of the past. Not that this is nece
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In regards to Pan: "The moment I would have to say I am most proud of, would be last year, when I won my first competition as an arranger.” In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Mikela Sim
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(May – 1999)
William Blake a British philosopher- a poet who lived in the period 1757-1827 wrote the following words in one of his poems: “O see a world in a grain of sand/And heaven in a wild flower/Hold infinity in the palm of your hand/And eterni
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Sergio Boré, percussionist, composer, researcher, spiritual and creator of musical nuances.
One of the most recognized Brazilian percussionists. We met at the height of the "peace and love" era, hippie hippie, practitioners of a code o
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performances by: Steel Sensation, Pan Evolution, Garvin Blake, Frankie McIntosh & Josh Quillen
Brooklyn, New York, USA - ....Pan In Motion, the bra
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Global - "Clive was one of the greatest musicians ever produced by this country [Trinidad & Tobago]. He was a master of orchestration. He had a fine mind and was very witty. He was a fantastic musician. It is a terrific loss - there can only be one
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Khalick J. Hewitt with Ellie MannetteGlobal - "It is not often that a country produces so many geniuses in so short a time period. Since Trinbago achieved its political independence from England in 1962, many of its citizens have excelled in the ar
Read more…When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Pantonic Steel Orchestra performed a Clive Bradley-arrangement of André
Read more…On what keeps his passion for the instrument going - Bowie Sonnie Bowei says:
“At first, it was the uniqueness of the instrument and the positive reactions on the faces of people who listen to pan for the first time. Now, it is the joy that it bring
A When Steel Talks Exclusive
Picture by Chrome Furnishers Limited
Akira Iino from Japan has created a new guitar pan with diamond shapes indented into the skirt of the drum. The diamond-cut steel drums are m
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Global - "My first meeting with Clive Bradley was at Platinum Factory recording studio (Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY) in the early 1980s. He was working there as arranger on a Lord Nelson pro
Read more…Global - Rebecca – A Carnival Symphony
Listening to Desperadoes perform Clive Bradley’s arrangement of “Rebecca” never gets stale. The opening statement continues to capture the soul. That spellbinding run at the end of the introduction is always ex
Read more…An exclusive When Steel Talks interview with Andy Neils - steelpan tuner and former ace steelpan player for the legendary Renegades Steel Orchestra
Global - Andy “Max” Neils is an accomplished and outstanding steelpan tuner whose talents are sought
He is one of the best and most trusted cultural journalists in the world today. For years - panist, editor, journalist and director Dalton Narine has been the 'Walter Cronkite' of cultural affairs - particularly in Trinidad and Tobago's mas and pan w
