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
Notting Hill Carnival Ltd: “The official Notting Hill Carnival 2021 live stream. Sadly Carnival could not return to the road in 2021, but just like last year there is an incredible array of performances and culture, to bring Carnival to wherever
London, England, UK - Mangrove Steelband held on to its title as UK Panorama champion, making it the steel orchestra's eleventh win in the Panorama competition.
....In the midst of a different landscape worldwide, there was a somewhat ʽreduced’ st
Pannist Ray Holman says his upcoming presentation of an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) signals a growing respect for pan and the calypso artform.
Welcome to our first Facebook live chat with arranger, composer and producer, Natasha Joseph (@dpanwoman) What’s on the AGENDR is a new interactive session with leading and upcoming womxn in the audio and AV industry. Get to know more about Natasha
Open letter to the Pan Fraternity and the National Community
LIES, MORE LIES & DAMN LIES
While Sandra Blood of the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper is “used” to painting a rosy picture of Pan Trinbago, on the other hand there exists a dark side in the Bo
When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of former Sparrow's Troubadours - Standout composer, arranger and panist Godwin Bowen.
Brother Resistance was and is an original. It is not easy to be an ‘original’ in today’s world, but he found the courage and conviction to express his originality. I met him in the early 1970’s on the UWI campus. When Birdsong was for
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Anthony “Tony” “Muff-Man” “Skip” Williams–Sun Valley, North Stars and Pan Am Jet North Stars (PAJNS)–is the scientist supreme of tuning and creating pans. He was master arranger, composer, inn
Kyndall Cunningham - Yahoo News -- Ed Sheeran Sun, July 4, 2021, 5:02 AM·6 min read
Last Friday, British pop star Ed Sheeran released “Bad Habits,” the first single from his forthcoming album Minus. The song, which is on track to debut at No. 1 on t
ClÉment Imbert, Project Engineer of the Steelband Research Project, looking at the bowl of a pan made by the hydroforming machine designed by Ron Dennis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UWI (1975)
New York, USA - “...challenges. There is so much to learn, from music theory to Kendall's offbeat phrasings. There's always something to do or something I don't know about as yet. Music is infinite.”
