Scarborough, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s Tobago region presents Steelpan & Powder Parade 2025. It unfolds on Saturday October 25. Live stream is by Radicle Tube. Starting point: Coast Guard Base, Scarborough, Tobago. The event is adve
Roger Greenidge - Arranger
Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra after their recording sessionBrooklyn, New York, USA - Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra led by veteran arranger Roger Greenidge, embraced the concept of musical storytelling t
Read more…Tristan Japsi - Arranger
Steel Sensation after their recording sessionBrooklyn, New York, USA - Steel Sensation performed a Tristan Japsi (aka Tristan Brewington-Japsi)-arrangement of Voice’s “Too Own Way’” as its tune of choice for the 2025 New Y
Read more…Odie Franklin - Arranger
Despers USA Steel Orchestra after their recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captures Despers USA Steel Orchestra as they prepare for the 2025 New York steelband Panorama competition. Despers USA
Read more…Tristan Japsi - Arranger
Steel Sensation during their recording session
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Basement Recordings captures Steel Sensation on Friday, August 29 as they prepared in their Brooklyn, New York panyard for the 2025 New York steelband P
Read more…Roger Greenidge - Arranger
Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra during their recording sessionBrooklyn, New York, USA - Philadelphia Pan Stars Steel Orchestra led by veteran arranger Roger Greenidge, embraced the concept of musical storytelling
Read more…
PanAlley Steel OrchestraBrooklyn, New York, USA - In pictures and audio, Basement Recordings documents PanAlley Steel Orchestra founded by New York steelband music veteran Travis Roberts. This first-ever Panorama for the band featured a music coll
Read more…Vanessa Headley-Brewster - Arranger
Metro Steel OrchestraBrooklyn, New York, USA - For 2025 Metro Steel Orchestra worked with arranger Vanessa Headley-Brewster in a New York-Panorama history-making move in a first for the annual event. She is the
Read more…Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - Arranger
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Champion arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle returned to the D’Radoes Steel Orchestra fold this season, and collaborated with them as they performed his arrangement of “Jamtown” for the 2025 Ne
Read more…
Mangrove Steelband at the 2025 UK National PanoramaLondon, England, U.K. - It is title number thirteen for 2025 UK National Panorama champion Mangrove Steelband, led by its arranger André White. The sweetness of the band’s performance of his arran
Read more…
Children enjoy dancing with Sesame Flyers’ costumed masqueraders to the sounds of Eruption Steel OrchestraNew York, USA - ....Couldn’t resist the urge to shake a leg as the Labor Day weekend closes in? Check. Stage sides of steel orchestras Erupti
Read more…New Staging, New Chapter, New Path Forward
NYU Steel with Daron Roberts (left) and Dr. Kendall K. Williams
New York, USA - Before the scorching hot days of summer, was the cool and inviting springtime which was the backdrop for NYU (New York Univer
Read more…
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, champion arranger Vanessa Headley-Brewster speaks on her musical journey, and her latest path - arranging for New York’s Metro Steel Orchestra. We also hear from Metro’s leader Anthony “Big
Read more…It is with deep sorrow I bring the news of the passing of Clarence Curvan legendary band leader.
My thoughts are with those of you who knew him.
Clarence has joined Andre Tanker, Clive Bradley, Beverley Griffiths, Roy Cape, Joey Lewis, Ron Berridge an
Read more…
Pantime Steel Orchestra on stage during its championship performance at the 2025 Saint Lucia Panorama
Saint Lucia, W.I. - Periodical downpours of rain on Sunday July 13 did not stop the sounds of steel orchestras as they fervently served up respect
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Prime Minister Stuart Young with his parents Priscilla and Richard at the swearing-in ceremony at President’s House, St Ann’s, on Monday.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In less than 48 hours of being sworn in as the nation’s e
Read more…
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - They led all the way from the preliminaries, through the semi-finals and took home the championship title after final night competition. Exodus Steel Orchestra and arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle are champions in the large
Read more…
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ten large steel orchestras are performing in the 2025 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama finals.
The competitive performances can be experienced, live and as they unfold, via stream, from the venue of Carnival City, QPS (Q
Read more…
