IT COMES as no surprise to me that the recent revelations about the record collection of the late Queen Mum has indicated the royals spend their evenings behind palace doors dancing to black music.
Your record collection says a lot about who you ar
Released in 1981 on the Charisma label, The Desperadoes, known throughout the world simply as the grey album, is considered the finest steelpan music recording ever by many. The impact of this release is still influencing steel orchestras all over th
Carnival 2021 came and went. There is a tremendous amount of potential for us as a nation if we can learn from the experience. Here are my thoughts and suggestions
Still sounding awesome 17 years later to the day. Thank you Mr. Marcano and the late Dr. Samaroo for always providing access wherever we met - Antigua, New York, Trinidad & Tobago...
Just Listen ! From a Friday night many moons ago...
Global -He was the blueprint for successful steelband leadership. George Goddard, one of the early leaders of the Steelbands Association, was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold posthumously for his contribution to the development
"Through his body of work and the decades he spent touring the world, he touched and inspired the lives of millions," Chick Corea's family wrote in a statement following his death on February 9th.
New York Pan Stars performs Chick Corea's classic "Spain" at Pantastic Friday 2014 in Brooklyn New York at Volume II. click to read full story http://j.mp/1z8k44J
At three score and ten, plus six, with a mind as sharp as it has ever been, it turns out worshipping took a toll on his knees. How did that happen? Well, for a couple of months, on mornings, he would go to the pan yard, in St Barbs, which he built fr
Global - In this time of COVID-19, much has changed, including the attendance of funerals/celebrations of life due to restrictions in size of gatherings. And this was of course true for the in-person attendance of the December 19 service for the la
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- She lives it, talks it and walks it full time - 24-7-365. She is one of the world's most successful steelpan parents. A panist and
The late Jomo Wahtuse was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest steelpan in the world - the Jomoline. His claim for the Largest steel pan / steel drum - Claim Number: 313592 with the Guinness Book for Records has been successful and confi
“You have no band without a beautiful flagwoman,” sang the late Lord Kitchener in 1976 and 41 years later the flagwoman remains an important ingredient that flavours a steelband. Pan lore is replete with outstanding steelband flagwomen, like Mayfield
