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Hueloy - Cultural Promoter - Steelband History
by Doris Green
Global - He is a steelpan music icon, respected, award-wining, and a global ambassador of the steelpan art form. In addition, he is a founding member of the champion Harmonites Steel Orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. When Steel Talks
Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly no longer Trinidad & Tobago Minister of Culture
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The government of Trinidad & Tobago has been sworn in. Former Minister of Community Development and Culture Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly is now the Minister of Education. The responsibility for the national Steelband art form was
Read more…Panorama Time was Bradley Time - The Great One Examined by master musician, arranger extraordinaire Frankie McIntosh
Global - He was simply the world's greatest steelpan music arranger. Moreover, he was the one the titans of pan bowed to. This was his stage, his arena, his moment. This was his time. Panorama was "Bradley Time." Master arranger Clive Bradley, more s
Revisited' Pelham Goddard - The Quiet Giant
PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946. The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin’s EC school. His love affair with music began early, with the first instrumental object of h
Read more…Meet Khan Cordice - Director, Educator, Performing Artist and Arranger - UpClose!
Global - ....Even at a younger age, Khan Cordice’s talent was set in stone, when as a mere teenager he surpassed veteran musicians in the field of arranging in the Moods of Pan festival in his country back in 2008, triumphing that night. Months late
Read more…The History of Steelband in Jamaica
The earliest record of steelpan in Jamaica was in 1954. Arden Williams, a student from Trinidad carried his ping pong with him when he attended the University of the West Indies, Mona campus (then the University College of the West Indies). Soon afte
Pan tuner’s ministry
Trinidad Newsday
‘Dimes’ invents fusion vibe pan

Pan tuner Denzil "Dimes" Fernandez demonstrates his latest invention, the fusion vibe pan, in Laventilleon Friday.
In the field of pan tuning, Denzil “Dimes” Fernandez is a living legend.
Unassuming
Read more…Rise of the Steelband in Guyana
Rise of the Steelband in Guyana
Submitted by and published with the express permission of the author - the late Godfrey Chin
Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 - By Godfrey Chin
By 1953 local bands sprouted throughout the mudland from Bartica t
When Steel Talks and BestOfTrinidad.com Collaborate
Ronald C. Emrit with the Trinidad Steelband in Washington, DC, at the State Department Christmas Party hosted by the late Senator Robert Kennedy (December 1967)
As one of a few considered avenues for expanding WST’s historical data, facts and figur
Read more…The History of Steelpan in the Bahamas - Up-Close!

Bahamas, W.I. - In 1957, Dudley Smith, who had made a name for himself in Trinidad as a Band Leader and Tenor Pan soloist, was brought to the Bahamas by Mrs. Toothe, the widowed owner of the up-scale “Buena Vista Hotel and Restaurant,” located at De
The Story of Steelbands and the Steelband Art Form in Aruba - UpClose!
They started making their steel pans from oil drums collected from the Lago Oil Refinery. The barrels were formed by hammering the bottoms with a sledge hammer until they had the right shape and tone.
The group increasingly started to play variants
Read more…Remembering - George “Nugget” Joseph - Patriarch of Antigua and Barbuda’s Steelband Movement
George “Nugget” Joseph, a centurion, is the patriarch of the Antigua and Barbuda steel pan movement.
“Nugget,” as he is popularly known and referred to, is a pioneer of the steel pan movement of Antigua and Barbuda and a founding member of the Hells
Remembering - Russell ‘Russ’ Henderson MBE - Legend
Trinidad-born jazz pianist and leading figure in the steelband movement in Britain who helped set up the Notting Hill carnival. Read more on Russ Henderson
Russell ‘Russ’ Henderson MBE has sadly passed (August 18, 2015)
by Robbie Joseph - Pan Pod
Read more…NERVIN ‘TEACH’ SAUNDERS WAS A ‘GOOD ONE’ IF THERE EVER WAS ONE
by Andre Moses
I first met Nervin ‘Teach’ Saunders approximately 40 years ago. I was at the beginning of my teaching career and was assigned to St Augustine Secondary, and Teach was an Agricultural Science teacher there.
In 1980 St Augustine Second
Staten Island politician Joe Borelli demands end to West Indian Day Parade, citing cuts to NYPD
Caribbean Life
New York, USA - A Staten Island councilman is calling for the end to Brooklyn’s popular West Indian Day Parade and all of its annual coinciding activities — arguing that it requires a “beefed up and visible police presence” the NYPD
Read more…Revisiting -- Steelband BANNED! No Pan on the Road in Leeds
Ban on steelbands in Leeds West Indian Carnival parade EXCLUSIVE
England, U.K. - Traditional Caribbean steelband music has been banned from the 44th Leeds West Indian Carnival parade.
The carnival committee of 13 members took the unanimous decisio
Read more…Happy Birthday to Junior “Mann” Samuel
New York, USA - When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to Junior “Mann” Samuel, founder and manager of champion band Radoes Steel Orchestra in New York.
Watch - Andre White - BEAT THE PANDEMIC SERIES! - Live stream!
BP Renegades Steel Orchestra
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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Mr Dennis "Tash" Ash & Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra legend Mr Dennis "Tash" Ash has passed.
The great Dennis “Tash” Ash on double seconds,
with the legendary Grammy award winner Ralph MacDonald on congas in Despers’ engine room.
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