Not until he was proven to be the gift sent from Siparia to Laventille to bring the lost and wandering band from atop the Hill, back to its spiritual moorings that eyes opened to Carlton Alexander
Read more…Ojay Richards: Beat the PANdemic - The concert series Live Stream
Read more…Watch the Digicel Online Cameo Concert Series - Xavier Strings - 4pm - April 12,
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My advice to the young panists would be to stay humble and strive for highest and to always be yourself in all that you do.” –– Jamal Gibbs
The music of the steelband is his life and passion. In a When Steel Talks exclus
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Martin Douglas. He was the president of New York's CrossFire Steel Orchestra. In addition he was chairman of the United States Steelband Association.
Pan was Dougie's pass
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Global - Lore has him as one of the greatest double-tenor players to have ever walked the planet. Through the eyes of someone who knew him closely—his former wife Kathryn Barbour—the steelband world gets an upclose and personal l
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - She is a steelpan musician, steelpan administrator and a Pan mom. She is a proud member of Tropical Angel Harps. Meet,
New York, USA - When Hansel “Hanny” Leon passed on March 25, 2020, Brooklyn lost a beat. He was the most tireless ironman I have ever heard. Hanny played his iron, a piece of metal that’s central to Trinidad’s music, anywhere, every
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When Steel Talks extends Birthday greetings to pan pioneer Sterling Betancourt.
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JAOTG 2020 Memories Online: A Special Presentation
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Meet Norzika Lewis New York, U.S.A. - “Those ten minutes on stage to me are the best moments in my life every year that I perform. There is always this feeling like a rush of energy that I get when I perform. Because being a performer
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A Prime Minister and a steelband legend build an alliance to benefit pan and a community
History of the Steelband Movement
author: Dalton Narine
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My love for music and the instrument keeps me going, together with the adrenaline rush and new upcoming challenges which a Panorama piec
“I love pan because of the way it makes me feel when I play and listen. Its pure vibes. In addition to this, the relationships and friends I’ve made through pan are really something special and totally irreplaceable. Pan has opened up a whole new wo
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The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus.
Dibango – best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19.
The 86-year-old fused jazz and
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New York, USA - “*Sigh and smile* Bass is BAE! I must admit when I first was introduced to steel pan, from an optical perspective the bass was the pan I did NOT want to play. It looked so “obzocky” an
Trinidad & TobagoTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “What keeps my passion for the instrument and art form going, is having people walk up to me and express their appreciation for my skills
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