Feb. 2, 2020
Judging in the Panyards/Communities - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition: Large Conventional Steel Orchestra Preliminaries - Northern Region steel orchestras. Time: 7:00 p.m. --- 7 steel orchestras --- Trinidad All Sta
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. From Sunday February 2 to Wednesday 5, 2020, seventeen Large Conventional steel orchestras will face their category judges in a bid to fill fourteen coveted spots in the semi-finals round of the National Panora
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Global- The first few images in “The Illustrated Story of Pan” (288 pages) that jumped up and grabbed my eyeballs seemed eerily familiar. It wasn’t the six or seven young men scratching out the early rhythm of the steel band on paint pans, biscuit dr
(Day 1 - South/Central) Judging in the Panyards/Communities - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition: Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra - Preliminaries - South/Central Region steel orchestras. Time: 6:00 p.m. --- 4 steel orchestras -
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(Day 2 - South/Central) Judging in the Panyards/Communities - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition: Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra - Preliminaries - South/Central Region steel orchestras. Time: 6:00 p.m. --- 4 steel
Jan. 29, 2020
(East) Judging in the Panyards/Communities - Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama competition: Medium Conventional Steel Orchestra - Preliminaries - Eastern Region steel orchestras. Time: 6:00 p.m. --- 9 steel orchestras --- Poten
Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators With Arranger Ojay Richards Capture Title
Uptown Fascinators Steel Orchestra out of sister isle Tobago bested thirteen co-competitors to clinch the championship and trophy in the 2020 Small conventional steel orchestra fi
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“If anyone sees any reason why these two should not be wed, let them speak now or forever hold their peace!”
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Just in case you haven’t heard, Duvone Stewart is now a two-time champion Panorama arranger for the illu
Read more…Official music video for 'More Sokah' performed by Nailah Blackman.
Creative Direction: Shayad ‘Plexx’ Andrews, Nailah Blackman
Christian Bedassie
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This is a big panorama song
When Steel Talks extends condolences to friends and family of the legendary master arranger Dr. Jit Samaroo.
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Read more…Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - “You gotta love what you do. It’s going to take a lot of practice, patience and dedication. You will make mistakes along the way but that’s the beauty about mistakes; you learn
Let me fill in the missing pieces and some clarification of Sundowners.
The original Sundowners was captained by Selwyn Dayal and I was the music arranger. The address was at Purcell Street in a garage which belonged to Selwyn's famil
Global - Diligence, professionalism and consistency could be said to be just a few of the watchwords and hallmarks which guide the life of Tobago-born 33-year old steelpan musician, arranger and performing artist Duvone Stewart.
....In this exclusiv
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Global - Destra Garcia of Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most successful and popular SOCA music artists in the world. Like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Mary J and others, Destra has cultivated and maintained a special bond with her adoring young fans who
Trinidad and Tobago - With the Trinidad and Tobago 2010 carnival season almost upon us - one of the country’s leading champions of their performing arts and culture, radio station WACK 90.1fm , finds itself the victim of an ironic twist of fate. The
Read more…Carl Chase - The Man Behind Steelpan in Maine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - He is quiet, reserved, unassuming and soft-spoken yet his passion for the steelpan and its music burns white hot. Meet Carl Chase, the man singularly responsible for the int |
Global - Colorful, charismatic and talented, the legendary Geoffrey Holder took time out of his extremely busy schedule to share a few minutes with When Steel Talks about the two steelband firsts’ for which he was solely responsible. An insight int
Canada - Alton C. Clarke, or “Clarky” as he is known to all pan players and pan lovers in the Canadian Midwest, brought an awareness and appreciation of the steelpan instrument and its music to the province of Manitoba between the years 1971 to 198
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Brooklyn, New York - There are very few accolades that have not been bestowed on CASYM (Caribbean American Sports & Cultural Youth Movement, Inc.) Steel Orchestra and its parent organization for success of its unparalleled musical, educational and co
