New York, USA - NYU Steel has been on a steady rise since its inception. The men fueling this upward trajectory are Professor Jonathan Haas and his field general Josh Quillen - the music director of NYU Steel. At the close of the New York U
Pan magazine (the brain child of Dalton Narine and Les Slater) remains simply the finest steelpan music publication ever printed. WST revisits another article from the magazine originally published in the Fall of 1987. Thanks again to Dalton Narin
Global - Ray Holman is one of the pivotal figures in the history of the steelpan movement. This legendary stalwart has left his extraordinary mark as an arranger, writer, and performing and recording artist. When Steel Talks had the pleasure of inter
Global - Meet Marc Brooks: Brooklyn native, panist, arranger, educator and performing artist... Creative, inquisitive, thoughtful, gifted and growing - Marc is a natural. He is a ‘sponge’ whose musical horizon is expanding by the moment.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The eleven (11) remaining bands in the South/Central and Tobago Regions will wind up the National Panorama Single Pan Preliminaries over three days
The eight (8) South/Central bands will go through their paces before the adj
National Panorama 2020 Single Pan Preliminaries judging will commence with the eight bands in the Northern Region on Monday November 4, 2019. The exercise begins at 7:00 p.m. with Music Makers, Straker Village, Picton Road, L
Many of the aristocratic elements in the society stuck up their noses at the steelband men and their music and sought to have them banned from playing on the streets. Government at one time even sought to pass a law giving t
Global- “...I just so happen to love the instrument, and the culture and everything that goes behind it - like Trinidad, calypso... once I got into pan, I really got into it. And as a composer I was coming from like a film score background - like f
Watch the Live Stream - BIG 5 Concert - featuring - Exodus, Phase II Pan Groove, Renegades, Trinidad All Stars and Desperadoes -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Start Time 6:30 PM
Global - Veteran songwriter, recording artist, composer and performer Pelham Goddard has long been associated with the steelpan instrument. Having won several steelband competitions with Exodus Steel Orchestra, Mr. Goddard is part of a very elite cl
Global-Kareem Thompson's love affair with the steelpan instrument began at the age of eight years old. It has been and continues to be, a magnificent story. Thoughtful, cerebral, gifted, spiritual and introspective - Kareem brings that rare blend
Triinidad and Tobago- Her story, her reality, her journey - A Pan story... In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Josanne Francis of Trinidad and Tobago—now an NIU graduate student—shares h
Meeting the challenge of identifying new technologies and possibilities for all things Pan
New York, USA - The new technological frontier is AR (Augmented Reality) and Immersive Audio. Actually it’s not new; it’s been on for quite a while. It’s jus
Let's pray for Dr. Roy Cape's full and speedy recovery after he sustained a non life threatening injury from a fall earlier in the week. The Doctor is in high spirits and is resting comfortably at the moment.
