by Dalton Narine
Global - Since I spoke with Les Slater this morning about the passing of Junior Pouchet (pictured), related to me by his family in Orlando, I’ve been playing Silver Stars’ double CD, 27 cuts by Junior’s band and nine by his brother E
by Andre Moses
St. Augustine Secondary Steel Orchestra has won ten (10) national titles: seven (7) Panoramas and three (3) Steelband Festivals. The band has toured Barbados, France, Scotland and South Africa and has produced music teachers, solo pe
Read more…Found these pictures in a childrens book while doing a school assignment with my kids regarding Trinidad. Can anyone identify the players? Just curious to know who they are.
Read more…Global - It’s March and that means this is Women’s Month. It is the month when we celebrate the contributions of women to the world. Normally - as it is a When Steel Talks tradition - we highlight the month through a series of articles and intervie
Read more…By Nick Fulton
Getting a royalty check is always a win. It means you successfully released music or contributed compositionally to a recording and that all your hard work paid off. It’s also likely not a one-off payment but part of a recurring revenu
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At a glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras that participated in their respective categories in the 2023 Panorama.
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Renegades Steel Orchestra took its twelfth National Panorama title in 2023, as champion arranger Duvone Stewart led them to victory with his arrangement of Black Stalin’s “Black Man Feeling To Party.” The band now ties Des
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra with winning arranger Kersh Ramsey led from the preliminaries, then made it clear coming out of the semi-finals, and finally cemented the title with a resounding performance on stage in th
Read more…The panyard is one place in T&T that transcends race, class, and gender. Jit Samaroo was the arranger for Renegades for many years. They would have protected him with their lives.
For many, the panyard is their home that gives a sense of identity an
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - From the first notes of Fonclaire Steel Orchestra at 6:45 p.m., to Renegades Steel Orchestra's final flourish at 12:22 a.m. the joyful sounds of pan filled the Savannah. After a hiatus of two Panorama seasons since 2021 due
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The line-up of large steel orchestras is set for the “Savannah Party” - the semi-finals competition of the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama, which comes off Sunday February 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fourteen out of seventeen large steel orchestras have advanced to the semi-finals of the 2023 Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama. The results were made public by event organizer Pan Trinbago on Thursday February 2. Eleven
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Medium steel orchestras which made it to the next round of competition in the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023 now know the order in which they will take the stage. The pulling of numbers for playing positions was
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Twenty-three steel orchestras in the medium band category took part in preliminaries for Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023.
....As defending champion, the Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra is out front going into th
Read more…National Schools/Junior Panorama Finals - Primary & Secondary Schools, 21 and Under categories - Trinidad & Tobago
Guaico Presbyterian Steel Orchestra receives championship trophy from Trinidad & Tobago Minister of Education Minister, Dr. Nyan Gadsb
Victor Prescod - Performer, Educator and Adjudicator - In the Spotlight
On judging, Victor believes that one of the things that needs to be looked at is the
criteria for judging.
“Many times persons fault
the adjudicators for results, but the ad
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Overcast skies and periodic rain did not put a damper or a stop to the performances of small steel orchestras during the January 7 semi-finals in the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama 2023. The first notes in the competi
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by Clevil James
In Photo from left – Steve Regis, Elton “Smokey” John, Herman Colins, Conrad Hunte, unknown, unknown, Sidney Portier, Hugh Borde, unknown,
