We now have an integrated list of “PASSED STEELBANDS” which we can officially hand over to the NEW VISIONARIES for honing and further research and development. This is just a starting point and there is still considerable work left to be done. The WS
Read more…Amrit Samaroo is Champion Panorama Arranger
Gros Islet, St. Lucia, W.I. - Defending Panorama champs PanTime Steel Orchestra appeared in the penultimate spot in this year’s competition, and tasted the bitter-sweet success of a three-peat as 2015 Pan
Read more…In your opinion what would you say is the single most important hindrance facing the Steelband today?
I just read a post where a young man in Barbados ask for sponsors to help bands, this is the same cry we hear where ever there is a steelband.
In th
Read more…Pan Alive may well be alive this year but it could be wounded due to a dispute between the leaders of the two largest steel bands and Ontario Steelpan Association (OSA) over funding.
The annual presentation by OSA slated for July 31 at Lamport Stadiu
Read more…There is an article in today's New York Times discussing the difficulty bands in Brooklyn are having in finding a pan yard. This is a VERY big problem facing the community. Thanks to the NYT for highlighting it.
Read more…Over 300 STEELBANDS on the LIST and we still have more updating to do!!!
We are going to have some MAJOR UPDATES coming up this week. I am going to put "TBD" in the "location" field for bands which currently lack a specific location. I have also add
Read more…I think Ray Holman holds the title for Arranging the most Panorama tunes for different Large Steel Orchestras. He arranged Panorama Tunes for Starliff, Invaders, Phase 2, Tokyo when they were in the large Category, Exodus, Pandemonium, Hummingbirds
Read more…A young panorama musician contacted WST for information on when T&T Panorama 2015 checks will be available. Can someone in the know post that information asap?
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, veteran North Stars Steel Orchestra player David Maunday shares an insider’s view of what and who made Trinidad & Tobago’s Pan Am North Stars Steel Orchestra so legendary, and a business basti
The phrase "losing the plot" seems a bit strong in the context of these issues, but I am open to a more colloquial improvement after you have read this post.
In the U.K, there was a huge appetite for steel bands, and I mean really huge, but nowadays
Read more…Is it because ALL the arranger's recycling each other's style ???
Read more…Lately I've been thinking that one of the reasons that our beloved art form does not receive the popular recognition among the general public that it deserves, is because of the lack of an identifiable music genre associated with the instrument.
In
Read more…The New Visionaries was formed to oppose the executive of Pan Trinbago for leadership of the organzation.They were made to go through legal battles which depleted their funds and tied them up in the courts for years thus allowing PT to rule beyond th
Read more…Condolences to the Philip family on the passing of Mikey, he was a StarLift panman who later became the captain of Phase ll.
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St. Lucia - Somewhere in the 1940’s a young man named Lennard “Scrubb” Wellington, started on his way to become St. Lucia’s steelband maestro. He had experimented with music from the age of seven and his real interest in pan started after World W
Read more…Bertram "Birch" Kelman
Simply one of the finest steelpan tuners ever.
Global - In light of the recent miscue as reported by WST member Ama Belfon in her post (How do we put a price on the contributions Pan Tuners have made to our culture), WST felt
Read more…What should we hope for coming out of this Conference?
Read more…When Steel Talks revisits and continues our annual celebration of “Women in Pan” all over the world...
Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
Sisters in Steel - A Tribute To Women In Pan
Their Story, Their Voice, Their Life, Their Dreams, The
Read more…The large bikini Mas bands have abandoned the Savanah for the Socadrome. The greatest steel orchestras in the world are playing to an empty Grand Stands at 3:00 am in the morning. And the streets of Port of Spain as Mr. Rubadiri Victor showed are emp
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama 2015
In the age of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram the self-made Pan experts and gurus are popping up everywhere all over the world -- type 140 characters, hit enter and scream ‘Look at me...’ Luckily in
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