When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of champion Arranger Edwin Pouchet of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra
| An Interview with Brigitte Fischer |
President of PANCH Swiss Steelband Association |
 Global - Meet Brigitte Fischer, musician, steelpan player and president of "PANCH" the Swiss Steelband Association. There are over 150 steelbands in Switzerland. M |
An Interview with Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang
Soweto Steelpan Woman Rising
South Africa - Meet Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang, musician, steelpan player and scholar from Soweto, South Africa. Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang is a charismatic, bright and mul
Celebration of Women
and the Steelpan Art Form
Tribute To Women In Pan
My name is Dotsie Isaac Gellizeau. I am an Antiguan mother, a sister, a wife, a writer and above all else a - renaissance woman. Women doing their natural thing exci
“When my back is up against a wall, I work best!” champion steelband arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe said yesterday morning. He was describing the imaginative musical lines and infectious phrases that constituted the scintillating arrangement of Petro
Read more…Ok people it's that time of the year when we make our pick for panorama 2014, pick as many as you like.
Here's how I see it.
1 Phase ll
2 XO
3 Despers and Renegades
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Global - With a tie in tenth position coming out of the semi finals, eleven large steel orchestras will vie for the title of 2014 Panorama champs come March 1, Carnival Saturday in Trinidad & Tobago.
Trinidad All Stars topped the fifteen bands which
Read more…Global - Sixteen Single Pan Bands advance to the finals arena in the 2014 Panorama on February 27 in San Fernando, south Trinidad. Thirty-two qualified for the semi-finals, where further competition determined which sixteen were best in the group to
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Illinois, USA - Beauty, talent, intellect. We know, you’ve heard this all before. But is it again true? Absolutely!
On Wednesday night When Steel Talks (WST) was afforded the opportunity to watch and listen to panist Josanne Francis via a live inte
Read more…So this is what your $700 buys you at Pan Splash: the usual t-shirt, cup, food and drinks AND your TICKET...however our entire Pan Splash area is private including a private entrance so you don't have to fight to get inside. Food court and premium dr
Read more…It would be nice if the big bands send us weekly videos so Pan people world wide could experience what it takes to create a panorama tune. Just ah lil something for fans in foreign
We won't ask anyone to Fed-X doubles or bake and shark.
Read more…I wanted to share what works for me... to bring my pan on stage and not be drowned out by the conventional amplified guitars and the sort. Also, to dispel the myth that you cannot mic a pan without feedback.
I added a picture of my rig, and yes, I
Read more…Cecil Hinkson and Glenroy Joseph are always clamoring for the return of PANS ON THE ROAD for carnival. And most of us remember PAN being the dominant musical force on the road for Carnival during our window of youth. What year did PAN ON THE ROAD rea
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Large Steel Orchestras
Tune of Choice - “We Kinda Music” - Arranger: Andy Narell
Tune of Choice - “Spankin - A Tribute” - Arranger: Robert Greenidge
Exodus Steel Orchestra
Tune of Choice - “Pan Is
My partner, Merrytones, noticed an interesting trend. This year whenever an arranger has more than one band to arrange for -- the band or bands are playing old tunes. Is this just a coincidence? I don't think so.
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Read more…From Ann Zimmerman:
I would like to leave a story that my father, who is deceased, told the family.
Family story -- Arrival of Steel Drums in Trinidad
Perhaps there would be someone interested in it among the group members and it would not be lost w
There are so many conflicting narratives even though we had (and still have) live eyewitnesses to this very recent history. Sometimes you get the feeling that every EGO wants to be THE ONE to tell the tale and dismissal of all other voices has become
Read more…The name "Drago" aka "Scrape", Tall Boy" "Stretch" had become synonymous with All Stars Steel Orchestra... at least to pan lovers in Trinidad & Tobago's Industrial Capital, San Fernando. This had been the case with whatever sobriquet used in referenc
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