New York Steelband music franchises replace Brooklyn Dodgers in Summer of 2014

Sonatas Steel Orchestra Two for 2 - But Very Different Results

Brooklyn, New York, USA  - Many years from now, the story will be retold about the night with the legendary Neville Jules (and a dancing Mr. Jules at that!)—captain emeritus of the also-l

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New Dimension & Commancheros Steel Orchestras Joint Champions in 2014 Grenada National Panorama

Andre Greenidge, David “Peck” Edwards - Winning Arrangers

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - It was double the joy early Sunday morning when defending champs New Dimension Steel Orchestra and challengers Commancheros Steel Orchestra were named joint winne

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Rules - International Panorama Competition - 8th-9th August 2015

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Serious Pan Problems in Grenada - Not Ready for Prime Time!

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STEELBAND BEYOND 2014.....

As I look at the steelband in the Mecca I see it in a sad state pertaining to it's involvement in carnival.

Can we say that the elders had no vision or that our your young brothers and sisters don't realize that it is their responsibility now?

Is it

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St. Vincent & the Grenadines 2014 Panorama Results - History-making SIX consecutive championships for Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra

Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines  - History was again made when Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra kept their national Panorama title for an unprecedented sixth consecutive year at Victoria Park in the country’s capital of Kingstown. Though t

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The greatest Calypso albums

Trinidad and Tobago music historian EDWARD TEDDY PINHEIRO calls Maestro's 1976 album and Kitch's 1967 album the two greatest calypso albums.

What are your picks?

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Instruments tuned up by their creator Veron Henry, Urban Steel is set to sway Rochester. Next stop, Antigua?

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Steelband class with Veron Henry (at front, in navy blue)

Below:  Principal Armando Ramirez (left) with Veron Henry 

Rochester New York, USA - Last month James Monroe High School welcomed a very special guest indee

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Can words describe Potts & Pans Steelband?!

I was doing some research and came across a post on Craigslist.  Is this the sort of thing typical of American steelbands today?  The text reads:

"Potts & Pans Steelband is looking for black musicians to work with. The group is currently comprised o

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Does it annoy you when people use the phrase Steel drum band?

I wish to get a proper feel of the reaction to this question and would appreciate your response.

As popular as it is, thousands of people searching on Google for this type of band would enter the phrase "steel drum band" in the search query instead o

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ATTSDC Donates Steelpans to the Nigerian Military School, Zaria

Nigeria - In meeting up with its corporate social responsibility, the Africa-Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan Development Company (ATTSDC) donated a complete set of steelpans for a fifteen-man band to the Nigerian Military School (NMS). In a presentation

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An American icon with deep Trini roots: The ultimate emancipation story. Legendary icon Dr Maya Angelou talks to writer Renee Cummings

Her voice is full of magic and music. There's a rhythm to her reasoning. She has lived the blues and in 82 short years, her life has hit all the highs and lows of jazz. Iambic and insightful, every word she speaks tells a story, independent of the se

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WHO IS THE GREATEST?

In the history of the steelband, which one will you say is the greatest of all times? [in terms of accomplishments]

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Revisted - How Pan (and Neville Jules) Saved My Life

 by Dalton Narine

Global - I met Pete many, many nightmares ago at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in New York City. He’d left his legs in a booby trap in Vietnam. So they doped him up to alleviate chronic pain. When doctors stopped the meds

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Happy Birthday Neville Jules - Steelpan Titan revisited in WST Interview

Happy Birthday Neville Jules - Steelpan Titan revisited in WST Interview
There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at When Steel Talks refer to as Giants a

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Mission Accomplished! NYU Steel Goes Big Time - Panorama Comes to New York University

New York, USA - There is very little that When Steel Talks can say about NYU Steel that we haven’t already said over the years since its inception in 2007 - except maybe, mission accomplished.

Born out of the vision of NYU percussion department cha

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Pan Trinbago Responds to Calls for Payment of Prize Money

Pan Trinbago has issued a response to an article published in the Trinidad Guardian of Monday 21 April 2014 under the headline “Pan Trinbago owes pannists $2m for Pan Is Beautiful XII”

It states: “The President of Pan Trinbago, Keith Diaz, communicat

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Minister challenges Pan Trinbago:

Show ’em you’re world governing body for pan

Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas has challenged the executive of Pan Trinbago to prove to the world that their organisation is “The World Governing Body for Pan”.

The challenge

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Pan Trinbago owes panists $2m for Pan is Beautiful XII

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago still owes $2.1 million in prize money and trophies to steel orchestras and participants of the Pan is Beautiful XII national steelband festival, held in November 2013. Now five months

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Hell’s Gate pan yard vandalised

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Vandal(s) reportedly targeted Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra’s pan yard in Villa and destroyed several tyres on a trailer in the process.

The band’s spokesperson, Stafford Joseph said the damage to a container where used to store s

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