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Double Decker Pan Racks.
I've just watched a video of Rising Stars Steel Orchestra and was impressed with their pan racks, I think this band is from the Virgin Islands, they put all Trini steelbands to shame, they have double decker pan racks which I found so kool. As Trini
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Meet Yael Litwin of NYU Steel
Meet Yael Litwin of NYU Steel
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Yael says - “Music is our greatest tool for understanding each other, I believe it is inseparable from community and it is a cornerstone on the road to peace.”
New York,
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Did St Mary’s have the first school pan side?
The Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - ....A surprising revelation was made early in the proceedings by St Mary’s Dean Enrico Rajah, one which sent pan archivists and Pan Trinbago officials searching their memories for verification.
Raja
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China’s First Lady applauds TT panmen, artistes
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - So impressed was First Lady of China, Madame Peng Liyuan yesterday with the performance of Exodus Steel Orchestra at the concert in her honour that she extended an invitation to the panists to visi
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US Vice President Joe Biden tries out a steelpan
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Trinidad US Biden
05/28/2013
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Vice President Joe Biden, left, accompanied by Trinidad & Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, tries out a steelpan, the traditional percussion instrument of the Caribb
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Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago on US copyright watchlist
NEW YORK, United States, Friday May 17, 2013 - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for U.S. musical comp
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Happy Birthday to the Legendary Steelpan Music Titan, Neville Jules
When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to the great Neville Jules of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra. Click for more on this music legend
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The Journey has Begun - Kendall Williams: Master of Music - Steelpan: Instrument of Choice
Panist, composer and arranger Kendall Williams presents his NYU (New York University) recital - Music Theory & Composition
New York, USA - Quiet, unassuming and intense – you won’t even know he’s in the room. But don’t be fooled by his quiet demean
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Community Center’s Low-Cost Music Program Breaking Down Cultural Walls
Youth Today
New York, USA - A shabby community center on the first floor of one of the 12 buildings that make up the vast Gov. Alfred E. Smith public houses is where social workers and teachers are hoping music can break down cultural barriers.
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Pan Trinbago International Panorama 2014
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Pan Trinbago will be hosting the first ever international panorama on August 2nd 2014. Five bands from your geographical area of North America will be allowed to partake in this inaugural event primarily on a first come basis or by merit where poss
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Pan in Barbados
Does anyone here know how pan first came to Barbados or Jamaica? Steel bands are very popular in those islands, but who took the instrument there in the first place on why? and when?
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A potential positive from the preliminary check delay.
As posted in another thread. I think it deserves its own discussion: I may get lambasted for pointing out a silver lining but I wonder if this delay in payment will discourage the increasingly out of control practice of hustlerism. I dont mean playi
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Steel band music (The future of Pan)
How do you see steel band music evolving over the next 3 years? Is there still an appetite for musicians to make recordings of steel band music? Do you see a global market for quality instrumental music featuring Pan?
Please let me know your thoughts
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Finally the Preliminary round Payment ....
I just want to announce that my Kids from Flamingoes just called to say thanks because they got their cheques today. So I am extending the thanks to everyone especially the WST Forum for their contribution to the discussion.
I also want to thank McQ
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Trinidadian steel-pan player signed to Moshi Moshi records debuts solo album ‘Con-fusion’
Premiere: Fimber Bravo Debuts ‘Dimbaya’ Video
Trinidadian steel-pan player signed to Moshi Moshi records debuts solo album ‘Con-fusion’
England, UK - 'Dimbaya' translates as "to celebrate." The past week has involved a fair few celebrations - some
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Thoughts and Prayers re: Boston Marathon events
Our thoughts and prayers are with any of our When Steel Talks family and other event attendees, who might perhaps know someone, or otherwise be, impacted by the sad and deadly events which have unfolded less than two hours ago at the finish line of t
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Do Something for the ordinary Panman and Pan woman
The Panorama preliminary round in Trinidad was around the weekend of Jan,17,18,19,20 (2013)
The end of Panorama season was a month later in February.Today is April 2nd. the stipend of $1000.00 TT to the ordinary Pan player who participated in the pr
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Sterling Betancourt MBE – a pan roun’ neck legend
Sterling Betancourt (pictured far right) is launching a calypso about TASPO that he’s written (which the ever-popular Crazy has contributed the vocals to) at the Trinidad High Commission in London on March 26th 2013.
The man is an octogenarian, but
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Meet Savannah Leaf of Maine, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Meet Savannah Leaf of Maine, USA
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Maine, USA - She has experienced the power of the pan first hand. Her love for the instrument is without question. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Savan
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