... and it DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF PAN!!!
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“Lavagem - The Cleansing - From Bahia to Brooklyn” with music by Philadelphia (Philly) Pan StarsBrooklyn, New York, USA - ....For J’Ouvert and Ole Mas lovers the ritual of steelbands, rhythm sections, ole mas characters, fancy mas, jab jab and more
Read more…NY Brooklyn J’Ouvert a shell of former self
Harmony Music Makers at J’Ouvert 2022
Brooklyn, New York, USA - It was like a scene from “I Am Legend” the Will Smith movie. And coming out of a global pandemic that is indeed a little too close for comfor
Read more…No New York Panorama
Brooklyn, New York, USA - It’s easy to be angry. Sometimes it seems like our entire culture is being destroyed right before our very eyes. This year’s lack of a Panorama in New York is disappointing on so many dimensions. Even if
Read more…J’Ouvert 2022 Route
J’Ouvert in New YorkNew York, USA - “At this time last year, we promised that J’Ouvert was going to come back bigger and better in 2022. I am pleased to announce as officers and members of J’Ouvert City International we are pois
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Within the last decade and a half, a group of pan enthusiasts opted for a call in the pursuit of higher education. The steelpan movement in many ways has lacked the scholarly approach towards its development. Simply put, there are
Read more…A Ministry Exclusively for the Steelpan in Trinidad & Tobago
by Salah A. Wilson
This proposal and discussion is not a response to any current dispute concerning the Steelpan movement and the Cultural Ministry of Trinidad and Tobago. This topic has
Global - Panman and Masman Pepe Francis – a man who has dedicated more than fifty years to the steelband art form, wears multiple hats including those as director of the Ebony Steelband Trust in London, and chairman of the British Association of Stee
Obituary of Beverly Ruthven Griffith
After a courageously fought battle with several illnesses, Beverly R. Griffith of Deerfield Beach, Florida passed away on April 19, 2022.
Beverly was born on April 18, 1941 in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago.
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - Commancheros Steel Orchestra which copped its last title in 2018, emerged on top in Grenada’s 2022 Panorama competition with its performance of Andre Greenidge’s arrangement of 10,000 Masqueraders by “Miney” - bringin
Read more…St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - On Saturday August 7, 2022 the steelpan instrument was supposed to be featured in Grenada’s Panorama 2022 - an event promoted as “Pantastic Saturday Ultra.” However, A very curious and disrespectful thing happened alo
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“There were lots of guys who went to Trinidad. Some remained in T&T. Among the ones who came back and were in the early steelband movement in Grenada was a fella named Willan Dewsbury. He was part of the Grenada steelband called Hell Cats (he’s the
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - Five steel orchestras will be challenging the defending champion from 2019, New Dimension Steel Orchestra - for a total of six bands taking the stage on Saturday, August 6.
....The overall event, “Pantastic Saturday
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“I just found out it is a quite fun and interesting instrument with a very unique sound... Not many Chinese people saw or knew this instrument before, actually. My family and friends are very supportive with this new instrument I introduced to them.
Read more…Celebrating Steelpan - Illustration by artist Nicholas Huggins
Global - On Tuesday July 26, 2022 the steelpan instrument of Trinidad and Tobago is featured and celebrated on the site of tech
Read more…A night of classic jams in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed a ‘quiet storm’ moment
Unison SteelNew York, USA - They may be the new kids on the block or more accurately the latest (new) edition on the block - but they did not disappoint. For sure it was F
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St. Lucia, W.I. - After two years of no official Panorama activity in St. Lucia due to COVID-19, the competition stage at the SAB in Castries came alive with four bands taking on defending champions Babonneau Steel Orchestra. The band, led musicall
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