Cultural Icon and Pan Activist Eddie Yearwood passes away this evening.
He suffered a massive heart attack.
He was a Calypso Tent Emcee and a Pan Commentator.
He was in the process of finalising arrangements for
On June 14, 2012, Bob Cole Conservatory faculty member Dr. Michael Carney passed away. We lost a colleague and a friend–a member of our family. A memorial concert is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, September 23rd. We will celebra
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Global - Anthony Williams, leader and arranger of the defunct Pan Am North Stars, has planned a special occasion to celebrate his 81st birthday.
On June 24, at the St. James Amphitheatre, Williams will commemorate the 50th year of the band’s renditio
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Chairman, T & T Folk Arts Institute
A When Steel Talks Exclusive
“... Today, when successive governments and tertiary institutions are throwing millions of dollars and other resources to pr
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They could hardly “hablan espanol” but 13 young panists captured the hearts of audiences at the Iguazu In Concert, International Festival of Children and Youth Orchestras and Choirs held recently in Iguazu, Argentina.
Exocu
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Speaking in my capacity as Chairman/Manager of the Board of Management of Power Stars Steel Orchestra, bonafide member band of Pan Trinbago T.C., the World Governing Body for the SteelPan, the National Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago,
Read more…What is the reason for the north ability to dominate panorama. South only have 1win, if NuTones is from south then it's 2.
Read more…Bertie Marshall - The Steel Pan Visionary - The Film
Global - Steelpan pioneer and visionary Bertie Marshall is the subject of this film production by film maker, producer, director, pan man and steelpan historian Dalton Narine. This is a fifty-minute
Wycome, England, U.K. -- Wycombe is fast becoming a ‘hub’ for calypso music thanks to the launch of a school dedicated to the steelpan drum.
The town’s MP and mayor went along to celebr
Read more…Musical Instrument Museum - Brussels
Recently a low tenor steel pan was given to the mim (Musical Instrument Museum) by the government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. To celebrate this donation of their national instrument to the Belgian state
Read more…Antigua, St. John's - Weeks ahead of Carnival 2012 activities, LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra has threatened to withdraw from the Antigua and Barbuda Pan Association (ABPA) over ignored concerns about a first place title it shares with the Hadeed G
Read more…OPPOSITION MP Donna Cox has said only one school was app
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to arranger, composer and panist Andre White.
May 21 is the birthday of the legendary Neville Jules - WST extends greetings.
There are a collective few who bear the distinction of being universally recognized as members of that unique, and special fraternity we at W
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Lagos, Nigeria
- A union between Nigeria’s Xcel Steelpan Co. Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago’s Pan Trinbago Inc. and FCL (Financial Concepts Limited) was consummated in Gatwick, United Kingdom on Saturday 12th May, 2012. The three organisations came toge
Master Tuner Wallace Austin
Wallace Austin at Basement Recordings/ WST Studios
Wallace Austin is considered as one of the finest steelpan tuners ever. Wallace Austin was part of the legendary team of tuners (Rudolph Charles, Lincoln Noel, James 'Bas
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Saturday 19th May @2pm 2012 will see the launch of the New Zealand Steel Pan Academy, with a focus on bringing the magic of Pan to all.
The Musical Director Marion Titmuss can’t wait to showcase the possibilities that playing Pan can give to Kiwi’s o
Another When Steel Talks Concert Review
New York, New York - For this Spring Steel Orchestra co
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New York, USA - The West Indian American Day Carnival has a news President.
He is WIADCA stalwart, Thomas “Tom” Bailey who will replace Yolanda Lezama-Clarke in the post. Lezama-Clarke, the daughter of the event’s founder, Carlos
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