Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has described allegations surrounding the ownership of the patents and intellectual property rights of the G-Pan and PHI as a national scandal amounting to fraud.
A probe by the Offic
Read more…The Government spends millions of tax payers monies to develop the G-Pan. The Faculty of Engineering at UWI in Saint Augustine did the Studies and Research.
During the grand launching of the G-Pan by the former Prime Minister Patrick Manning statem
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Re: Steel Pan Blueprint For Success (Rough Draft Edit)
Hi to all,
Recently, a pan colleague asked me what were my ideas on what needs to be done to “revive the pan movement...” (as he put it). In relation to that question, I though
Well the more things change, the more things remain the same. People especially politicians just provide lip service to the steelpan and the youths of TnT. Starlift Junior Steel Orch will not be heading to Canada to participate in the Montreal intern
In July, 1951 the then Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, Sir Hubert Rance recommended that a steelband should represent the Colony at the Festival of Britain. The finest steelpan players were assembled under the misical director of Lt Joseph Griffith
Read more…As I listen to Kim Loy Wong's Hylanders of 1957, and Bertie Marshall's Hylanders of 1964, I'm blown away by the incredible advancements made by the steelband in a relatively short time span of seven years.
Many others may have contributed to the gr
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, US Virgin Islands native Le’Roi Simmonds shares insight on who he is as a musician, how his love for the steelband art form and culture developed, and what it means to him. He also dispenses s
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines W.I. - Commissioner of Police Keith Miller is calling on parents to encourage their children to get involved in playing the steel pan. The Commissioner made the call on Wednesday at a news conference held at
Elton "Smokey" John, bass player extraordinaire of City Symphony Steelband (T&T) and the National Steelband of Trinidad & Tobago (1960's), and founder of the Mississauga Academy of Steelband Music passed away yesterday in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Read more…Sesame Street - Pinball 12 video on YouTube
Growing up in Canada in the 70's, I believe this clip may have been my earliest introduction to the pan! I would be willing to bet that there is someone here who can give a history lesson, and give credi
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Global - Steel pan music lovers - particularly those of Single Pan and Small Conventional Bands - will be pleased to know that respective DVD recordings from the 2011 National Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Finals, are now available. It is the first tim
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, W.I. - The Youlou Pan Movement is looking forward to a greater presence of steel bands in 2011 Carnival activities held both at Carnival City Victoria Park and elsewhere.
....The Pan Head said that the Youl
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all the 2011 graduates - from kindergarten to grad school and beyond. Good work!!
RULES & REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE
GCC STEELBAND COMPETITIONS
These rules and regulations are developed to govern the Steelband competitions of carnival as sponsored by the Grenada Carnival Committee (GCC) or similar body constituted by the Government o
Has Trinidad and Tobago dropped the ball on the steelpan?
Conspiring To Pigeonhole Pan, And That’s Cool?
by Les Slater -
Chairman of the T & T Folk Arts Institute and former Highlanders Steel Orchestra arranger
Global - I don’t know if he remembers
T&T and China make sweet music
Trinidad & Tobago - For the second time in as many years, the Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble(TTCSE) teamed up with a group of musicians from Tianjin, China, to play together.
After practicing together a
Read more…Global - Jonathan Scales plays a voguish style of pan. And he does so by articulating life and pers
Augustine Leith Francis (also known as Pepe Francis), director of Ebony Steelband Trust and chairman of the British Association of Steelbands, has been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list to receive a MBE for services to Steel Pan Music. http:
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The islands of the Caribbean all have their unique identities and signature in spite of their many similarities. No more is this borne out than in their music, rhythms and cultural idiosyncrasies. The world-class steel
New York, USA - He is one of the most insightful, thought-provoking, knowledgeable and intelligent people involved in the steelpan movement today. Respected steelband arranger, recording and performing artist Garvin Blake shares his thoughts on the s
