āI 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.
A night of classic jams in Brooklyn, New York. Indeed a āquiet stormā moment
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New York, USA -Ā 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
St. Lucia, W.I. -Ā 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
The history of Steel pan in Saint Lucia dates much farther back than Saint Luciaās independence, even farther than many today can recall vividly enough to attribute its introduction to any one individual. However various names are almost always spoke
Sometime in the late 1930ā²s, the government in another of its persistent and futile attempts to suppress African cultural survivals, decided that the colony would more easily be governable if drums and other traditional musical
New York, USA - Ā Gregory Boyd is good, real good. Furthermore, he is on the cutting edge. Originally from Louisiana, USA, and now hailing from Denmark, this artist is like no other who has graced the steelpan music instrument. The soulfulness of his
āReally good to see this performance, as it was unique! Shame the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) saw fit not to broadcast it live on TV to the world as part of the Platinum Jubilee Parade. (Instead, they chose to
āCOME on! And let it rock!ā shouted James Leyden, a music teacher at the Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, trying to get the attention of the 16 blueājeaned and sneakered teenāage steel drummers who were arr
Global -Ā From twenty-four, to twenty, to ten steelpan final night artists. And then there was one. PanoGrama 2022 champion Mathieu Borgne from France copped first place, ultimately besting his twenty-three co-competitors. Borgne affor
The first School Steelband Music Festival was held in 1981, hosted by Pan Trinbago and sponsored by the organizationās profits from that yearās edition of Champs in Concert. The second edition of the biennial festival, in 1983, was
Steel Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Concert
What should have been one of the greatest moments in the history of the steelpan instrument in the United Kingdom, is now turning into a less than stellar occurrenceĀ - as BBC allegedly
Trinidad and Tobago- This multi-talented panist is immensely gifted, intelligent and ready to take the art form to a higher level. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - composer, musician
