The first School Steelband Music Festival was held in 1981, hosted by Pan Trinbago and sponsored by the organization’s profits from that year’s 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 occurrence - 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
New York, USA- The good, the bad, the ugly and things that leave me SMH & LMAO about 2011 New York Panorama. When Steel Talks reviews the 2011 New York panorama season in total.
I was ah mere child when de PAN JUMBY jumped meh! But now, when ah tink back, wha wud one expect coming out of de Land of Calypso, Steelband and Limbo. Yes, sweet Trinidad & Tobago!
I remember my early childhood years in Trinidad as if it was jus
Global - The talents of eight panists will be showcased online in the 2022 PanoGrama prelims on Saturday May 7, in the second of three nights of competition. PanoGrama 2022 Preliminaries - Night #2
Global -The name David Michael Rudder is synonymous with a thoughtful consideration for artistic integrity, an appreciation of culture, and an acute awareness
PanoGrama Prelims line-up confirmed, Cain first out the blocks
History was made on April 24, 2020, when the Inaugural PanoGrama became the first-ever online steelpan competition. Now, two years later, the stage is set for the competition’s third ed
The history of Pan is replete with large, colorful figures whose names and deeds will be entwined with steelband music art form forever. Martin "Dougie" Douglas was one such character.
Steelband performers in Trinidad and Tobago (steeldrum’s birthplace) since 1950, have been represented by three organizations: the Steelbands Association, the National Association of Trinidad and Tobago Steelbandsmen (NATTS), and (now) Pan Trinbago.
Global - ....For myself; after an absence of 19 years from the Panorama arena, the prospect of returning evoked a myriad of conflicting thoughts and emotions, which started with the initial offer made to me by the late (WITCO Desperadoes leader) Rudo
