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The Carnival Is Not Over Who Said So? Michael Marcano President, Renegades Steel Orchestra

An Interview with Dalton Narine

I believe anyone who did not join in the struggle has no moral authority to question someone who did. (Michael Marcano)

Michael Marcano joined the CIP (Concerned Individual for Pan) out of a concern for the declining

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Happy Birthday to performing artist, panist, composer and arranger Andre White - May 26

When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to panist Andre White

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Revisiting - New York 2011 Steel Orchestra Panorama in REVIEW - the good, the bad, the ugly

New York 2011 Steel Orchestra Panorama in REVIEW
 

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.

 

The week leading

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Something for the Mighty Shadow by Hazel John

 

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

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The official results for the prelims of PanoGrama 2022

The official results for the prelims of PanoGrama 2022 are included below. The top 20 will progress to the semifinals, to be streamed on May 29, 2022.

  

1. David Yundi (USA) - 87.0
2. Gabriel Chartrand (Canada) - 85.3
3. Mathieu Borgne (France) - 85.0
4. Sha

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the Steelpan & Steelband Music Moms - 2023

When Steel Talks extends Mother's Day greetings to all the Moms.

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PanoGrama 2022 Prelims --- NIGHT #2 - May 7, 2022 - 8:00 p.m. AST (Atlantic Standard Time)

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

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David Rudder Speaks! - Performing Artist, Composer, Musician Extraordinaire - UpClose!

David Rudder Speaks! - Performing Artist, Composer, Musician Extraordinaire - UpClose!


 

Global - The name David Michael Rudder is synonymous with a thoughtful consideration for artistic integrity, an appreciation of culture, and an acute awareness

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PanoGrama Prelims line-up confirmed, Cain first out the blocks

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

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Watch Interview -- Meet Martin Douglas - Manager, Executive, Panist, Educator CrossFire Steel Orchestra - UpClose!

A When Steel Talks Exclusive

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.

Whether you were a child or an adu

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Who Am I? - A Breakdown Of George "Sonny" Goddard's Accomplishments

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.

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Happy Birthday to Champion Arranger and Recording Artist Robert Greenidge - April 28

When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the great panist Robert Greenidge.

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50 Years of Panorama Later – Ray Holman - Still A Touch of Class

Global - It is said that our lives are inextricably linked together in ways we may never know or imagine.

....Years ago a very young Ray Holman arranged the Beatles’ original and the now classic Penny Lane for Starlift Steel Orchestra. While this so

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Happy Birthday to Champion Arranger - Ray Holman - April 22

When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Ray Holman

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Beverly Griffith - Trinidad & Tobago’s Panorama Revisited

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

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Meet Dr. Roy Cape - Legend, Musician, Bandleader, Author, Educator & Philanthropist - UpClose!

Global - He is the man who brought the likes of Beverley Griffith, Clive Bradley, Scipio Sargeant, Ron Berridge, and Raf Robertson into the steel orchestra arranging community. Full Stop!!! Yes, you heard it here.

It is said that the world moves

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Happy Birthday, Lord Kitchener

Happy Birthday, Lord Kitchener

A Tribute to Kitchener, our Beloved Griot by Khalick J. Hewitt (originally published in 2005) Pan,  Calypso and Calypsonian When Steel Talks Exclusive New York:  April 18, 2005 is the Grand Master’s birthday. It is

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Lord Kitchener and Pan Music: A Match Made in Heaven

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Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going

Lord Kitchener and Pan Music Have A Thing Going
by Les Slater

Brooklyn, New York

“I made the steel band a real study. I know the runs and the notes that mean something to the sound of the band. I can hear the sound of the tenor pan.”

It is to our

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Clive Bradley, Ken “Professor” Philmore, Pelham Goddard -- with Nicholas Mohan

MEETING OF THE  MASTERS

ARRANGERS bare some of their feelings at a Forum at Basement Recordings

 

What do you get when, for the first time in history, Pan arrangers par excellence agree to meet at an impromptu rap session?  What comes out are Insigh

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