Robert Greenidge with Jimmy Buffett Performs "This Land is Your Land"

Jimmy Buffett performed "This Land is Your Land" on the 2021 A Capitol Fourth. Aired July 4, 2021 on PBS.  Robert Greenidge is on double second, left in picture.

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Brother Resistance - Lutalo Masimba, has passed

When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Lutalo Masimba. Lutalo is also the current president of Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organization (TUCO).

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Career

Born in East Dry River, Trinidad,

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Caribbean In The House At A Capitol Fourth Celebration

News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mon. July 5, 2021

A Caribbean immigrant was definitively a part of the “A Capitol Fourth Celebration” from PBS, held last night to mark America’s 245^th birthday.

Legendary Trinidad and Tobago-born steel-drum player,

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NIU awards steelpan innovator Anthony Williams an honorary doctorate in human letters

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PanoGrama 2021 Final Results - Keishaun Julien Triumphs in Steelpan Competition

Global -  After three rounds of intense competition over several weeks, displaying scintillating, sometimes creative performances - Trinidad & Tobago′s own Keishaun Julien vanquished his nine musical contenders on this May 22 PanoGrama 2021 final ni

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PanoGrama 2021 - Semi-final Order of Appearance

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PanoGrama 2021 Semi-final Virtual Steelpan Performances Raise The Roof

Global -  The NLCB PanoGrama international steelpan competition, which kicked off on May 7 with 30 panists from around the world, is now down to 10. This comes after 20 creative and talented panists showcased their musical prowess through nail-biti

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Big-Up to Mr. Nevin Roach and the 2021 PanoGrama crew

Congratulations to PanoGrama founder and event producer Nevin Roach on a job well done, buttressed by always current and timely event information. He upped his game all round this year, and with his team, delivered an even better virtual product tha

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PanoGrama 2021 - Steelpan Tuners and Pan Makers

PanoGrama 2021 - Steelpan Tuners and Pan Makers

Global - A quick look at the steelpan instrument tuners and pan makers the contestants are using for this PanoGrama 2021 competition. Range of instrument and year made is listed when provided.

A deep

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PanoGrama 2021 Prelims Results - Top 20 Move On To Semi-finals

Global - The top twenty of the thirty panists who competed in the PanoGrama 2021 Preliminaries are on the move - to the semi-final phase of this year's event. Over three nights, May 7, 8 and 9, the musicians, ten at a time, had their performances br

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Stage set for PanoGrama 2021

by Dana Malcolm

 

We ready fi di road! The 2021 staging of the highly anticipated steelpan competition PanoGrama – The World Cup of Steelpan has hit the ground running and the preliminaries are coming your way soon. The PanoGrama Entertainment team i

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Grenada cancels Spicemas 2021

St. George’s, Grenada, W.I.  - Prime Minister of Grenada, Dr. Keith Mitchell (pictured) - has announced the cancellation of the Spicemas carnival 2021 celebrations.

Mitchell said there will be no carnival, even if 60 per cent of the

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Trinidad All Stars invests in a new future

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Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, Operations Manager, Keith Matthews, in the Trophy Room at the Pan Theater on Duke Street Port-of-Spain.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra has ten Panorama titles under its

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Rave reviews for Another Phase

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - HADCO Phase II Pan Groove’s virtual concert Another Phase has received rave reviews from patrons despite a mix-up that caused a few to miss the s

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Kes the Band, Next Devils, trumpeter Etienne Charles for Stephen Colbert show

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jazz musician Etienne Charles will share the spirit of Trinidad Carnival in a video featuring soca star Kees Dieffenthaller and blue devil masqueraders on American talk show, the Late Show with

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Skiffle Steel Orchestra brings ‘Carnival’ to SAPA

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The atmosphere inside the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on February 6 defied the reality that Carnival 2021 celebrations had been cancelled. All the elements identified with “th

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Remembering Cecil “Pious” Atherton - RIP

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PanoGrama 2021 – The World Cup of Steelpan

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Global - In 2020, PanoGrama made history as the first online steelpan competition and was one of the biggest events held during the heights of COVD-19 restrictions. The inaugural event, which was created by T&T panist Nevin Roach

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President emeritus William Jones of CASYM Steel Orchestra has passed

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of William Jones and CASYM Steel Orchestra.

The name CASYM (Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Youth Movement, Inc.) reverberates loudly within the North American Steelband art form.

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Veteran calypsonian Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes-Millington) has passed

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of  Singing Sandra (Sandra Des Vignes-Millington)

SINGING SANDRA

REAL NAME: Sandra Des Vignes

DATE OF BIRTH: 1957

PLACE OF BIRTH: East Dry River, Port-of-Spain

EDUCATION: ...

CAREER: Sa

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