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Read more…HAPPY APRIL FOOLS'/ALL FOOLS DAY!!! (I mean, come on; allyuh really think panmen and panwomen will EVER be that appreciative? lol. Ah know ah ketch ah few mackoo! Such an immature bunch of feeling-toters and hypocritical (so-called) "Christians". Lik
Read more…See Title. lol. (Why waste time writing further, when NO ONE wants me to. lol.)
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Dear Sir,
Look what I found in the cellar cleaning up after the Norwegian winter: a rusty steel pan!
The story goes like this: in 1952, when I was 12 years old, I was with my father, who was captain on a cargo liner. The ship was 9,000 tonnes deadwe
Read more…The late great Pat Bishop was the first known female to sing with a steelband (Esso Tripoli) live in 1967 as the result of a bet that a steelband could play softly enough to accompany an unamplified female voice. | see more |
In 1972 Merle Albino-
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Casablanca Steel Orchestra at Brooklyn Academy of Music - 1983The creation and the evolution of the steel pan, is one of the most Innovative inventions of the twentieth century. A true Folk Art, the pan developed on the Island o
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by Marlene Gomez
Bert,Pewee as was called by many was born on 20th October1935 and died on 26th February 1996. My dad was truly a devoted father to his 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls and was self- employed as a steel pan entrepreneur and tuner .He w
by Andre Moses
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ...Gradually and seemingly ‘unnoticed’ the crowds and national enthusiasm generated by the Steelband Panorama have begun to dissipate, and like West Indies cricket the symptoms of this ‘loss of energy’ are qu
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Global - Dr. Lamuel Stanislaus is an intellect, scholar and gentleman whose name is synonymous with excellence and integrity. This charismatic figure and former UN Ambassador is also one of the great historians of the Caribbean. When Steel Talks (WS
Global - The legendary names of Oscar “Bogart” Pyle, Ormond “Patsy” Haynes, Arthur “Art” De Coteau and Anthony Prospect will forever be linked to Casablanca Steel Orchestra. In December 1983 Casablanca journeyed to the USA and performed at the Broo
Read more…Global - He is one of the central figures in the history of the steelpan instrument and art form. He was a legendary performer, musician, innovator and leader in the Golden age of Pan. In addition, he is a founding member of the champion North Stars
The Kim Johnson Interview with Vanessa Headley on WACK 90.1FM - On Youtube
Sunday, 22nd May 2016. 03:00 pm.
Broadcast by WACK 90.1FM on Programme Steelpan City.
Dr. Kim Johnson, an Anthony N. Sabga Laureate for Excellence in Arts & Letters (2011),
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Trinidad-born jazz pianist and leading figure in the steelband movement in Britain who helped set up the Notting Hill carnival. Read more on Russ Henderson
Russell ‘Russ’ Henderson MBE has sadly passed (August 18, 2015)
by Robbie Joseph - Pan Pod
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Global - Mr. Caldera Caraballo is a central figure in the history and development of the steelpan movement in the USA as a panist, organizer and promoter. From winning New York’s first-ever steelband competition to organizing the New York Panorama, g
London, UK - Leroy Clarke made history back on August 23 when his arrangement of “Pan in the Atmosphere” led Real Steel to win the coveted title of ‘UK National Panorama Champions’ for the Notting Hill Carnival for the third successive year.
In capt
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Global - Mrs. Daisy James-McClean is an award-winning female steelpan musician, whose recognized list of firsts and accomplishments within the steelband movement are both significant and staggering. She is an original (Ms. McClean started playing ove
Global - Desperadoes - Rudolph Charles Era and Beyond, 50 Years of Panorama, Winners of Various Pan Competitions - 1952 to Present, 400 Questions & Answers On Pan - 1960 to Present... Four publications by Ian R. Franklin that are simply a necessary p
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan! Our Music Odyssey, a docudrama about the steelpan, will have its world premiere when it opens the ninth edition of the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) on Tuesday September 16.
The film,
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Desperadoes win the Trinidad & Tobago Panorama playing the tune In My House