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Steelpan genius: Anthony Williams of North Stars Steel Orchestra... the making of a master

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Anthony “Tony” “Muff-Man” “Skip” Williams–Sun Valley, North Stars and Pan Am Jet North Stars (PAJNS)–is the scientist supreme of tuning and creating pans. He was master arranger, composer, inn

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Lasara Kalloo, 10, puts in the hard work to become musician, vet

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Lasara Kalloo wants to be a musician and a veterinarian.

She already knows that she’ll have to dedicate a lot of time to learn about both fields.

After all, Lasara’s parents, Camille and Sherw

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Panist Rodney Small named cultural Ambassador for St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves named panist Rodney Small among Four Vincentian Musicians on Tuesday (Oct. 27) to received the honour of becoming Cultural Ambassadors for St. Vincent and the Grenadines with

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Happy Birthday to Dr. Roy Cape - April 18

When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the legendary Dr. Roy Cape

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Songwriter Jovan James Rocking the Panorama & Carnival Music World Again - UpClose!

Global - In the inner circles of Soca music creation and production, the name Jovan James is well known, as he has singularly written, or co-written, hits for some of the biggest Soca stars in Caribbean. The list reads like a who’s who of heavy hi

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Pan Jazz Nights for Carnival 2015 with Moyenne

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - For three nights on February 6, 8 and 10, jazz musician Chantal Esdelle and her band Moyenne will host Pan Jazz Nights at 51 Cornelio Street in Woodbrook, Trinidad. Featuring panist Earl Rodney and drummer Richard Bailey as

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Tributes to Leeds steel band musician with a ‘heart of gold’

Yorkshire Evening Post

Leeds, England -  Tributes have been paid to a Leeds car mechanic turned professional musician whose life was transformed after he appeared on a TV talent show.

Sonny Marks, who died last week aged 73, was a founder member one

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Revisiting - Meet Kareem Thompson - Arranger, Composer, Performing Artist - UpClose!

Global - Kareem Thompson's love affair with the steelpan instrument began at the age of eight years old. It has been and continues to be, a magnificent story. Thoughtful, cerebral, gifted, spiritual and introspective - Kareem brings that rare blend

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Meet Philip Dupigny, a skilled tenor pan musician

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Trinidad and Tobago is the birth place of one of the most prolific instrument in the world – the steelpan. Each time a great new panist is discovered, it’s like unearthing lost treasure on the isl

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St. Lucia's Monty Maxwell - guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician

St. Lucia Voice News

St. Lucia, W.I. - Monty Maxwell, guitarist, composer, steel pan arranger, and jazz and blues musician, was born in the southern town of Vieux Fort, St. Lucia. He grew up next to a pan yard or steel band shed, so from an early age

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Steelpan musician & composer Sune Borregaard speaks on film project

Denmark - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks (WST), Danish recording/artist/panist/arranger/composer Sune Borregaard speaks on the Hollywood film “Finder of Lost Children” which features his original pan score. Sune shares how he became

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