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When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to historian, cultural and social activist Attillah Springer
Happy Birthday to Attillah Springer
January 26th
Bandleaders demand Pan Trinbago elections before Carnival
Trinidad Newsday - ELIZABETH GONZALES
Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey-Moore. -
“Peace, be still,” was Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore's only response to more calls for her to step down and call an election.
She was responding to d
Read more…Starlift rebrands as Proman Starlift Steel Orchestra
Newsday 1/17/2022
"Starlift Steel Orchestra has been rebranded as the Proman Starlift Steel Orchestra on the backdrop of its 65th anniversary as a stalwart steelband in TT.
In a media release on Thursday, Proman said the transition was within its por
Read more…When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to steelband administrator, historian, activist and veteran journalist Gerry Kangalee
Happy Birthday to Gerry Kangalee
January 25th
Tobago Business Chamber questions rationale behind Carnival safe zones
Tobago Business Chamber chairman Martin George.
The Tobago Business Chamber has questioned the Government’s rationale for sanctioning Carnival safe-zone events in light of the “record numbers of covid19 cases” and the apparent lack of interest amon
Read more…NCC Goes Full Speed Ahead With Carnival Preparations
It's full speed ahead as this country prepares for Carnival 2022. In response to the concerns expressed by the Trinidad and Tobago Promoters Association, NCC Chairman Winston 'Gypsy' Peters said his organisation is responsible for Carnival and its
Read more…Pan Stereonettes - Single Pan in the Spotlight
Pan Stereonettes - Single Pan
Pan Stereonettes voting challenge on tonight's Jam your set competition. Win prizes!
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Read more…Petoskey High School band directors, assistant principal remain on administrative leave
Steve Foley
The Petoskey News-Review
Petoskey, Michigan, USA - Public Schools of Petoskey Superintendent Chris Parker addressed the situation regarding three band instructors and an assistant principal who are all currently on paid leave during Thur
Read more…For the Record: RE: A Taste of Carnival 2022
Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
21 January 2022
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts takes note of the comments in the public domain related to the headline in Thursday’s (Thursda
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist & scholar Kassie Pierre
Happy Birthday to Kassie Pierre
January 22th
Theatre of the mas
Culture Matters
Dara Healy
SO IT SEEMS we have to go right back to the yard. Where it all started, to the theatre of the road, to the barrack-yard.
Amidst the stillness of the music trucks, perhaps we will once again grasp the opportunity to hear
Read more…Carnival is on
Trinidad Express Newspapers
By Kay-Marie Fletcher
Carnival 2022 is happening.
Even if it is just a “taste” that will allow only certain events, and no fetes.
Revellers, culture enthusiasts and tourists alike will also have to be vaccinated agains
Read more…Former Steelpan player KEB MO from Compton to multi-Grammy winner
La Jazz Scene
By Dee Dee McNeil/ Jazz Journalist
Keb Mo is the first to tell you he was never crazy about school or academics. It was music that came naturally to the young man. Music was his passion. He was intoxicated with the sound of percussion
Read more…When Sidney Poitier met the Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband in 1964
Published with the expressed permission of the author
by Clevil James
In Photo from left – Steve Regis, Elton “Smokey” John, Herman Colins, Conrad Hunte, unknown, unknown, Sidney Portier, Hugh Borde, unknown,
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist & composing artist Tiajuana Hernandez
Happy Birthday to Tiajuana Hernandez
January 20th
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to panist, Tiajuana Hernandez
She’s a passionate proponent of the steelband art form. In an
Well yuh think yuh could look at PAN TRINBAGO and say dey PROMOTING PAN ... AQUIL ARRINDELL could PROMOTE PAN more than PAN TRINBAGO & BEVERLEY CAN ...
... so why BEVERLEY and LAUREN and the SECRETARY and PAN TRINBAGO neglecting and EXLPOITING THE PAN & THE CULTURE... come on BEVERLEY yuh collecting all that BIG MONEY and not lifting a FINGER to PROMOTE PAN ... allyuh making me feel sad ... because
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