The Royal Gazette
Bermuda - Paul Smith is a man on a mission: to change everything you think you know about the steel pan.
The 31-year-old musician uses the steel pan to play everything from John Legend’s ‘Ordinary People’, Drake’s ‘Find Your Love’ a
Jamaica Observer
FANS and colleagues of calypso legend the Mighty Sparrow jammed Melanie's Sports Bar in Brooklyn, New York, last week for a concert in his honour.
The January 18 event was organised by Derek Parsons of WACK Radio and famed calypsoni
Read more…For the Historic record, they say that Steel pan started from the tamboo bamboo days, who was the first person that started beating on ah Dustbin or a pan when the Bamboo buss, was it Victor "Totee" Wilson, or Frederick "Mando" Wilson or "Gutter Rat"
Read more…The one who emerges as the leader of the Steelband Movement, will not be delegating from cyberspace, but as a TRUE LEADER, will be ahead of the pack, leading the charge! You see, a "leader" leads by example; a "manager" remotely delegates responsibil
Read more…Three white Americans pan people are traveling to T&T from Feb.9th to 17th, they are staying in Diego Martin and plan on getting around by public transport by themselves.
We should all be a little concern for their safety in our country, so if there
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan players from steelbands based in east Port-of-Spain are on the run as the country’s crime wave continues to escalate, says Gerard Mendez, chairman of Pan Trinbago’s northern region.
Up to la
Read more…The President of Pan Trinbago, Mr. Keith Diaz, is quoted in the print media of January 10th ,2014* as saying that “unsponsored bands have been taken care of” with respect to prize money for the World Steelband Music Festival 2013. If he said so, then
Read more…This year has seen a proliferation of pan songs like no other. Already there are well over 50 songs and the list keeps growing every day.
Every year new composers and sing
Read more…Members have you ever experience jumping up with your band on a carnival day and on seeing another band passing you went and take a chip or a jump with them ?. Well this happened to me, I was jumping up with Highlanders Steel Orchestra on Carnival
Read more…Is it too early to ring the bell signaling the end of the pan tune's dominance in panorama? I have been looking at the selections of bands so far, and I am seeing some very interesting trends building from the last 2 years. Some of the songs that ba
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Global - It is usually said that opposites attract; however this is a case where like minds meet. At this juncture - those of roycrosse, and Dalton Narine. “roycrosse” - this is i
Global - The steel orchestras of Trinidad & Tobago continue to check in with When Steel Talks regarding their respective tunes of choice for the 2014 Panorama season.
From its inception to Present. What era would You say were the Golden Years of Panorma?.
Read more…Is T&T ready for The Wedding, the marriage of Chutney and Soca, are we ready to share the carnival stage with Chutney music? In the most recent years we have seen an influx of our young Indian brothers and sisters in everything carnival, from truck
Read more…One of the goals of NCC's new five-year Strategic Plan 2014-2018 is to replace the focus on Carnival as a festival with Carnival as an industry.
The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Act(Chapter 42.01, A
Read more…Ah doh want anyone telling meh that ah doh like Andy or that ah like to beat up on Andy because that's not true........ but........it look like Andy coming with same kind of music again this year, boi ah doh know what to say. I was hoping Andy come t
Read more…Lyrics? Melody? Theme? Story telling? Rhythm? Musicianship? Production? Pan potential?
Which song or songs hit a special note with you? Which song made you hit the replay button? And Why?
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The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - One of the positive events held over the hectic Christmas season was the Achievement Day Celebrations for the young music students of Music Makers by their musical director Merle Albino-de Cot
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