Sometime in the late 1930′s, the government in another of its persistent and futile attempts to suppress African cultural survivals, decided that the colony would more easily be governable if drums and other traditional musical
Global- In this exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, champion arranger Ray Holman provides a frank and honest assessment of the current state of the steelpan movement in Trinidad & Tobago, its past, its growth, s
I would like to Big-Up RAY HOLMAN for being the only arranger who was there 50 years ago as an arranger and then is here 50 years later as an arranger. This is a big milestone that should be recognized, acknowledged and appreciated. I would hope th
Global- In the now classic Panorama tune “Band From Space” by Amrit Samaroo, the ‘aliens’ revealed that they learned everything about Pan from monitoring TTT (Trinidad & Tobago Television, the former incarnation of the government’s television sta
Why are old tunes allowed in Panorama? Season too short? Poor reason. Good for one good for all. How will it look if Exodus win with Gold. I have nothing against Exodus but I think it is not fair for a band to play a tune that has been played before
It seems like comedy will become the next big craze in the Caribbean, and that's no joke. However, some new software is needed to upgrade the humour and transform it into a real art that will sell out venues. Potentially, a comedy club is a business
Trinidad & Tobago - It’s hard to believe that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago could ever look at the diametrically opposing forces of the Panorama and party on the Greens and say - “now that’s what I’m talking about.” It is hard to imagine
I hope Andy Narrel will be back to arrange for panorama, only the next time give us his interpretitation of our music not what he think our music should sound like.
The Minister of National Security declared on national TV that whether it is 1 or 3 steelbands, to him, it's the same NOISE. He says he can't tell the difference. It hurts when you know the sacrifices and hardwork that pannists undergo to produce g
I just want to say thank you to all the players and to the entire Birdsong organization for a fantastic performance last night. You did everything I asked and hoped for and you were awesome from the first play on
National Carnival Commission chairman Allison Demas last night said the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) will be broadcasting this year’s major Carnival events. In a statement, Demas said CNMG had been granted exclusive rights for TV broadcast of maj
My intention is not to bring about any controversy but just trying to see how the dropping of the high and low score on the judges score sheets is viewed by others. We will all never agree with whatever system is used but with just one point separat
Global- ....While it is true that beggars cannot be choosers, in this case when the two stations overlapped in coverage there was only one real choice. That was Vibe CT 105.1 FM which was clearly superior. For reasons unknown to us i95.5 FM’s broadc
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Unlike the violence between North Stand patrons and the police at last year’s National Panorama semi-finals at the Greens in the Queen's Park Savannah, in Port-of-Spain, yesterday’s Panorama semis s
Gayelle TV is reporting that calypsonian Sedley Joseph aka Penguin has died. When Steel Talks extends condolences to the friends and family of Sedley Joseph.
They were from a generation that did not fully embrace the steelpan, its history and significance to the country, and like many in their social standing in the community, they applied a stigma to this beautiful instrument.