Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eight soloists and six ensembles will compete in the finals of the National Steelband Music Festival Pan Is Beautiful XII at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain to
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A full audience gathered at All Saints Church last Saturday for An Evening Of Song and Steel, a recital by young and talented soprano Rahel Moore, accompanied by pianist Enrique Ali. It was a tho
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In 1948, the Empire Windrush was en route from Australia to England via the Atlantic, docking in Kingston, Jamaica. An advert had appeared in a Jamaican newspaper offering cheap transport on the shi
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South London, England - A steel pan group has been awarded a £15,000 grant to participate in the Lord Mayor's Show.
Endurance Steel Orchestra said they were shocked to discover their application for the grant had been successful.
Read more…Today, November 4, 2013 would have been the seventy-seventh birthday of the late Master arranger Clive Bradley. He is one of the most important figures in the history of steelpan music.
Clive Bradley chilling at When Steel Talks facilities
In further discussions about the global impact steelpan music of Lord Kitchener's "Pan in A Minor" - a colleague of mine made the following observation.
Read more…Strangely, Symphony In G, which predates Pan in A Minor by a decade, is also a in minor key and
Trinidad Express
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Reigning national Panorama champion Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove will make a four-day tour to the African continent later this month as part of its first prize.
Arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe will lead a co
22 June 1948: Number 11 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music
Neil Spencer
The Guardian, Wednesday 15 June 2011
When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, a new Britain was born. On board was the first wave of We
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Delaware, USA - Traveling with 24 cases of musical instruments in a foreign country was not an easy feat, says Music Professor Harvey Price, who returned last week from his trip to Israel. Price boarded the plane to Israel with so many ins
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Global - It's been a tough year for Trinidad and Tobago. Tourism is way down, and its members of parliament are still fighting over disputed elections last December. But worst of all is the
Read more…The intellectual property (IP) issues that have plagued the steelpan, a musical instrument created from discarded metal oil barrels by impoverished musicians, strike at the hear
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Toronto, Canada - For Patrick “Panman Pat” McNeilly, singing and playing to musical beats was more appealing that walking the beat.
After four years on the job as a Toronto Police Service constable assigned to 14 Division, McNeilly resign
Read more…Can someone please explain the "logic" behind this trend of "thought"?:
The steelbands were considered by society as being hooligans playing NOISY instruments. The electronic "pans" will make the steelbands more acceptable by society, because they wi
Read more…Long-time panist and rhythm man Rudy “Indian” Bowen died of cancer on the night of Thursday October 24, 2013. “Indian” (Rudy) was an early member of Tripoli Steelband in the early 50s, then went on to England and played with various groups there, th
Read more…Love how he added the pan into his music. Lots of artists seem to forget that pan can make the riddims sweet
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