Revisited - The 1953 Dial Records of Carnival Music in Trinidad
republished with expressed permission of the author
Global - When Aubrey “Bolo” Christopher, of Christopher Brothers Cycle and Radio Services, 7 Nelson Street, Port of Spa
republished with expressed permission of the author
Global - When Aubrey “Bolo” Christopher, of Christopher Brothers Cycle and Radio Services, 7 Nelson Street, Port of Spa
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to steelpan innovator and pioneer Ellie Mannette.
Read more…Is History Repeating Itself?
ClÉment Imbert, Project Engineer of the Steelband Research Project, looking at the bowl of a pan made by the hydroforming machine designed by Ron Dennis of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UWI (1975)
By Terry Jos
Read more…In July 2012 two members of the Executive of Pan Trinbago, Beverly Ramsey-Moore, Assistant Secretary and Keith Simpson, Trustee, resigned from their elected positions. The reasons surrounding their decision to resign were made public and as reported
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to The Codrington Pan Family - The 2013 Pan Is Beautiful XII Orchestra Champions!!
"My main concern is setting this thing forward as an example to what can be done with this kind of music, what changes can be made and what kind of music can be acceptable."
Master arranger Clive Bradley....http://youtu.be/UrYA5-Pxclc
Read more…Is WST a "free for all" where anyone can say anything to anybody without consequence? As a senior no one had to tell me what is required of me, I knew that there is a unwritten code of conduct I must follow, we all know this yet sometimes things get
Read more…I Quote the words of my Very Good Friend Ian Franklyn," Plenty of Music but not Plenty of Support, Let no one Blame on Pan Trinbago."
My question is, who should we Blame for this?
Who should we Blame if the Thousands of Local Pan supporters are not m
Read more…This ain’t no anticlimactic musical situation- this is the real deal! Differentology looks set to take on the world and in case anyone has forgotten we must remind them that this one’s Trini born and bred! ETCETERABUZZ.COM is happy to spread the wor
Read more…So the race has started for Panorama 2014. Well this is an open invitation to all composers of 2014 pan tunes; email me an mp3 file of your tune for broadcast on the RADIO SHOW entitled "For The Love of Pan" that is produced and hosted by me on "The
Read more…Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke.
Olawale Ajimotokan
Trinidad and Tobago has announced the award of university scholarship to 30 Nigerian y
The andy narell ambasador dream, to all you brain dead, think you know about the direction pan should go.Is it because Ellie mannette has a big influence on Andy narell? you all johnny come lately want to miss lead the population and pan players and
Read more…Brian Brumant joined Renegades in 1981 at the tender age of 15; and in a very short space of time established himself as one of Renegades finest players, so much so that the legendary Dr Jit Samaroo was to identify him as his successor. True to his
Read more…Condolences to the family of Brian Brumant, Renegades Steel Orchestra and Florida Florida Memorial University music department.
Brian Brumant was a Florida Memorial University graduate and a long time Renegades member.
The funeral will be held at 1
Read more…We are producing painst by the dozens and chances of anyone of them making a living for themselves playing pan is almost zero, what's being done for the next generation of panist?
Read more…Funking up a storm like a page out of the Ohio Players “Fire” days - indeed, NIU Steel Band dropped a November surprise. In what has to be one of the more varied and entertaining NIU Steel Band concerts, the orchestra showcased all a
Read more…Brooklyn Steel Orchestra comes together for AGT auditions
New York, USA - In an 'on the spur of the moment' collaborative effort, some of Brooklyn's finest steelpan musicians came to together for a special project. That project being vying for a sp
Ok people tell me how it felt hearing Bunji's Differentology at the beginning of Grey's Anatomy.
Read more…An idea came to me, and I am sure at least ONE person will cut it down; but here goes anyway:
Instead of having the Greens be the playhouse for those who really do not care about steelbands and pan, I suggest that the area be allotted to the member s
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