Percussionist Ralph MacDonald is visual and sometimes quietly intense but always expressive, and is a compendium of unique island and conventional percussive rhythms. The When Steel Talks (WST) crew was privileged to sit down with the dynamic musici
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$800 stipend for panmen
Thursday, December 15 2011 Panmen participating in the 2012 Panorama preliminaries will receive an $800 stipend approved by Cabinet for the last Carnival season. Pan Trinbago secretary, Richard Forteau said members were told |
The fastest Woman Bass Player that I have seen is the woman from Samaroo jets at the 1986 music festival, she is fast and very smooth, the other one I have seen is from Oasis steel band (new jersey), if there is anyone that is faster than the one fro
Read more…PUT COUNTRY FIRST - I LIME in All Stars Panyard last Saturday where a Steelband CD was launch several bands perform.
Today is the first day after the SoE it is a beautiful morning maybe rain later today after 4 weeks visiting I traveled to Moruga - I
Read more…birdsong
presents a Free Community Concert
Sunday December 18 @ 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Auzonville Park, Tunapuna, Trinidad, W.I.
Birdsong has an Academy where students are exposed to music on various instruments including: Steelpan; Brass; Keyboard; Percus
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Happy Birdthay greetings to Pelham Goddard. Mr. Goddard has penned some of the most memorable songs in recent Caribbean music history.
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Read more…I heard Bertram passed sometime this week, I think he was sick. I never knew his last name, but I knew him in City Symphony in the 60' , then he went to Desperadoes, I was hoping that someone would post the info on pan times. He was a know person in
Read more…Boogsie's Tribute to the Calypso King of the World is now on Sale.
Mp3s can be purchased online from CDBaby.com or from the Percussive Harmonic Instrument Facebook page.
In Trinidad, the physical retailers are Kam's (Long Circular Mall), Crosby's (St
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Tobago, W.I. - We are at Scott’s Holiday Apartments, in Mt. Pleasant, Tobago [for Pazzaz, the Pan Jazz show held earlier this year on April 29 in Tobago]: panist Jason “Peanuts” Isaac, Fitzroy “Poporoy” Henry, Riley and myself, Keith Anderson. Riley
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Ray Holman, esteemed composer, arranger and pan player is bringing back the old time days with his first annual Christmas 2011 musical presentation, “A True Trini Christmas” on Thursday December 8 at 6.30 pm at the newly rem
NBC’s Sing Off Christmas Special “OK” - But America is Still Singing the Afro Blues
NBC takes it where it hurts for Judges’ snafu - Panorama, take note
New York, USA - According to TV Guide, the November 28 two-hour finale of “The Sing-Off” plumme
Read more…I will love to invite our chat steelpan he lives and breathe music
Read more…CARIBBEAN PRESTIGE Foundation (CPF) is calling on Government to implement an artise development fund of $5 million for the development of local artistes.
Gregory Fernandez, Advisor to Executive Chairman, CPF, made this call at the launch of the 2012
Read more…Is the current group of Soca artists developing a reality check?
"Have we lost the whole concept of what soca is all together melody should not be one we throw to pan alone but to MUSIC on a whole!"
Fay Ann Lyons- Alvarez
Has the musical pendulum
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The UConn Steel Pan Ensemble put on a show at Von der Mehden recital hall Sunday evening. The ensemble, consisting of 17 undergraduate stud
Bertram “Speedy” Ash Small was a pioneer for the steelband fraternity of New York, founding member of Humming Birds Steel Orchestra (USA) together with Ellie Mannette, founded and led EXZIBITS Steel Orchestra (USA), and former member of Desperadoes (
Read more…St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - One of the nation’s foremost panists, Robin Margetson, who has been in the business for over 30 years, is welcoming the government’s intention to establish a National Youth Steel Orchestra.
“Anything we can do to help harne
