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Sparrow's Country Girl
I have been enjoying the Esso Steel Band (Bermuda) version of this song - can anyone tell me which year it was written? Thanks
Read more…Steelband and Jazz Ensemble Concert Live from NIU (Northern Illinois University)-online
Global - As part of our ongoing effort to provide the global steelpan music community access to great music with stellar performances, When Steel Talks is pleased to announce that we will be carrying the free online live stream of the upcoming NIU (N
Read more…‘Bucks’ Inspires through Steelpan music
Buckinghamshire, U.K. - SV2G (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation) has been granted the Inspire Mark- the badge of the London 2012 Inspire Programme. SVG2 Steelpan Stepping Stone project funded by the Arts Council England will build the c
Read more…Renegades impresses adjudicators at festival opening
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - American music adjudicators presiding over the 29th Biennial T&T Music Festival, taking place at venues across the country, have put in a request with event co-ordinator Marie-Diane Dupres to visit the panyard of BP Renegad
Joy of drumming
Pennsylvania, USA - Kevin Guerrieri, an Edgeworth Elementary third-grader selected to shake a watermelon-sized noisemaker at the center of a steel drum storm, admitted his ears were ringing and his arms ached with fatigue. But he wasn’t complaining.
Advance Dynamics Responds to 2010 Panorama DVD Criticism
- First let me say that Advance Dynamics receives NO money to produce these DVD's, production costs are covered from DVD sales.
The irony of the comments in your forum is that we COMPLETELY agree with MOST of the complaints
Concert for Ailing Pan Personality
Global - Widely-followed and much-loved Trinidad & Tobago WACK 90.1 fm radio presenter, David “DJ Heshimu” Graham, is facing extremely severe health challenges, and is in immediate need of love, prayers, and - most of all - financial support. Funds a
Read more…Surrender by Destra....
Great song......infectious melody, nice rhythm...one of the better songs for the just-concluded 2k10
Exodus Debacle Victimisation, or an Over Abundance of Pettiness?
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Exodus—as an organisation and a steelband is reputed to be one of the best in Trinidad and Tobago. In my interview with Pelham Goddard for the T&T Review a little less than three years ago, he spoke about the fact that more
Read more…Pan meets Jazz at history making concert
Illinois, USA - The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Steelband and The NIU Jazz Ensemble will present a joint concert at the Duke Ellington Ballroom, at the university’s Holmes Student Center, on March 20, at 8 pm. This concert will be especially
Steel band drums up Haiti aid
Steel band drums up Haiti aid
London, U.K. - Far from the ongoing human tragedy in Haiti, the sweet rhythmic tinkles of a steel band were shared with Londoners Saturday in a bid to help the shattered Caribbean nation.
The Golden Harps Steel Orchest
Hope made of steel - 60 MoBay youths to benefit from new music band
Jamaica, W.I. - The lives of some 60 unemployed youths in the communities of Cornwall Court and Green Pond in St. James are expected to be transformed with the formation of a steel band. The initiative is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Touris
Pan Chat Radio Show 9 "The Requests Show"
Hi there friends,
Show 9 is now on-line. This month is the "requests show". Choons requested by the people for the people. Dexy requested i shut up this month so that you can hear the selections made. So i kinda did. Well I tried anyway