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Meet Hope Munro Smith of - California State University, Chico, CA

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Trinidad Á Tobago - With a genuine interest in the contributions of women to music globally she fell deeply in love with Trinidad and Tobago's culture, music and Pan. She is a steelpan musician, autho

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Thirty years after death, Rudolph Charles remains... The Baddest Desperado

by Dalton Narine

Global - Thirty years ago today, Laventille’s Rudolph Charles shuffled off this mortal coil and went out in style - a glam funeral service, his soul encased in the Chariot pans he invented and three religions vying for meager p

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Who Pays Pan Trinbago’s Legal Fees?

According to an article by Sean Douglas in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday today, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, “Legal action involving the State for a period of almost four years has cost the country’s taxpayers some $343 million.”

I also remember Brian

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Meet Israel McLeod - Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Trinidad and Tobago - In regards to Pan: "

“Let me begin this question by stating that my work in these fields has been locally. The greatest challenges for me however have been psychological.

As a coun

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Meet Carol-Ann Andrews of Harvard Harps Steel Orchestra, Trinidad and Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Trinidad Á Tobago - Her passion for Pan is unwavering and burns intensely. She is a steelpan musician, steelpan mom, and steelpan administrator. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Carol-

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Meet Lilian Sten Nicholson - Barbados

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Barbados, West Indies - “Pan is about to become a billion dollar, global industry, and not a cent will go to the inventors.” - She is an artist who captures history, culture in the most authentic mann

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Revisiting --- The Good, Bad and Ugly - Smooth Sailing at 2015 Panorama Musical Game of Thrones - A WST Review

Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama 2015

In the age of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram the self-made Pan experts and gurus are popping up everywhere all over the world -- type 140 characters, hit enter and scream ‘Look at me...’ Luckily in

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INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA COMPETITION.....

Seeing that this event is not too far away  [8-9th August] it would be nice if we get an update. Foreigners have to book time off from their jobs and locate accommodation in T&T.

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Panyard to be transformed into homework centre

 By CECILY ASSON - Trinidad Newsday

The only steelband in Penal has embarked on a mission to transform their panyard into a “liming block” and members are making it clear that the “block” will not be one where idle thoughts prevail, but one where you

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It's Broken! Fix It! - Pan & Mas

The large bikini Mas bands have abandoned the Savanah for the Socadrome. The greatest steel orchestras in the world are playing to an empty Grand Stands at 3:00 am in the morning. And the streets of Port of Spain as Mr. Rubadiri Victor showed are emp

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Meet Sparkle Demming - Brooklyn, New York

Web Posted - Saturday March 28, 2015 When Steel Talks

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

Brooklyn, New York - Thoughtful, and forward-thinking. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - musician, panist and performing artis

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Revisited - Meet Claudie Donne - Guadeloupe, Paris, France

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Paris, France - “I just have to play pan. It makes me feel connected to my roots.” - Pan is her passion. She radiates pure unadulterated love for the steel pan culture and art form. In an exclusive in

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Blame our elite and broken institutions

Blame endemic corruption in Tri­nidad and Tobago on the country’s broken institutions and its elites, said economist and former deputy governor of the Central Bank Terrence Farrell.

Farrell’s remarks were made in a speech delivered at the Trinidad an

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Lilian Sten Nicholson

Funny how you have been at one of the Oxford balls I played for! I have enjoyed your interview as reading along I identified with your thoughts on steel pan, carnival and all.......thank you Ms Nicholson!

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It's Broken Fix it...

Cecil Hinkson my good man, Carnival without "Pan / Steel Band" is "NOT" Carnival, with out our "bamboo tamboo" and "dus bin" band's parading the streets, Carnival would not have evolved, Carnival derived / obtained from our "Black African French and

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Meet Arielle Chase - Brooklyn, New York

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

 

Brooklyn, New York - “Panorama is like a progress report of your band. You get to observe how much you've grown as a body. From the talent of the players, the reaction of the audience, and the comment

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Marcus Miller explores his African roots on new CD - featuring Robert Greenidge

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In ref to Marcus Miller / Robert Greenidge Improvisation Discussion

Errol Cedric Lewis, NO, I do not dislike or hate U, or anyone for that matter, hate is too much of a burden for me to carry around, I just get irretated when ppl implement negative input about "pan and pan men", and I don't have anything worth steali

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The Codrington Pan Family Pave the Way at SXSW Interactive

Austin, Texas - The reviews have been glowing. Last week the Codrington Pan Family performed at the globally recognized, very influential and trendy SXSW festival. In fact, the Codrington Pan Family was named one of SXSW 2015’s 10 breakout act

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Inref; to Marcus Miller...

Cecil Hinkson; this guy Lewis, it seem's like he love's to jump into deep waters where "Shark's" are swimming, I know "Robert Greenidge" personally as he' my daughter Crystal's and my son Robert Godfather, I've also worked with Greenidge in Vegas at

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