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Meet Kianna Carrington - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

New York, USA - “What disappoints me the most is that people don’t see the blood, sweat, and tears it takes to run a steel band. They don’t see the dedication we put into making the bands great...” -- Kianna Carrington

‘Pan’ runs in her family bac

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AH THINK that DEM TRINI PAN MEN should hire me as a GLOBAL CONSULTANT for PAN MUSIC PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE ...

TRINIDAD GOOD MORNING

Ah doh want TO BOAST

But as a TRUE TRINI who did not come on A BOAT

I understand GLOBAL PAN MUSIC THE MOST ...

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DANE GULSTON: DUVONE STEWART call you out to come and answer the EX-TEMPO and put on a COVID HEALING SHOW for THE PAN WORLD ... so PAN LOVERS from ALL OVER waiting for you to ANSWER THE BELL ...

DANE GULSTON: We need a COVID LOCKDOWN SHOW from you. We know yuh in GOOD WITH ROWLEY so get ah LIL $10,000 and do a nice LIL PRODUCTION where you ANSWER DUVONE in EX-TEMPO and also ENTERTAIN PAN LOVERS in LOCKDOWN from TRINIDAD to THE FAR CORNERS OF

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COVID-19 pandemic forces cancellation of Toronto Caribbean Carnival

Mass crowds present tremendous risk of spreading virus, organizers say

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Watch Live Stream - Duvone Stewart in concert,,,

Duvone Stewart in concert,,,

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A Moment in Pan - Something for Dougie...by Josh Quillen

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And people stayed at home

History repeats itself. -

 by Kathleen O’Mara:,

This is Timeless....

And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of being
And stopped and listened
More deeply

S

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Meet Selena Antoine - New York, USA - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“I have always felt that there is a difference between hearing a band play a song, and actually playing within the band to hear the song.  The vibe is so much greater when standing in a band and I love the feeling.  With Panorama, it is like that fe

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LOCKDOWN CAN’T STOP US! -- Contrast Steel Band

With the entire country on lockdown, steelbands across the country aren’t able to practice together anymore .. but we didn’t let this stop us!! We all have our instruments at home and are continuing to practice together remotely .. 16 of our band mem

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Onaje Allan Gumbs, Pianist Whose Reach Spanned the Soulful and the Smooth, Dies at 70

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LOOK!!! Doctor Dolly (BIG MINISTER) handing out HAMPERS -- and BEVERLEY control about a 375,000 PAN FAMILY (nationally) and she is NO WHERE to BE FOUND ... in these DESPERATE DAYS

Newsday April 6, 2020

And BEVERLEY was the one PREACHING all the SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION and when the OPPORTUNITY AROSE -- she LIMING WITH THE NCC EXECUTIVES and turn her back on PAN PLAYERS ... and THE NATION by EXTENSION!!!

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Revisited -- “It’s A Wrap” Trinidad All Stars end whirlwind visit to the Big Apple in concert with CASYM

When Steel Talks © 2006 -  06.23.06 

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Brooklyn Settlement residents reject COVID recovery center plan [REAL DELIRIOUS COVID TIMES when HARDCORE PNM supporters choose to PROTEST against their LOVING GOVERNMENT to PROTECT THEIR LIVES]

Guardian April 4, 2020

[NOT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!!! BROOKLYN SETTLEMENT, SANGRE GRANDE!!!]

"Government's intention to transfer 29 recovering COVID-19 patients from the Couva Hospital to a building in the quiet community of Brooklyn Settlement, Sangre

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AQUIL ARRINDELL PRODUCED THIS VIDEO from his CUT THYME STUDIOS in SOUTH TRINIDAD ... ASIA (The Vocalist) is his DAUGHTER

But the man eh even hire me as a CONSULTANT on THE VIDEO and I on LOCK DOWN and eh have NOTHING TO DO!!!

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A little RED RED STEELDRUM WINE for the LOCKDOWN (2,118,653+ views)

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Happy 70th Birthday to PanDaddy, Richard Rudolph of Roanoke, VA.

We’d like to wish PanDaddy, the happiest of birthdays. One amazing guy who has probably has taught more people to play steel pans than anyone else in the world. Who else can teach and run eight steel pan bands at a time and also find time to teach Fr

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Let's Make Anil Famous

Meet Councillor Anil Juteram, The UNC chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, who showed up at a protest in solidarity with unmasked protesters (at 10:00 pm last Friday evening), shouting at the to

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Heather MacIntosh Covid-19 extempo challenge

During the global lockdown, reigning monarch Terri Lyons challenged Heather MacIntosh to extempo on the topic of lockdown.

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FIVE TRINIS DIE IN NEW YORK FROM COVID VIRUS -- REST IN PEACE!!!

Trinidad Express April 5, 2020

Left to right Junior Toussaint, migrated to US, Dez-Ann Romain, educator in New York, Trevor Pierre, a frontline worker and Winston O’Neil visited his wife in New York.

Trinidad Guardian April 5, 2020

ZORIDA WAHID KHA

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When Steel Talks MORTGAGORS: Think Carefully before you TAKE "ADVANTAGE" of MORTGAGE FOREBEARANCE!!!

It is easy to make an IMPULSIVE DECISION (in this time of FINANCIAL CRISIS) and agree with your LENDER to let you hold on to your $2000 monthly payment for THREE MONTHS ($6,000) without LATE PAYMENTS or DEROGATORY REMARKS on your CREDIT REPORT.

But b

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