Global - Rebecca – A Carnival Symphony
Listening to Desperadoes perform Clive Bradley’s arrangement of “Rebecca” never gets stale. The opening statement continues to capture the soul. That spellbinding run at the end of the introduction is always ex
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Global - ....Grandfather was flown back to Venezuela, and later Trinidad, where they named Gonzales, Belmont, after him. Rudolph Charles [“Charlo”]
Read more…Andy Neils writes
Post COVID-19 looking like Less and less time will be spent in the Panyard, for Stage Side practice sessions that is.
The art of practicing together online, is being perfected, during lock-downs
It's an ever changing world, would
New York, USA - He is one of the most well-known and well-liked people in that ‘next generation’ of performing artists involved in the New York pan scene. Thoughtful, multi-talented and a natural-born percussionist with world-class abilities, he’s
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jelani Cielto a special talent? Absolutely. He also has that type of gift that makes a very select few see partial differential equations as child’s play. Blessed with the innate ability of a photographic memory, he has
Read more…Here are the results of the Inaugural PanoGrama Finals. Congratulations to all participants in the competition
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Get up and Watch... It's Showtime! NY Pan Stars performs a slamming Marc Brooks arrangement of "Finesse" by Bruno Mars
"New York Pan Stars - performed a Marc Brooks-arrangement of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” that skillfully traversed the decades of music
Read more…All Lives Matter
The aftermath of all of this is protests that have turned into chaos. People are outraged. When will it be enough? When will the time come that black Americans either minding their own business or even those accused of minor infracti
When Steel Talks extends condolences to family and friends of Beverly Fonrose of Starlift Steel Orchestra. You will be missed.
The MUSIC COGNOSCENTI in TRINIDAD want to believe that JAMAICANS went to sleep one night and woke up next morning to discover that REGGAE MUSIC had become a GLOBAL PHENOMENON. So they are dreaming dreams that they will wake up tomorrow and 50 MILLION
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Through the establishment of the Pan Trinbago Social Prosperity Fund, the
Guardian May 27, 2020
"The recently streamed clash between Jamaican dancehall MC’s Bennie Man and Bounty Killer called Verzuz, has arguably resulted in greater global influence of Jamaican culture - but it has also given rise to discussions about T&T
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Carnival is the season of steelpan. But behind the Panorama stage, the future of T&T’s national musical instrument will be shaped by administrators, craftspeople, arrangers, and educators — like these men and women profiled by writer S
Read more…Earl: As you may have observed, I spend all my time criticizing ALL THINGS PAN.
However, THIS INTERNATIONAL PAN RAMAJAY has my FULLEST SUPPORT -- me and AINSWORTH MOHAMMED even praying together to MAKE SURE THAT THIS PAN PROJECT reaches THE SKY.
And,
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Melissa Doughty
A BPTT Renegades pannist during the band's 2020 Panorama final performance at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on February 22. PHOTO BY WARREN LE PLATTE. -
The covid19 pandemic has brought many challenges across the Ca
Read more…... NOW PRODUCING the GREATEST GLOBAL PAN SHOW in THE HISTORY of STEELBAND MUSIC while BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE is IN TOBAGO spending ALL THE MONEY that PAN PLAYERS MONEY were supposed to be paid FOR PANORAMA -- on COSMETICS and CLOTHES.
And people wri
Read more…If allyuh ever see THAT LIST allyuh will BAWL FOR MURDER -- some of the most HIGHLY POLITICALLY PLACED and MUSICALLY EDUCATED and SOCIALLY CONNECTED and SOPHISTICATED and CULTURALLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE and INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE in THE COUNTRY.
(And don't f
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