When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to arranger, panist and composer Amrit Samaroo.
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When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the Mighty Sparrow.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Born in Laventille, Trinidad, Ian “Teddy” Belgrave was exposed to the steelband at a very early age. His two elder brothers, John and Rob
Read more…Carlton k. Coombes Calyspsoian also know as The Mighty Foreign died on 06/21/13
at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn NYC USA. The funeral was on 06/29/2013.
It was a big turn out. We the Children, Family, Friends, and Fans will miss
him dearly.
Read more…New York's 2013 Panorama...
WIADCA reports that a live stream will be available for tonight's New York panorama competition. http://wiadcacarnival.org/wiadca-carnival-2013-live-stream/
Basement 2013 Panyard Recordings
Wednesday August 28:
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Teddy Belgrave on his passing.
click for WSTinterview with Teddy Belgrave
Ace panist and arranger Duvone Stewart says
After watching BET AWARDS i must say BIG BIG THUMBS UP TO JAMAICA and its MUSIC, REGGAE/DANCEHALL , that is why i would always keep saying IF STEELPAN AND CALYPSO/SOCA WAS A JAMAICAN INVENTION AND CREATION,
I don't know of another country that has their own family of instruments, how come none of our top performers never use a steelband to accompany their music? not even those that compose songs for the steelband, maybe our big brake will come when we l
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Is it possible that we produce to much music in T&T? Every year our performers come out with their CDs while in other parts of the world they do it every 3-4 years. Does it have a negative or possitive impact on the industry?
Read more…It is with very deep sadness that I announce the death of Josephus Douglas, he was the father of Martin "Dougie" Douglas. Mr. Douglas succumbed to a long period of illness in the early morning hours in North Carolina, where he lived for a very long
Read more…The Marriage Instititution
All related to Pan and definitely worth mentioning
On Sunday July 21st my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary … that’s right 40 years of marriage, indeed a milestone. This 40 year marriage was based on quite
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South Africa - More than 1400 musicians from South Africa and beyond will come together in a thrilling spectacle at the International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.
Now in its second year, this entertaining family-oriented musica
Read more…There is no other panorama like New York's event. From its inception and through the Bradley years the New York steelband music competition has been about the current popular party songs for the most part. This year will be no different.
Good Day, to whom it may concern. The word "marketing" keeps coming up in the vocabulary of those who have the idea that Pan is an industry. It is not; it is an art form and a proud culture of a people. Many people have got wind of the money market
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
‘Rusty pans’ cause jaws to drop, eyes to widen
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sixty-two years ago, on July 26, 1951, a significant aspect of steelband history was recorded with an appearance by TASPO at the Summer Festival of Britain.
Jamaica Observer
Bridgetown, Barbados, (CMC) - ...He quoted a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that noted trade in creative goods and services reached close to US$600 billion despite the sluggish pace of the
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Bayelsa State, Nigeria - The Bayelsa State Junior Steelpan Orchestra (BSJSO) was featured in the opening ceremony—which took the form of a dinner party—of the recently-held 2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant. For that July 7th openin
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