In response to a WST member's pushing that we end PANORAMA, I entered the following thoughts...
So, in your opinion, we should scrap over 60 years of tradition because of "bad judging"? A Panorama tune may become boring to you after "4to5 mins", bu
Read more…The following is a look at the numbers, as they relate to discussions on WST (When Steel Talks):
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Micahi Felician, Stryke Stars and Exodus Steel Orchestra will each be defending their respective titles at this year’s edition of the Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Music Festival – Pan is Beautiful XII.
CXpress Garden Route Newspaper
Group received award for Best Overall Steelpan Performance
South Africa - PLETT Pioneers Field Band (PPFB) participated in the second Annual International Marimba and Steelpan Festival (IMSF) last month, registering as
When Steel Talks extends condolences to Keith Marcelle on the passing of his mother-in-law Mrs. Verna Payne.
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New York, USA - For this year 2013, Basement Recordings captured six of Brooklyn’s finest steel orchestras franchises as part of their annual panyard panorama music recording series. All the orchestras operated at v
Condolence to David Zephrine on the passing of his brother, KENNETH ZEPHRINE who departed sometime yesterday morning. Kenneth was a member of Westside Symphony (Bwia Sunjets) and was also a Cowbell man in Phase2.He lived at one time in Washington DC
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to Joseph Baptiste on the passing of his sister.
Read more…Before I begin, I would like to share with you ALL, my attitude and opinions on RACISM. A couple years ago I wrote the following poem, titled None Of My Friends Are Niggers:
None of my friends are niggers
Though many (of them) are of African descent.
The Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Police abruptly ended a scintillating performance from City Sun Valley at Friday’s staging of Sweet and Single, Come and Mingle held at the Duke Street, Port-of-Spain, panyard of Neal and Massy Trinidad
I read all these discussions about the acoustic pan and the electronic pan and pan on the road for carnival -- but I never see any discussions about PAN MUSIC. We have tuners and arrangers and composers and music graduates and professors at every lev
Read more…Today, I begin a series I title Friend Or Foe. This series seeks to clarify everyone's positions, opinions and attitudes toward the instrument we call "pan". Over the next few weeks, my "spare time" will be spent researching the posts of various pers
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, handed over a cheque on the afternoon of September 19 to representatives of SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) at the Offi
I would like to know what it is like for steelbands after the carnival season? do they have stage sides,is there a market for steelbands between panoramas, how do they utilize their pan yards, do they have work shops, after school programs for young
Read more…The Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Students graduating from Potential Symphony Steel Orchestra’s Music School in the Community project sponsored by the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism on Se
The Trinidad Guardian
China - The National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) left last week for appearances at the Ninth China International Folk Art Festival that began on September 14 in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.
....The 21-member NSSO, led by
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Education to supply, deliver, install and commission pan ensembles to 25 schools.
....Pan Trinbago was also contracted to supply and fu
Read more…What do you think about a music and performance competition solely based on the video footage, audio and pictures captured by WST and Basement during the normal Basement annual panyard recordings production? The criteria taken into account would be o
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirteen steel orchestras will participate in this year’s edition of the SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) Float Parade through the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The event had its genesis last year in
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Reading, England, U.K. - Since its formation in 1997, the Reading All Steel Pan Orchestra (RASPO) has become one of UK’s leading lights in steel pan music.
Taking its name from the Trinidad All Steel Pan Orchestra [TASPO], which fir
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