Global - “In the midst of all the merrymaking that carnival is supposed to be; that handling of the minor key makes you remember those two masks... One mask is smiling and one mask is weeping. His minor always had this terrible, gut-wrenching qualit
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Global - “A great musician. A great loss to the pan world for sure. There is only one Clive Bradley. There is no one who does a panorama tune like Clive Bradley. He has his style which was very effective. He looked at a song and lyrics and used that
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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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Len “Boogsie” Sharpe (left)
Global - Acclaimed steelband arranger Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and dialect poet Paul Keens Douglas are among 14 people across the region who will receive honorary degrees from the University of th
Read more…When Steel talks eextends condolences to the friends and family of Shafeeq Muhammad
Read more…THE HOLIDAYS are coming and THE TRINIDAD STEELBAND COMMUNITY needs your help. Go to the PAN TRINBAGO PROSPERITY FUND and make a CONTRIBUTION -- PLEASE!!!
Read more…Clive Bradley - The Man and his Music
by Robbie Joseph
United Kingdom - The following is a lasting memory I have of the greatness of Clyde and his captivating music. This episode of my life is often relived when his music is played.
In 1998, Clive
Bradley was academically sound. So great was he that after being a student at the Gov't Training College and passing with distinction in his subjects he was recalled- this time as a lecturer in Mathematics. He also taught Math at the Catholic Women's
Read more…In another When Steel Talks exclusive, the legendary award-winning journalist, film maker and panist Dalton Narine - presents a riveting, gut wrenching and enthralling account of some of his personal experiences and memories as a Viet Nam combat vete
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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…“...I wish I would have understood fuller it would be people’s unwillingness to accept that change is coming. As a woman I’ve had to fight a lot of misogyny and sexism throughout my entire musical career and that’s just to have a spot at the table. I
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Earl Brooks Sr. and Earl Brooks Jr. father and son team have been named the 2020 Panorama co-arrangers of Hatters Steel Orchestra - Medium band category. Their 2020 Tune of choice: “Trouble In the Morning.”
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New York, USA - “The instrument is amazing as is; however, it’s the organizations and people of power that give it the wrong attention.” - Earl Brooks Jr.
The name “Brooks” resonates deep and loud in the world of Pan. There is the iconic Earl Brook
Read more…TRUMP CANNOT GO PAST 265!!!
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Global - The first concerto ever written for steelpan and orchestra was written by Dr. Jan Bach.
Jan (Morris) Bach, 82, composer, educator, French Hornist, pianist, cartoonist
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Social media users seem especially proud of Harris' Jamaican heritage!!!
If I was a HIGHLY PAID GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE (BEVERLEY, LAUREN, GYPSY, MASIMBA, COLIN) representing OUR CULTURE and I saw THE DISMAL FAILURE of our PAN SOLOISTS during the last INTERNATIONAL PAN SOLOIST COMPETITION -- I would have called for an IMMEDI
Read more…Global - “...There is only one Clive Bradley who gave us exceptional music. Clive is my friend... He was a very sharing man and a very private man. It is a great, great loss. I have lost my friend... for me he used to create magic... ” –– Ella Andall
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