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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“I do not believe there is a challenge that would be difficult for this generation because it is some of the same people who have grown up in steelpan during the same tough and challenging times. With that being said, this generation has a creative
Read more…As the ONLY REAL TRINIDADIAN left in THE WORLD -- ah go have to TELL HIM OFF!!!
Look MISTER CARONI INDIAN -- I have been PUSHING CHUTNEY-SOCA for years on THIS FORUM ... much to the FRUSTRATION of the AFRO-TRINI readers.
How much times I have to tell
Read more…This is a PROPER SKIN TONE PICTURE of KAMALA HARRIS around the OAKLAND-SAN FRANCISCO AXIS that I have PERSONALLY seen FOR DECADES before THIS NEW POLITICAL RACE ...
... and this is a PICTURE of the KAMALA HARRIS who RAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT in WHITE
Read more…This is a great LAUNCHING PAD achieved through the passion and tireless efforts of Vishma Ramcharita and Nishard Mayrhoo.
As a REAL TRINIDADIAN, I don't care if it is CHUTNEY or PAN or SOCA that goes beyond our boundary and out to the WORLD WIDE WEB
Read more…Von Martin has produced a very special tribute to Clive Bradley that in addition to highlighting the master's musical brilliance, showcases his social awareness and consciousness, his genius, and his humanity. On behalf of the global steelband commun
Read more…It is up to him to make a BIG SPLASH and start building a WORLDWIDE FOLLOWING. Now he comes into the GAME with a lot of CREDENTIALS to take PAN to a far corner of the world. He has the TECH BACKGROUND and the ACADEMIC BACKGROUND and the MUSIC BACKGRO
Newsday November 5, 2020
LOCAL East Indian artistes have been given an international platform to showcase their talent and a bit of TT’s diverse culture.
Two-time Chutney/Soca Monarch competition winner Nishard Mayrhoo (Nishard-M) has landed a mega c
Read more…The lost opportunity was when PAN PLAYERS were given an OPPORTUNITY to ELECT LAWFORD DUPRES in the LAST ELECTION. That opportunity was LOST and BACKWARD BEVERLEY FROM TOBAGO was elected instead.
How long have AFRO-TRINI PAN PEOPLE been in charge of
Read more…It is almost MIDNIGHT and TRUMP is still in the game.
Now my only gripe with TRUMP is that he did not START A WAR WITH CHINA for releasing THE COVID VIRUS against THE WEST to destroy our economies. And the reason he could not do that is because PUTIN
Read more…This one is a little TOO COMPLEX for THIS PNM FORUM TO GET -- but for HISTORICAL PURPOSES ... a man's go to do what a man's got to do!!!
RESPECT YUH CULTURE means stop STEALING ALL THE MILLIONS HANDED OVER BY THE PNM GOVERNMENT to the AFRO CULTURE LE
Read more…This was a GREAT CONCEPT -- but he BOTCHED THE GLOBAL APPROACH!!!! And the RECORDING of the LEAD VOCALIST was a little LESS THAN AMATEUR!!! WE SO TALENTED!!! Read more…
Ok I want to say that it is time to form an organization or union to represent musicians. I have been very impressed this year by Voice the 2016 Soca Monarch and i want to take this time to congratulate him on his victory and his winning song, Life h
Read more…Guardian November 1st, 2020
Responding to the editorial published on October 30, in which TUCO was taken to task on its alleged failure to adequately preserve the works of the calypso art form, Masimba said there was no fact or truth to the editorial
Read more…Composer Jan Bach
and the Steelpan
The first concerto ever written for steelpan and orchestra
Illinois, USA - “Concerto for Steelpan and Orchestra” - the work of composer and educator Dr. Jan Bach of Northern Illinois University (NIU) - was most rec
