History repeats itself. -
by Kathleen O’Mara:,
This is Timeless....
And people stayed at home
And read books
And listened
And they rested
And did exercises
And made art and played
And learned new ways of being
And stopped and listened
More deeply
S
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With the entire country on lockdown, steelbands across the country aren’t able to practice together anymore .. but we didn’t let this stop us!! We all have our instruments at home and are continuing to practice together remotely .. 16 of our band mem
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Onaje Allan Gumbs, a pianist-composer whose firm foundation in hard bop supported an expansive career in pop-R&B and smooth jazz, died on Monday
Newsday April 6, 2020
And BEVERLEY was the one PREACHING all the SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION and when the OPPORTUNITY AROSE -- she LIMING WITH THE NCC EXECUTIVES and turn her back on PAN PLAYERS ... and THE NATION by EXTENSION!!!
Read more…When Steel Talks © 2006 - 06.23.06
Bronx, New York - It was the turn of the Bronx, New York, to experience the music of Trinidad All Stars (pictured right) and CASYM steel orchestras, as they got together for the
Guardian April 4, 2020
[NOT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK!!! BROOKLYN SETTLEMENT, SANGRE GRANDE!!!]
"Government's intention to transfer 29 recovering COVID-19 patients from the Couva Hospital to a building in the quiet community of Brooklyn Settlement, Sangre
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But the man eh even hire me as a CONSULTANT on THE VIDEO and I on LOCK DOWN and eh have NOTHING TO DO!!!
Read more…We’d like to wish PanDaddy, the happiest of birthdays. One amazing guy who has probably has taught more people to play steel pans than anyone else in the world. Who else can teach and run eight steel pan bands at a time and also find time to teach Fr
Read more…Meet Councillor Anil Juteram, The UNC chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, who showed up at a protest in solidarity with unmasked protesters (at 10:00 pm last Friday evening), shouting at the to
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During the global lockdown, reigning monarch Terri Lyons challenged Heather MacIntosh to extempo on the topic of lockdown.
Read more…Trinidad Express April 5, 2020
Left to right Junior Toussaint, migrated to US, Dez-Ann Romain, educator in New York, Trevor Pierre, a frontline worker and Winston O’Neil visited his wife in New York.
Trinidad Guardian April 5, 2020
ZORIDA WAHID KHA
Read more…It is easy to make an IMPULSIVE DECISION (in this time of FINANCIAL CRISIS) and agree with your LENDER to let you hold on to your $2000 monthly payment for THREE MONTHS ($6,000) without LATE PAYMENTS or DEROGATORY REMARKS on your CREDIT REPORT.
But b
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My advice to the young panists would be to stay humble and strive for highest and to always be yourself in all that you do.” –– Jamal Gibbs
The music of the steelband is his life and passion. In a When Steel Talks exclus
Read more…PANORAMA DONE and all PAN SHUT DOWN. Good thing I did not buy into that PAN HAVE NO SEASON PROPAGANDA.
Rowley had to raid the HSF to pay STEELBANDS their APPEARANCE FEES. He done over-borrow and cannot borrow NO MORE.
Ah hear that ah group down the
Read more…... that he is SUPPORTING BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE in RIPPING OFF STEELBANDS ... NO MORE RESPECT!!!
Not only did BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE take her 10 PER CENT from the APPEARANCE FEES -- she took an EXTRA FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS on some BS FALSE PREMISES!!!
I
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA - “As the instrument becomes more mainstream, we can’t let the uniqueness of the sound be lost through synthesizing. The steelpan is its own instrument and sometimes in our quest to show that it can play anything, we sometimes
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