Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ramsey-Moore, National Carnival Commission chairman Winston "Gypsy" Peters and Culture Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly tour the facilities at the Queen's Park Savannah ahead of Sunday's lar
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If this was titled self excellence, in the headline, Akinola Sennon would have been blacklisted by the time his band, Siparia Deltones, crossed the stage at the Panorama semifinals. His refreshing arrange
Michael Marcano ... I always feel sorry for the judges though because panorama music is a mixture of genre. Arrangements vary from classical to jazz, oriental, latin, calypso and everything else in between. And contrary to popular belief, a classic
Here's a first: Steelpans at the Tiny Desk. It's true. Nearly a thousand performances into the series and the instrument has never been featured, until now. While the two bowls look shiny and new in this Jonathan Scales Fourches
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In spite of the all the brew-haha and local controversy over the recently-constructed “Pan-City” for Panorama 2020, some of the oldest and most revered steel orchestras in the world have vowed to display continued commitmen
IT WOULD not be an exaggeration to say that Kitchener’s music ruled the road. Apart from winning the Road March five times in the 1970s, his calypsoes were played by the winning Panorama large bands seven times.
SWEET VICTORY: Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra members celebrate reclaiming the large band title at THA Pan Champs on Wednesday evening at Parade Grounds, Bacolet. PHOTO BY DAVID REID - DAVID REID
"It's late!!! But could PAN TRINBAGO consider starting Sunday's Savannah party earlier so working people and school children can hear all the bands and still get home at a reasonable hour?"
Six people would hold us hostage throughout the night. We surrendered all our emotions to them. As if they were Gods as they sat like Kings and Queens on thrones. Vanity surpassed the qu