Roadblock Steelband of Trou Macaque, Laventille, has relocated to the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, due to fears of borderline gang violence. - Gary Cardinez
Newsday -- THE young players of Roadblock Steel Orchestra are exposed to the elemen
YOU TWO have gone BEYOND THE CLOUDS OF PAN and you have to STAY FOCUSED on THE MISSION. Don't let the TRINI OLE TALK pull allyuh back down -- STAY ABOVE THE FRAY!!!
"Instead of lending support to our efforts at capacity building and institutional strengthening, THEY try to belittle our integrity with maliciousness?
Some SELLING a FALSE NOTION about a debt of SIXTY MILLION[$$$]."
3. What’s your biggest source of income as a pan musician? How did it become your biggest source?
“Playing live music. I don’t teach. And CD sales are pocket change. It’s always been about playing music live. Almost half my gigs are weddings. That’s
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- While seeing to the Christmas ham, pastelles, parang, and like preparations, some Trinidadians and Tobagonians are also having another key focus: Pan. This, as the preliminaries in the small conventional steel orchestra cat
"Promotion of mediocrity in the steelband fraternity by Pan Trinbago shall never cease, unless the system by which executives are elected to office changes. A moratorium on the registration of new bands may be necessary to conserve the quality that w
MUSICAL ECSTASY: Members of the Roadblock Steel Orchestra appear to be high on the music during judging for the preliminary round on Tuesday. PHOTO BY SUREASH CHOLAI in prelims of Panaorama small band competition playing in the dag
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It seems like they went and TAPED the SMALL BANDS and I have also seen them mentioned here and there on a regular basis with their "PAN MUST ALWAYS BE THE WINNER" slogan.
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Let’s start with the end. The inaugural session of Carib Parlor Notes featuring performing artist and panist Garvin Blake was extremely successful. It was a groundbreaking event with vast hi