Take a look at these diamond cut steel drums made by Nittetsu Drum in Japan! Akira Iino is a Japanese steelpan builder/tuner (he's also a band leader, restaurant owner) who recently created steelpans out of these beautiful drums.
Jonathan Scales’ mission is to demonstrate that steel pan music can be more than the Caribbean-flavored percussion that his instrument is associated with. Steel pans or drums originated on the islands of Trinidad an
The group’s repertoire is varied, with broad appeal, and includes Caribbean music, familiar pop songs, television and movie themes, and classical music.
Parks & Recreation is offering summer sound at Heritage Park, 116 E. Main St., at
England does be sending STEELBANDS all over EUROPE to represent ENGLAND. And even AMERICA send JONATHAN SCALES to ASIA to represent YANKEE MUSIC with THE PAN. And now CANADA is sending SALMON CUPID and his STEELBAND to SPAIN this summer to represent
And why do you all think that despite the proximity to THE MECCA OF PAN -- PAN never take off in SOUTH AMERICA like it did in EUROPE and NORTH AMERICA?
Now, remember that PAN TRINBAGO is the WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF STEELBAND. And as PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD GOVERNING BODY OF STEELBAND, I would expect that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE would have had to SIGN OFF on the PARTICIPATION OF THIS BAND in such an INT
Bring the man back home and give him a house and land and a car and a driver and an OFFICE with a staff of THREE and let the man LOOSE to GLOBALIZE PAN. All the hundreds of millions that are wasted on PAN to no end -- this would be a great investment
Ford government's education cuts will silence music in TDSB schools, say instructors
TORONTO: A music instructor who has worked 24 years with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is seeing history repeat itself as the board once again proposes cu
"Themigrationofsteelpanshas escalatedsignificantlyfrom when they werefirst introduced to the United States. There were only a few permanent bands by1980(Williams, “Steel Band”54). There were five by 1981 (Yancey1). In 2001, areported 650
ROADBLOCK Steel Orchestra ran away with the first prize ($5,000) in the TSTT sponsored 5-A-Side pan competition held at the St James Amphitheatre last Thursday evening. Playing in position fo
