Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Randall Mitchell (pictured) says he supports the National Carnival Commission’s (NCC) decision to bring back the North Stand at the Queen’s Park Savannah for Carnival 2023.The stan
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Instruments used by the NKU Music Preparatory Adult Beginning Steel Drum BandKentucky, USA - An NKU (Northern Kentucky University) alum who hadn’t consistently played music since college. An adjunct faculty member of the music depart
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Jonathan ScalesCalifornia, USA - The Jonathan Scales Fourchestra will be playing a free concert Monday, November 14th at 8:00 p.m., at the Fulkerson Recital Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt [California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]. The performa
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Veterans Day Embraces 2 Trinis who served in Vietnam and elsewhere
Global - ....Veterans Day is officially observed on November 11. So, it’s the memory of the Vietnam War and how Gerry and I both fought it as soldiers of the First Infantry Division
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Honeybee Steelband plays music on Halloween in Montpelier last MondayMontpelier, Vermont, USA - In the middle of Montpelier’s State Street on Halloween, goblins, witches and giraffes paused their pursuit of sugar-filled treats to eye a buz
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Members of CASYM Steel Orchestra’s stage side with artist J. Moses Harper and her painting of Cicely Tyson, before the band performedNew York, USA - WST (When Steel Talks) was there to join in the celebration and honoring of the late great legendar
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| Yanis Roset with Panorama Champions Renegades |
Global - Over the course of approximately a little over two decades, members of WST (When Steel Talks) interacted closely with the late Clive Bradley in various capacities - i.e.., musicians, players, engineers and journalists. The following is |
When Steel Talks (WST) extends Happy Birthday greetings to journalist extraordinaire, film director and pan-man Dalton Narine
Editor's note:
When Steel Talks is sharing in part, an update on Dalton, posted by Glenroy Joseph dated September 26, 2023.
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Global - ....When Steel Talks has been following the career of Dike Samai for a number of years now. His positivity, forward thinking and energy are infectious, in addition to his undeniable talents and accomplishments that make him an automatic t
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Princess Margaret Secondary School Steel Orchestra - ChampionsAntigua & Barbuda, W.I. - ....Pigotts Primary School Steel Orchestra bested its two fellow competitors, while Princess Margaret Secondary School Steel Orchestra triumphed in their catego
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - This is the Live Stream of the country’s Schools’ Panorama Competition at the Antigua Recreation Grounds on October 31, 2022. Eight steel orchestras, five from secondary schools and three from the primary level will parti
Read more…George “Nugget” Joseph, a centurion, is the patriarch of the Antigua and Barbuda steel pan movement.
“Nugget,” as he is popularly known and referred to, is a pioneer of the steel pan movement of Antigua and Barbuda and a founding member of the Hells
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - The country’s Schools’ Panorama Competition is part of the 41st Independence schedule of events and will take place at the Antigua Recreation Grounds on October 31, 2022.
Eight steel orchestras, five from secondary schools
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