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CALYPSO ROSE wins another award
"Co-produced by Stonetree Music's Ivan Duran and Drew Gonsalves from Kobo Town, with Manu Chao sprinkling his magic on several tracks, Far From Home is a joyous, turbo-charged update on calypso tradition for a 21st-century global audience, Rose garni
Read more…I keep HEARING about the BILLIONS that Pan could BRING into TRINIDAD. But when I start LOOKING, I start seeing $34,000,000 in PAN TRINBAGO debt.
Not to mention all the PAN PLAYERS and JUDGES and SERVICE PEOPLE who are owed TENS OF MILLIONS by PAN TRINBAGO and DOCTOR DOLLY.
So who should I believe? Who do you believe?
A lot of people believe that PAN TRINBAGO could bring in BILLIONS from PANOR
Read more…Steel band in Harlesden fight for survival as trustees dissolve charity

St Michael and All Angels Steel Orchestra Pic credit: Jonathan Goldberg
Members of the St Michael’s Youth Project (SMYP), home to St Michael & All Angels Steel Orchestra, heard the charity was dissolving in a Sunday sermon address to parishioners on
Read more…A Magical Experience - The Knights, Andy Akiho, Andre White and Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra make Much Music at the House of BRIC
New York, USA - Recently while a significant portion of the global steelpan community was fully engaged with the happenings and grand performances of Trinidad and Tobago’s national Panorama competition—the greatest percussion event on earth and Supe
Nantes. Venez vibrer au premier festival de steelband fin mai !
Le samedi 27 mai, les pans résonneront simultanément place du Bouffay avec Saint-Herblain Steelband, de 13 h 30 à 14 h 30, le Pan’N’Co de 15 h 45 à 16 h 45. Au Miroir d’eau, vous pourrez écouter Les allumés du bidon de 14 h 15 à 15 h 15, puis Calypso
Read more…ROCK AND ROLL TAKES A SHOT AT STEELDRUM MUSIC
The recording project boasts a hefty list of rock and roll alumni including Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction, Porno For Pyros), Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Bruce Kulick (KISS, Grand Funk Railroad) along with Emi
Read more…The sound of the Caribbean is the soul of Trinidad
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BY WESLEY VERHOEVE -- MIC
The sound of the Caribbean was born from a 55-gallon oil drum on the island of Trinidad.
With its distinct ring and chime, the steel pan instantly evokes the chill vibes we associate with the Caribbean more generally. Com
L.A. Pan Shootout Proves Successful With Strong Attendance
5-9-2017 — Steelpan virtuosos Johann Chuckaree (Phase II Pan Groove, IndigiSounds) and Alan Lightner (Pan Ramajay, Game of Thrones Live Experience) thrilled hundreds of viewers during the Los Angeles Pan Shootout 2 on Friday, May 5. The duo battled i
Read more…Celebration of the Life Of / FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS for - Charles "CHALO" "Scratchaman" Francis of Despers USA
Funeral service for Charles “Chalo” Francis will be held Friday May 12th, 2017
At: Frank J. Berone Funeral Home, located at 4205 Ave D. (between 45th & 46th Streets), Brooklyn, NY 11203.
The Viewing is 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Service from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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Read more…Story Time - The Queens Canary
" Story time " is a new web series created to help share the classic stories of the Calypsonians , to the new generation.
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RUDE AWAKENING....
There is this guy who keep telling me that the age of electronics in pan is here and I keep telling him we will always stick with we steelpan but it is with a heavy heart I have to say that he is correct, the steelpan as we know it days are numbered,
Read more…JUSTIN BIEBER does INDIA
FOUR MILLION just to PRODUCE THE SHOW!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/entertainment/justin-bieber-mumbai-india-concert/
Read more…ANYBODY remembers reading this article?
PM TO HELP FIND PAN TRINBAGO A NEW HOME
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20150923/news/pm-to-help-find-pan-trinbago-a-home
Read more…Brimblers panside evicted
The future of single pan and small band Brimblers is limbo after being evicted from its location in Woodbrook. The panside which has been based at the corner of Tragarete Road and White Street for the past 8 years was given one day to vacate the prop
Read more…I am resigning my position as EXPAT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to GREGORY LINDSAY and I am putting in an application for the same POST with Aquil Arrindell
GREGORY was my hero when he stood up to KEITH DIAZ and PAN TRINBAGO!!! But he comes on the forum only at his political convenience. And I am not a COG IN A WHEEL.
But I have been observing Aquil Arrindell's willingness to participate on THIS FORUM on
Read more…Policies: If we can find a-z+ problems in Pan Trinbago, we can find a-z+ solutions
DRAFT DOCUMENT
If we can find a-z+ problems in Pan Trinbago, we can find a-z+ solutions
Concerned Individuals for Pan has a document which proposes 68 suggestions on improving the system which Pan Trinbago operates under. These suggestions are c
Read more…I think that the CIP should hire BOB DIAZ and BUGS as EXPAT POLITICAL CONSULTANTS
The CIP needs to see THE GOVERNANCE OF PAN through GLOBAL EYES. And these TWO MEN can open their MINDS to the POSSIBILITES OF PAN WORLDWIDE.
Since I have been on THIS FORUM one of my recurring themes has been EXPATS working with LOCALS. So maybe at
Read more…Everybody is lining up by the scores to take the just-under-$30,000 a month job from KEITH DIAZ. But KEITH DIAZ is probably the GREATEST POLITICIAN the world has ever seen and nobody is ousting him
I was a little disturbed by a recent charge made against THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ by the CIP. The CIP claimed that THE RIGHT HONOURABLE KEITH DIAZ lacked ("there is doubt that the intellectual capacity of these gentlemen can take any organizat
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