By Latrishka Thomas
Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com
Three pannists from Antigua and Barbuda will be competing against 24 other musicians from across the world in the third annual PanoGr
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Pan Trinbago Ppresident Beverly Ramsey-Moore. File photo/Angelo Marcell
Pan Trinbago will host an extraordinary meeting of its members on May 1.
The notice was issued in a letter to all members and posted on its Facebook pa
Read more…The late great Pat Bishop was the first known female to sing with a steelband (Esso Tripoli) live in 1967 as the result of a bet that a steelband could play softly enough to accompany an unamplified female voice. | see more |
In 1972 Merle Albino-
Read more…When Steel Talks' extends condolences to the family and friends of elite Caribbean vocalist Dexter "Blaxx" Stewart.
It is When Steel Talks opinion that Blaxx was one of the most talented musicians of his era.
Dexter John Stewart, better known as “Bl
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- Angelo Marcelle
THE EDITOR: I read with intense interest TTUTA’s March 22 column headlined “No respect for national instrument.”
Having researched pan’s plight and the lack of respect and recognition that successive governments have shown
Read more…“STEEL PAN, oh what an invention./It should be the pride of our nation./Steelband music the world knows about it,/And is we invent it so why should we disregard it?/But what I am seeing lord it have me grieving./Why is the steelband still suffering?”
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Clive Bradley was an idiosyncratic, enigmatic, erratic but pragmatic musician and arranger who meandered mercurially through the corridors of life, leaving in his wake a contour not unlike that of the great Mississippi River. Bradley never played P
Read more…March is the month we celebrate Women. A few weeks ago we laid to rest the most brilliant, humble and caring woman I've ever known. Mommy loved her plants, children and of course Pan. March 23 was her birthday.
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By Latrishka Thomas
Latrishka.thomas@antiguaobserver.com
Three pannists from Antigua and Barbuda will be competing against 24 other musicians from across the world in the third annual PanoGr
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Pan Trinbago’s president Beverley Ramsey-Moore says the Prime Minister has more important things to do than to deal with the organisation’s internal affairs.
This comes after a letter was sent by four members to the Dr Rowley calling for h
Read more…11 Countries to feature in PanoGrama 2022
by: Jodia Givans
PanoGrama made its mark on the entertainment scene, when the COVID-19 pandemic brought physical events to a screeching halt in 2020. Now in its third year, the highly anticipated virtual st
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The Honourable Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley, MP
Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Office of the Prime Minister
29 Maraval Road
Port of Spain
Ref: Urgent request for the intervention of the Prime Minister in resolving
Read more…Edwin Ayoung or “Crazy” - born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, on Maraval Road in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad of a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of Chinese descent, was - in his youth - as skilled and competitive in his country’s national pasti
When Steel Talks extends Congratulations to Dr. Mia Gormandy-Benjamin
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