Pan 4 Life... Roll Call...
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Read more…NIU Today
Illinois, USA - Liam Teague, head of steelpan studies and an associate professor in the NIU School of Music, was named the 2014 Laureate in Arts and Letters by the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards For Excellence.
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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton High School “Juice Blenders” Steel Drum Band announced the release of its fourth CD.
The CD, named “Generations,” features student band members from 2007 through 2014.
Read more…Her voice is full of magic and music. There's a rhythm to her reasoning. She has lived the blues and in 82 short years, her life has hit all the highs and lows of jazz. Iambic and insightful, every word she speaks tells a story, independent of the se
Read more…All Africa - The Herald
Zimbabwe - Caribbean Islanders, Trinidad and Tobago scored big at the recently held Harare International Carnival Street Party when they won two prestigious awards on Saturday night after the street parade.During a prize givin
Read more…Maya Angelou, passed away at age 86 today. When Steel extends condolences to her family and friends.
UPDATE
The Globe and Mail - June 19, 2013
Toronto school board saves music program
Toronto, Canada - The Toronto District School Board will save its cherished music program.
Trustees voted Wednesday night to balance its books by cutting nearly $30
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Global - Colorful, charismatic and talented, the legendary Geoffrey Holder took time out of his extremely busy schedule to share a few minutes with When Steel Talks about the two steelband firsts’ for which he was solely responsible. An insight int
Henley Standard
Shiplake, England - A Pub celebrated multicultural Britain with its own twist on a long-forgotten tradition.
The Plowden Arms in Reading Road, Shiplake, held its second annual Empire Day on Saturday with live music, entertainment and
Read more…Happy Birthday Bede, may GOD richly bless you.
Read more…In the 1968 Steelband Panorama, there were (12) Bands in the Semi-finals. Out of the (12) Bands in the Semi-finals, Six bands Tune of Choice were "Miss Tourist", The Bands were, Casablanca, City Syncopators, Dixieland, Savoys, Silver Stars, and Trip
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The musical collaboration between legendary South African trumpeter, composer and singer, Hugh Masekela, and the Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra has been described as a melding of musical forms
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Read more…I just got this idea from Ian, we could talk about ALL arrangers, large and small, dead and soon to be.
Read more…What was the first Steelband to Bring Double Tenors on the Road
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Looking through this year’s list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings, you might find yourself asking, “Where the ladies at?” Nicki Minaj, who clocks in at no. 4 with an estimated $29 million, is the only woman on the list, earning more than Snoop Lion, Eminem and
Cayman 27
Cayman Islands - There’s nothing quite like the sound of a steel pan band. Young pan-jammers from all over the island put their sticks into action for a steel pan competition.
Schools from all around showed their talents off Thursday night
Read more…The Huffington Post UK
London, ENGLAND - UKIP’s (UK Independence Party) Croydon carnival, which ended in carnage on Tuesday before Nigel Farage had even arrived, had a breakout star as the steel band that refused to play for the party got a gig on Ne
Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz said this week that his organisation is ready for Carnival 2015. “We have already submitted plans to the NCC, since the end of March. Pan Trinbago ain’t sticking. We are aware that funding for Carnival is dependent o
Read more…It's all up to these young educated pan musicians to move the artform to the next level.
We are depending on you all because it look like no one knows what to do with it.
Congratulations to all graduates
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