In the 1950s, Toronto’s black population was small and the West Indian population smaller still, kept that way by Canada’s exclusionary immigration policies. As a first step in integrating into a new, un
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New York, USA - “The steel drum is the most misunderstood instrument in the world,” says the Trinidadian curator Everard Findlay. He admits that for many people, it evokes “guys on a cruise ship, with a smile and dreadlo
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Binghamton, NY, USA - The Christmas season is all about getting together with family and friends to have a fun time — and that’s the spirit behind the Binghamton Philharmonic’s holiday pops concert Saturday.
In addition to the symp
Read more…A new steelpan music show premiered on Monday 2nd December on WACK 90.1 FM. The show's
host is Vanessa Headley. The three hour broadcast on Mondays from 6-9 pm will feature in the "Behind D' Pans" segment, people who despite having different roles/r
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Wyoming, USA - Daniel Brenner Sophomore Austin Alexander, center, pays the drum set as sophomores Andrew Tyson, left, plays the double seconds and Devon Kline, right, plays the bass drum with others during the Winter Steel Band
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When Steel Talks extends well wishes to arranger, producer and song writer Pelham Goddard on his birthday. Few have impacted the Carribean music landscape as Pelham Goddard. He has penned or co-written some of the greatest tunes in Caribbean music h
I would like to encourage more of the sideline readers to start participating in the discussions. I understand the issues that limit participation. But I am asking the "read only" members to cross the bridge and express themselves.
If you love the pa
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should be solid ideas of a positive nature that would enhance the discussion and not take away from it.
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In the spring of 2012, Andy was invited by the band to come down and play in their June benefit concert at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA
PAN IS BEAUTIFUL XII 2013
D’ Original Woodbrook Modernaires – UNSPONSORED Single Pan Band is expressing the frustration it is encountering in its quest to obtain the PRIZE MONEY for the recently concluded festival [mid-November].
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Illinois, USA - More than 100 players will fill the NIU Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall stage at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, for the CSA Sinfonia Reunion Concert.
Alumni from the 15-year history of the orchestra are returning to perform w
Read more…Hamilton , CA - In three weeks time, Dejehan Hamilton will introduce an instrument to a part of the world where its never yet been performed. |
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New York, New York - Dance, cheers, warm feelings and steelpan music wonderment were the order of the day at the NYU (New York University) Steel Fall concert at Frederick Loewe Theatre - all wrapped into a joyful, professional, educational and |
Missouri, USA - Percussion students at Missouri Southern State University plan to organize a community-based steel drum ensemble that will perform concerts in Joplin.
“We’re excited, and everybody we talk to is excited about this,” said Brian Fronzagl
Global - That unforgettable sight—for those who have been to “the front,”—of the battery being poured over in preparation for firing, is the opening salvo of insight into the short documentary about War and Peace, co-produced by Roycrosse (pictured,
2013 Soul Train Awards Acknowledges Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Genre- Hats Tipped To Bunji Garlin
Recorded in November, the 2013 Soul Train Awards was aired on CENTRIC and BET on Sunday, December 1st. In a category of five, two soca artistes out of
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Virginia, USA - Ebenezer CME Church, South Boston will host The Virginia All-Steel Orchestra (VASO) on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3:30 p.m. along with the Halifax County High School Chorus.
The public is invited to attend this afterno
Read more…This technology has enormous potential for applications within the steel orchestra community, arrangers and panyards.
One of the primary tools the Arts & Humanities Initiative uses is LOLA, a Low Latency audio and videoconferencing technology th
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This ain’t no anticlimactic musical situation- this is the real deal! Differentology looks set to take on the world and in case anyone has forgotten we must remind them that this one’s Trini born and bred! ETCETERABUZZ.COM is happy to spread the wor
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