What moves grown men to wear fur and poke at a papier mache polar bear in the tropics? Probably an imagination that demands a Grandstand's worth of space. Desperadoes plays Polar North. Photograph by Kingsley Lyndersay (res
Trinidad Express
The Carnival parade is not being streamed on the world wide web by any local media, not even by State-owned CNMG
The National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA) yesterday moved to block the station from streaming the Parade of the Ban
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By Mark Lyndersay
The sun is dimming on the horizon and there are disjointed tinkles of tenors and rumblings of bass drums in the Woodbrook panyard of Phase II.
It’s hours after practice was supposed to formally begin on my fir
Global - Scintillating music and band performances from the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Steel Orchestra competition have been captured “live” on DVD and CD.
Panorama Finals 2013 – The DVD is produced by Pan Trinba
Read more…As a pan fan I was embarrass and ashamed last night to see we are on the world stage and these jokers with their steelpan app made so much mistake trying to play our national anthem on their steelpan app to open the 50th anniversary of panorama WHAT
Read more…A couple of days ago I got my first steel drum, and as of 2:00 today, i could play about 27 songs on it. until now. a few minuets ago i hit my e, and it instantly went REALLY flat, and every time i hit it, it went flater. as you can tell, i am a tota
Read more…By Kevin Baldeosingh
February 7, 2013
Is Carnival a popular event? The answer might seem an obvious Yes, given the massive crowds which go to the fetes and the manner in which the festival occupies centre stage in the country for several weeks. But
Read more…Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) wishes to offer an explanation to Trinidad and Tobago and to the many thousands abroad who have been searching, in vain, for our internet stream of today's Carnival 2013 mas parade.
CNMG has been debarred by Mr. David
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Monsieur François Lachèze. He was an awesome talent and ardent supporter of the steelpan music movement.
A message from Aurelie Helmlinger
Hello,
Although this information could be
Six hours was way too long for the Calypso Monarch Show. It was as long as the last Dimanche Gras Show.Apart from the top four , the quality of most of the other singers was indeed weak, to put it mildly.
Better planning is a must if this show is to
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Phase II Pan Groove and Buccooneers.
| Large Bands | |
| 1. Phase II | |
| 2. All Stars | |
| 3. Renegades | |
| 4, Exodus | |
| 5. Skiffle | |
| 6. Invaders | |
| 6. Desperadoes | |
| 8. Fon |
By Raffique Shah
Trinidad Express
CALYPSO, the unique art form that defined Trinidad and Tobago for a hundred years, that clever, creative combination of lyrics with rhyme and melody to haunt the living and awaken the dead, is dead. Gone to a great c
Read more…Did anyone at QPS feel the earthquake about 1:25AM in the middle of All Stars? I was on stage taking pictures of All Stars. The only thing I felt was the vibrations from All Stars bases...
When I came off stage, one of the other photographers aske
Read more…I’ve been advised, by a source with no reason to lie about such things, that some quite draconian fees have been instituted for the coverage of Carnival in 2013.
These fees break out as follows in T&T cash money as the unsuited thugs say…
NCC Fees: Per
I apologize if this is not the place to post something like this and if it is not please advise, thanks!
I am looking for solo pan players with tracks to play at some restaurants in the following areas:
Global - The nippy night breeze was 
warmed by the fiery performances laid down by eleven steel orchestras as they vied for the 2013 title of Panorama champs in the small conventional steel orchestra category at Skinner’s Park in San Fernando, South T
Trinidad Newsday
IF YOU take photos of masqueraders jumping and wining on the streets today and tomorrow, during the Carnival Parade of Bands, the best advice you can heed is not to upload them on Facebook and other popular social networking internet
Read more…Peoria Journal Star
Illinois, USA - Mateusz Koszarek said he wished he could have gotten out of his seat and danced.
His thoughts echoed the sentiments of many audience members at the performance of world fusion percussion ensemble Callaloo on Sund
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Guyana, S.A. - This is the fifth year that Republic Bank has been sponsoring the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Mash Steel Pan Competition.
....This year’s steel pan competition will start with a preliminary under-15 competition which is sch
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Global - The genius of Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. An arranger who, worn down by protest and tribute songs in the Panorama, was moved to venerate a fallen colleague in Franklyn Ollivierra, a man who had served Sharpe and Phase II for three decades or so, s
