In the ongoing debate over the recent posting of the video clip, titled, Boogsie the Greatest, one of my former “teachers”, Eric, solicited me to expand on my statement that “ramajay and jazz improve, are two entirely different things, with the forme
It is sad to see we have become so paranoid about being Politically Correct that we rather not wish one another Happy Easter for fear of labeled Christian or Jesus Freak, Anyhow if you believe in the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg or the EMPTY TOMB Happ
Bradley meet Junior at the Pearly gates and welcome him the other day, he said yuh know how long ah ask for some help, dey surely took ah long time before sending someone. He then went on to say the pan side up here so big ah cyr handle it by mehself
Okay, I admit, I have a bias toward Othello. He after all, is the ONLY recording steel drummist/panist (that I know of), to honor George "Sonny" Goddard, for his contribution to the steelband movement. He also happens to be one one the world's more f
I knew Junior in 1952 when he invited me to be a member of his 1st SteelbanNamed:- Gold Coast. Bunny Sosa was also a member of the band ,we praticed in Cocoerite. After Silver Stars came into being. I was never a member of Silver Stars.I was with Di
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.- The steelband fraternity yesterday came out to the St Finbar's RC Church in Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin, to bid farewell to founding member of the Silver Stars Steel OrchestraJunior Edgar Francis Pouchet.
In a few weeks New York's Despers USA will host a concert called Champions in Steel. New York has had no shortage of great champion steel orchestra franchises and panorama music arrangements that are now classics. Who can forget those classic panora
Recently, a call came in – someone was looking for a steel drum player for a local gig, and was referred to this one “working panman" from Trinidad; a Florida resident, and one of Boogsie's "crackshot" tenor pan players for Phase II. Negotiations wer
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Desperadoes wasn’t at the finals on Panorama night, in part because the average fan could have hardly recognized the personality of the band, though 42-year tenor player Ursula Tudor stood out as usual.
United States Steel Band Association Inc. (USSA) presents "Pan Expo 2012" a Bomb Competition
On Saturday June 9th, 2012 at Old Boys High Field Rutland Rd, Troy & Schenectady from 12 noon to 7pm. Minimum of seven (7) players maximum of fifteen (15). T
Santiago de Cuba - A steel band will play the “Ave María” for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, this Tuesday, March 27.
The “Steel band” composed by 14 amateur musicians is one of the most impo
I do hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Holiday season.
On a more somber note, I've been informed that popular Trinidadian trombonist Simeon Cabellero aka "Neville Oxley" is seriously ill, and on life support in a New York hospital.
Some say that given pan music’s relative newness, which makes ongoing exploration in the tuning area a foregone conclusion, any move toward standardized instruments would be premature. For others, such talk jus
This has been a historic issue with the steel orchestras. Is it not time for the leaders to seek more funds from sponsors? I would think that if each band were to seek more sponsorship from established companies, manufacturers, large establishments e
