The Judges should let each band know how many points they score right after their performance.
Read more…Calypso is considered "the voice of the people" as far back as I can remember. Soca, which I classify a bi-product of calypso should, in some small way, carry-on in that same tradition; that is not the case though.
With all that's happening in Trinid
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Global - ....I first met Ralph in Trinidad on Carnival Tuesday in the late 90’s while he was jumping with Phase II, the band in which I was playing (even though he was a die-hard Desperadoes fan). He hopped up on the float and started playing congas,
Despite all the best efforts to make the highly promoted International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) a gala affair, it was unfortunately laden with missteps and misspeaks from the very beginning of the event.
The International Soca Awards
Read more…Guyana’s steel pan icon Roy Geddes talks with Guyana Review about his life and his music
You wouldn’t guess that Roy Geddes is seventy. Clad in his trademark Kangol and jeans Guyana’s celebrated Professor of Pan looks a full ten years younger. Now ret
The funeral service for Akeem Young takes place on Friday 30th December 2011 at Trinity Cathedral Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad at 10am
Read more…Ian Franklin will be a very good fit for Pan Trinbago, (1) He is very knowledgeable about Steel band History, (2) If he is wrong about something he will admit his error, (3) He will go to the very end to find the truth, (4) and he will be an asset to
Read more…Anyone has news about Boogsie "Tribute to Pat Bishop" Boxing Day was given as the time when it will be released.[ just ah bit impatient]
Read more…When Steel Talks was recently contacted by a well-known steelpan music academic who expressed some concern over certain tunes which have been listed in the 2011 Pan Tunes lineup.
The heading "Panorama Tunes for 2011" simply means t
When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to Nicholas Mohan on the passing of his mother. Our support and well wishes are with you.
Read more…SteelFesTT 2012 (the Steelpan Festival of Trinidad and Tobago) inaugurates what is intended to become a biennial instrument-based festival dedicated to the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago. The festival will be launched in 2012 during the m
Read more…Some residents of Marysville have formed a steel pan band, using music to move on from Black Saturday
Lindy Burns talks to Rita Seethaler, who started Pans on Fire following the Black Saturday bushfires which killed 34 people in Marysville and burne
Happy Holidays to the global When Steel Talks family.
Congratulations to all the pan folks who performed over the holidays worldwide and big up to all the supporter and fans.
A special shout -out to the New York crew thanks for inviting WST to your p
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Global - WITCO Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, and by extension Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C., mourns the passing of Ralph MacDonald on the morning of Sunday December 18 in Connecticut, USA, at age 67 after a battle with lung cancer.
....many patrons attendin
New York - Trinidad and Tobago is the birthplace and Mecca for the steelpan music instrument but New York continues to plant the seeds for present and future greatness, in addition to maintaining its past legacy for distinction. Bringing up the re
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NESTOR SULLIVAN Reviews “The Illustrated Story Of Pan”
I thank and congratulate Dr Kim Johnson. In the treasury of books on the steelband, The Illustrated Story of Pan is among the most valuable of gems.
It cuts a new path by tell
ARRANGEMENTS:
Viewing:
Wednesday December 21st, 2011, From 3-8pm
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Service:
Thursday December 22nd, 2011, !0:00 am
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