I heard today that Kelvin Hart (ping pong steelpan soloist) have passed. He was one of the Pan pioneers from City Syncopators, the younger pan players of today may not of heard of him but he was in the days of Corbeau Jack. I had played with Kelvin
Anyone know if there is a deadline for submission of pan songs for Panorama? I think it is only fair that all bands have the same pool of songs from which to choose. Arrangers and bands need a certain amount of time to figure out which tune they fe
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.
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.
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
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
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
