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Happy Birthday to the Master! The late Clive Bradley
Global - November 4, 2011 would have been master arranger, Clive Bradley’s 75th birthday.
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Note well ,from my observation,,the only steelband that has played Indian Music to my knowledge was Jit Samaroo..with his family which i listened to and was astonished in the year 1983 ?,,now to the point,T&T is a multicultural country,,if the steelp
Read more…In a recent post on the Nigeria Schools Panorama the issue of the removal of pan as part of the curriculum was raised by a WST member. When Steel Talks has personally witness a dramatic increase in the presence of the steelpan instrument schools thr
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Kingston, Jamaica, W.I. - ....When Splash dropped in on rehearsals at the Kingston Parish Church Hall in the heart of the city, the sweet sounds of pan greeted us, as it filled the building, spilling over into the churchyard.
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Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Eric Mannweiler. Thanks again for sharing your 2011 panorama experiences with the WST family
Read more…Just imagine if CBGB's were located on one of the Caribbean islands – it would sound exactly like Pan For Punks – A Steelpan Tribute to the Ramones , a one-of-a-kind CD in tribute to one of the most influential bands of all time: punk-rock legends Th
Read more…Published by: The Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Codrington Pan Family has won The First Citizens International Steelpan Jazz Challenge, taking home the first prize of $50,000. The other six finalists—Starlift, Couva Joylan
Global - It would be an understatement to say that the Thwaites Brothers are actively promoting steel pan all across the globe. Better, they’re sweetening the planet with Pan! As musicians within Native Deen, they have performed in eleven (11) countr
The stage is set. It is two weeks before panorama finals. Master arranger Clive Bradley is applying his craft with much success as the legendary Desperadoes Steel Orchestra find themselves in second place coming out of the semi final rounds of the co
Nigeria - The first day of November is a day of Steelpan in Nigeria, as the Nigerian Schools Steelband Panorama is held for the third time. Last year, seven steel orchestras participated in the event and this year, additional schools which were in th
When Steel Talks extends belated happy birthday greetings to arranger Earl La Pierre
Read more…Print publication date: 2007
Print ISBN-13: 9780195175479
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195175479.001.0001
The Steelband Movement and Music
This chapter shows that a dynamic relatio
Read more…Happy Birthday to Val Serrant from When Steel Talks
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St. John’s Antigua- Eleven bands, two winners and another judging controversy.
The 2011 Independence Schools Steel Band Competition saw a keenly contested battle for top honours and bragging rights, but the event was marred by logistical snags and a
Read more…Here I am, trying to support pan, and anxioue to enjoy a good pan concert. So I try to buy my copies of the Pillars of Steel CD and DVD on WACK FM as advertised.
Come to find out its not available.
It was taken of the market for legal reasons.
Appare
Read more…It is now official, Duvone Stewart will take the BP Renegades Steel
Orchestra to the Savannah for Panorama 2K12. The popular Charlotte Street band has won the national competition on nine occasions (including a hatric between 1995 and 1997) with arran
When Steel Talks extends Happy Birthday greetings (October 28) to the great Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. When Steel Talks (WST) has had the great fortune of interacting with “Boogsie” on different levels for years. Enjoy your day, and thanks for being in W
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New York, USA - Terry Joseph, the late entertainment editor for the Trinidad and Tobago national newspaper the Trinidad Express, once joked while lamenting (simultaneously impressed and irritated) that, in going through his normal routine after takin
musical moment: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar tries her hand on a tenor pan after it was presented yesterday to Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Duxton Hotel in Perth, Australia. Persad-Bissessar is in Australia for the Commonwea
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dr. Geraldine Connor; she was a massive steelpan music icon and force in the performing arts. In addition, Dr. Connor was a member of the WST family.
On her WST bio she wriRead more…
