St. Vincent & The Grenadines, WI. - CELEBRATE! with Starlift and friends is a concert that brings together the steel pans of St. Vincent’s 42-year old Starlift Steel Orchestra and the harmonies of the mixed New Kingstown Chorale and the all-female ch
New York, USA - First off: Jonathan Scales is a bad man. He traveled for 12 hours from South Carolina to drop his brand of Jazz /rock/fusion in New York at “The Shrine” in Harlem for a six o’clock performance. If you are going to perform musically in
what is the yardstick used in relation to considering a song a pan song is it a song composed with lyrics about the instruments or is it a song composed with chord structures which take into consideration the present range available on the modern ins
Champion Steelband Arranger Yohan Popwell in the Spotlight
New York, USA - He is the arranger for one of the top steel orchestras in America, Sonatas. And in 2009 he made a clean sweep by capturing championship titles in steelband music Panoramas i
It has been 48 hours since the Friday the 13th Steelband Massacre when the NYC pan community was body slammed and kicked in the ass. They lost their lollypop and all their panorama prize money - thousands of dollars worth, that is. Quite frankly, no
New York, USA - Yesterday was an added triple treat - WST (When Steel Talks) not only got to check out the newly renovated New York State Theater (David H. Koch Theater) at Lincoln center but we also got to see one of our own favorite daughters of pa
last night the was a meeting with wiadca
to tell the steel band and mas men\women
that there are no moneys to be paid because
the sponsors did not come through with their
money???? here we go again and to make
matters worst not one of those bands mem
Rhythm Café Steel Drums: A Community Celebration taking place on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Washington, DC from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The feature presenter, Dr. Kim Johnson, is a leading researcher on steel
There are a lot of good Pan videos to be found on youtube.com, some of which were posted by When Steel Talks and some posted by other users; but every now and then I come across that one video that just makes me laugh. The video below is one of those
Trinidad & Tobago, WI - The Pan in Schools Coordinating Council helps to introduce new music technology to the classroom and develop young pan tuners.
In 1999 a group of school teachers with a deep interest in the development of the steelpan, came t
Trinidad & Tobago, WI - On Saturday 7th November 2009, Pamberi will host a Concert at the Panyard on Santa Cruz Old Road, San Juan from 8.00 pm.
“REFLECTIONS-Celebration of the life of MALCOLM ‘MALO’ SULLIVAN” is the title of the event.
Malcolm was
Nominations for the Regional Executive Committee for each of the four (4) Pan Trinbago regions have ceased.
At the close on Sunday 1st November 2009, a total of 66 persons have been nominated for seven (7) positions in each of the following regions
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if there are any stores that anyone would recommend for getting steelpan items. I am looking for anything related to pan, except the pan itself. So if you have had a good experience with anybody please let me know! I am
With unprecedented access in today’s world comes astronomical numbers of choices, which begets unusual competition for people’s time and attention in ways and places one must be forced to come to terms with. Who would ever have thought that a Yankee
New Pres in charge of Steelband Affairs in Trinidad & Tobago
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Pan Trinbago Inc. has a new President. He is Keith Diaz, former Chairman of the Northern Region of Pan Trinbago and member of WITCO Desperadoes.
Diaz received 15
It has been 48 hours since the Friday the 13th Steelband Massacre when the NYC pan community was body slammed and kicked in the ass. They lost their lollypop and all their panorama prize money - thousands of dollars worth, that is. Quite frankly, no
