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Pan Chat Radio Show 8
Hi there friends, Show 8 is now on-line. This month is dedicated to Mr Len Boogsie Sharpe and his outburst at Pantrinbago's then president Patrick Arnold. I was going to pull the show but i strongly feel that Boogsie should be the person to take ove
Read more…Web 2.0 in Full Effect - Technology Raises Stakes for Steelband Enterprises
New York, USA - Imagine the great Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, champion arranger for the famed Phase Two Pan Groove conducting an intense panorama practice on a hot Summer night with New York’s Moods Pan Groove at their Brooklyn panyard. Mr. Sharpe is givin
Today represents four years since the passing of the great master arranger Clive Bradley.
Brads Remembered; November 26, 2005 -- The pan world has lost it's signature voice. Bradley embodied the spirit of panorama. It's inconceivable to envision panorama without him. Somewhere seeping through the canopies, you'll hear echoes of his artis
Read more…Voices and Steel concert-bound in St. Vincent & The Grenadines
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
Read more…Jonathan Scales is A Bad Man: This Cat can play the steelpan
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
Read more…THE TERM ('PAN TUNE')
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
Read more…Champion Steelband Arranger Yohan Popwell in the Spotlight - An Exclusive Interview
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
Read more…New York Steelband Leadership not Ready for Prime Time
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
Ace steelpan musician Orisha John performs with New York City Opera Orchestra at Lincoln Center
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
Read more…NO MONEY FOR NEW YORK STEELBAND AND MAS MEN
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
Read more…2010 Rama
Andre, what is fonclaire doing,who is arranging? Do you know lio jagessar? I'm a good friend of his.
Read more…Rhythm Café Steel Drums: A Community Celebration
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
Read more…REVISITED: Antiguan & Barbudan Cultural and Steelpan Icon Leroy “Jughead” Gordon remembered
Antigua & Barbuda, USA - There are few - if any - steelpan music greats that can claim that a sitting Prime Minister spoke at their funeral.
On November 13, 2008 Antigua and Barbuda national cultural icon and Harmonites pan player Leroy 'Jughead'
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Read more…Amusing Pan Videos on YouTube
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
Read more…“Ten Years of Pan in Schools”
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
Read more…“Reflections-Celebration of the life of Malcolm ‘Malo’ Sullivan”
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
Read more…Nominations for the Regional Executive Committee - Trinidad & Tobago
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
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