call for comments: I would like to create a Pan Sou Sou for bands competing in Toronto's Pan Alive. It is too late for this year but if we can put things in place for 2010, that would be a step in the right direction. Please email me at: macoomeh@hot
Read more…Invaders wins BIG for TnT at Bajan Pan Competition Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra proudly represented Trinidad & Tobago by winning the May 31, 2009 inaugural installment of the “Pan in de Oval” competition held
Read more…Registration for Panorama 2010 has begun Steelbands interested in participating in the National Panorama 2010 competitions are reminded that they have until Saturday 11 July 2009 to register. Registration commenced on Monday June 15 2009 at all Pa
Read more…Steelpan Players Needs a BAIL-OUT too, Steelpan Players should No longer Play Steelpans for FREE. Steelpan Players do not Ride the TTC for FREE, Steelpan Players do not fill-up vehicles for FREE, Steelbands Must SHOW responsibility for their Players
Read more…I am a music teacher stationed in North Miami and currently at home for the next two months wasting talent and time. I have a small kids' steel ensemble but because school is out, the instruments are packed away and the kids are home also wasting tal
Read more…St. Lucia, W.I. - In response to a query addressed to Mr. Antonius “Nikki” Calderon, president of the St. Lucia National Steelband Association (SLNSA) - When Steel Talks has been informed that there will indeed be no panorama this year. In the statem
Read more…WST Special Certainly every Trinidad and Tobago national panorama is wrapped in drama, intrigue and controversy. Such is the nature and culture of panorama. But 2003 will be remembered as one of the most surprising competitions ever. It spawned music
Read more…Australia - ‘What part of Jamaica is Trinidad?’ This was the question which was repeatedly being asked wherever and whenever Alvin Rostant played his steelpan in Australia. This drove him to set the record straight. In so doing he established his ow
Read more…Brooklyn, New York - The US President (Barack Obama) was not there. The New York Governor (David Patterson) was not there. Nor was the New York City mayor (Michael Bloomberg). Nor were they missed by the hundreds who were there. With the backdrop of
Read more…HI. This is what JACK asked me to write for him. He says,"YOU CAN'T CHOOSE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD. NO ONE BAND IS A MASTER OF ALL GENRES. ONE MAY BE THE BEST CLASSICAL, ANOTHER THE BEST CONTEMPORARY, ETC., BUT NO ONE BAND IS A MASTER OF ALL. EVEN
Read more…THE Northern Region of Pan Trinbago in collaboration with the Ministry of Community Development, Culture Affairs will host a Financial Literary Programme for member bands this Saturday (June 13). Each steel orchestra in the region is asked to send on
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Vancouver, BC, Canada – Filmmaker Ricardo Scipio has announced that his third feature film, “Finder of Lost Children” will be premiering at the Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Theater #1, Wednesday, June 3, at 3:00 p.m.
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Trinidad, W.I. - The stars came out, and they did shine!! Silver Stars Steel Orchestra, that is. Making history as they did so, the band which calls Tragarete Road in Woodbrook, Trinidad their home, had three “firsts” at the end of the competition.
Read more…Caribbean Steel International was originally formed in 2004 with three members. After obtaining invaluable experience from working with some of the top steel bands in the UK, Trinidad and Japan, they decided it would be a great idea to form a small g
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New York -As daylight dimmed, on Saturday May 30, the half-moon showered a bright silver glow over the Premier Baptist Church (PBC) at the corner of Tilden and Utica Avenues in Brooklyn, where the Rev. Robert Watler pastors. Inside, parishioners wait
United Kingdom - On a bright and warm summer’s evening on Saturday May 30th the premises of the UKCCA in Luton was filled with the sweet strains of steelband music emitted from the seven steelbands dotted around their grounds running their last pract
Read more…From Pan Trinbago Pan Trinbago Inc. commiserates with its President, Mr. Patrick Arnold, on the passing of his mother Marie Arnold. Marie Arnold of Scarborough, Tobago, quietly left this life at the age of 103 at approximately 9:00 pm last night, T
Read more…Global - Exactly eleven years ago (June 7, 2008) the steelpan music community lost one its finest musicians. Frank “Crawl” Findley of Desperadoes in Trinidad and D'Radoes in New York was simply poetry in motion. When Steel Talks remembers and salutes
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Global - Ray Holman is one of the pivotal figures in the history of the steelpan movement. This legendary stalwart has left his extraordinary mark as an arranger, writer, and performing and recording artist. When Steel Talks had the pleasure of inter
