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
Dear WST Love your service and all the free speech you encourage...now can you hook us up with the option to post audio files to our profiles? Because sometimes creating videos from audio only files could become laborious... 'preciate it... -KCL
Read more…I'm the leader of the Sun Kings Caribbean Party Band. I often have gig offers that my panist is unavailable for, and am always looking for subs. We are based in southwestern Connecticut and play a variety of dates in the greater area. Please check ou
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France - Many times in the arts you come across talent and work that are so compelling that words are not needed, and language is not a barrier. Indeed such is the case with the work of François Lachèze.
François, who is a steelpan lover and former
Greetings, Where can I attend a steelpan workshop in Northern California? I play the double seconds.
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Denmark - His bio states that the sound of Trinidadian steel drums are reinvented and combined with contemporary pop music to create the global fusion that is the outcome of his approach - and that he is an accomplished steel panist, singer and songw
