Global - It’s March and that means this is Women’s Month. It is the month when we celebrate the contributions of women to the world. Normally - as it is a When Steel Talks tradition - we highlight the month through a series of articles and intervie
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An Interview with E-Pan Inventor Salmon Cupid
E-Pan TenorGlobal - The steelpan is the only acoustical instrument invented in the twentieth century. And arguably and similarly, the synthesizer is another major development in the music arena. Salmon E
An Interview with Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang
Soweto Steelpan Woman Rising
South Africa - Meet Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang, musician, steelpan player and scholar from Soweto, South Africa. Kefilwe ‘Sweets’ Morutimang is a charismatic, bright and mul
| An Interview with Brigitte Fischer |
President of PANCH Swiss Steelband Association |
 Global - Meet Brigitte Fischer, musician, steelpan player and president of "PANCH" the Swiss Steelband Association. There are over 150 steelbands in Switzerland. M |
Tobago Steelpan Women - Binta and Zwena Carrington in the Spotlight
Global - Top Tobago steelpan music women Zwena and Binta Carrington are in the spotlight, talking about their love for the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago - the steelpa
Daisy James deserves the Hummingbird Medal for her contribution to the National Instrument of T&T, This amazing woman against all odd, was the very first woman to compete and win a "Ping Pong" or Steelpan Soloist competition in Belmont, Trinidad 1946
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New York - Enlightening, passionate, humorous, controversial, intense, confrontational, educational, emotional and engaging are just some of the words among many others that can be used to describe the forum "Examining the Roots of Steel Band Activit
Nerlin Taitt passed away on January 20th.
Of all the Pan Pioneers discussed on this forum,he seems to have been forgotten.
Nerlin Taitt was a champion pan soloist and steelband pioneer and
innovator in South Trinidad in the 1950' and 60's who was a
New York's Annual Economic Stimulus -What This City Stands to Lose
New York - The West Indian American Day Carnival Association's - promoter of the annual New York steelband panorama and carnival events - financial forecast states that on the basis
| New York Steelband “Gospelypso” Show Steelband Performances track the spiritual musical journey of the “panman” in the Americas |
New York - In ‘the city that never sleeps’ and which is known as the entertainment capital of the world - the New York |
Maybe I'm missing something here, but to look to me like the PHI and E-Pan are two different products. One is a MIDI controller and the other is a synthesizer. So what's the problem?
| Steelband Concert warms up chilly March evening |
New York - An unusually chilly Spring evening in March did not deter a core crowd of determined pan music lovers from turning out for the Gospelypso steelpan concert held at the auditorium at Wingat |
New York - The late-March 2010 ‘Gospelypso’ concert that featured eight New York-area steel orchestras was actually the replacement event for the cancelled Christmas concert back in December due to a severe snow storm. This time the concert woul |
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Remembering Rudolph
By VERDEL BISHOP Monday, March 29 2010 TODAY marks 25 years since the death of pan tuner and innovator, Rudolph Charles, who cr |
Global - Earlier this month When Steel Talks began its annual celebration and tribute to "Women in Steelpan," highlighting the multifaceted, multi-talented intellectual, educator and artist Pat Bishop. This global figure is and remains one of the piv
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Pasadena, Texas - The Central campus’ choir and steel drum band will combine forces for the world premier of “In the Shadows of the Forest,” a pioneer work exclusively composed for steel band and choir. The concert, which is free and open to the pub
Hello, Mr. Advance Dynamics what is the status on the updated 2010 DVD you promised?
I found it very disappointing that in the month that we are celebrating women that is the behavior put forth by people in charge.
check this article out
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