Pan magazine (the brain child of Dalton Narine and Les Slater) remains simply the finest steelpan music publication ever printed. WST revisits another article from the magazine originally published in the Fall of 1987. Thanks again to Dalton Narin
Meet Iman Pascall - Steel Panist Extraordinaire - Up-close!
New York, USA -She is young, gifted, extremely intelligent, self-aware, self-assured, eloquent, very humble and respectful. Blessed with an abundance of talent to match her beauty, this s
"The pan is now playing an important part in the rehabilitation and restoration of the mentally ill, thanks to music therapist, Jamal Glynn. In a programme now under way at the St Ann’s Mental Hospital Jamal is assigned to the Psychology Departmen
Yellow Bird remains one of the most enigmatic pieces ever played on the steelpan. Despised by many in the pan community it continues to be a source of controversy -joy for some and pain for others.
I recently got my tenor back and started playing some old panorama calypsoes. So far I have learned High Mass by Nu-Tones, Pan Earthquake by Renegades and have started learning Bee's Melody, again by Renegades. I have reached the 6' 50" m
Pan Trinbago president Keith Diaz believes the steelband fraternity and the nation at large should be thankful it was Prof Brian Copeland who developed the G-Pan and not someone in some foreign university.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Codrington Pan Family has won The First Citizens International Steelpan Jazz Challenge, taking home the first prize of $50,000. The other six finalists—Starlift, Couva Joylan
Global - It would be an understatement to say that the Thwaites Brothers are actively promoting steel pan all across the globe. Better, they’re sweetening the planet with Pan! As musicians within Native Deen, they have performed in eleven (11) countr
Nigeria - The first day of November is a day of Steelpan in Nigeria, as the Nigerian Schools Steelband Panorama is held for the third time. Last year, seven steel orchestras participated in the event and this year, additional schools which were in th
St. John’s Antigua- Eleven bands, two winners and another judging controversy.
The 2011 Independence Schools Steel Band Competition saw a keenly contested battle for top honours and bragging rights, but the event was marred by logistical snags and a
Here I am, trying to support pan, and anxioue to enjoy a good pan concert. So I try to buy my copies of the Pillars of Steel CD and DVD on WACK FM as advertised.
It is now official, Duvone Stewart will take the BP Renegades Steel Orchestra to the Savannah for Panorama 2K12. The popular Charlotte Street band has won the national competition on nine occasions (including a hatric between 1995 and 1997) with arran
When Steel Talks extends Happy Birthday greetings (October 28) to the great Len “Boogsie” Sharpe. When Steel Talks (WST) has had the great fortune of interacting with “Boogsie” on different levels for years. Enjoy your day, and thanks for being in W
New York, USA - Often when we talk about the steelpan music movement we forget or take for granted - just how young many of these now well-known ico
