New Jersey, USA - “I’m always proud to see the steel pan being used all over the world. For instance, going to ICP and seeing a steel band from Japan was amazing...
“My experience at ICP was definite
Read more…If We EXPATS had not Migrated Overseas would we be Hell Bent on bringing back Pan playing and rolling on the road on Carnival days or would we be just as the locals in the mecca of Pan accepting that Playing pan on Trucks on carnival days is a step i
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New Jersey, USA - “Finding a place for steelbands to practice is one of the greatest challenges this current generation is facing. Not only is this a problem in New York but also in New Jersey where m
New York, USA - “My passion is the music, and the instrument and the art form, so it’s difficult to walk away from an instrument that I’ve grown up with. But I appreciate the versatility of the instru
Seattle, Washington, USA - “What captivated me at first was the uniqueness of the instrument and the beautiful sounds it makes....” says founder of Seattle Women's Steel Pan Project, Oriana Estrada.”
"..... They won't [attend the pan performances] because you see they can walk into a panyard and watch them practice....So that is the greatest challenge - to get the public to realize - here is an artform, and they should pay for it. So they [pan pl
Read more…I Think that there Should Be Pan on Carnival Friday Night and Saturday Night. Friday Night should Be Pan 21st Century and Pan Down Memory Lane and Saturday Night Medium and Large Band Panorama Finals. All Music Should Be in Calypso Tempo For Both Sh
Read more…Does anyone have any contact info to get in contact with Carton alexzander, some one in canada was asking for info been trying facebook with no luck
Read more…T&T’s Machel Montano and St Vincent’s Skinny Fabulous are today smiling from ear to ear no doubt, having recently sealed a deal with ESPN’s publishing rep, PILOT, for the use of their collaborative 2016 soca track, Go Hard.
Ebuzztt spoke with the loc
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Mr Peter Aleong, Gerald Forsyth, Monika (Pan-Jumbie), Steelasophical, Pan Podium, When Steel Talks and most importantly, to all the Pan Jazz musicians around the world, who work tirelessly, writing, recording, performing, an
Trinidad Express dated 15th MAR 2016 reported that MURDERED Japanese Pannist Asami Nagakiya was not raped or sexually assaulted. This was contained in the results of a foreign forensic analysis of samples taken after her body was found. However an a
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New York, USA - “....The feeling I get when I’m playing – it’s like I can feel the music running through my body. Playing pan invoked so many positive emotions. I found myself thinking about it 24/7.
1. Lord Kitchener -- Old Lady Walk A Mile 2. PanJazz Conversation -- Ol' Lady Clive Alexander/Annise Hadeed 3. Mungal Patasar & Pantar -- Ole Lady 4. PanJazz Improvisations -- Ol' Lady Rudy Smith/Annise Hadeed/Felix Roach & Friends 5. Sadiki Sticks O
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New York, USA - “Music has always been a major part of my life and I see playing Steelpan as a way of getting deeper into that form of self-expression....I feel like when I’m behind a Pan, nothing mat
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “My passion for Panorama, Pan and culture starts with my love for my country... I am extremely proud to be an ambassador for the only acoustic instrument invented in the 20t
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “I’ve grown up around Aunty Pat, hearing her thoughts over and over about the treatment of pan and our culture. It has help shaped my own thoughts on the issue at hand, so t
by Tony Fraser
By DONNA TEREK The Detroit News
...Lyndon Sorzano, 43, says the sound of steel drums was everywhere when he was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago. He played in a school band that won a trip to play a music festival in Inverness, Scotland, an experie
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New York, USA - “It’s just such an amazing instrument to say you know how to play....I feel like the community doesn’t welcome steel pan....The community needs to be more understanding and welcoming t
California, USA - ““...I am, and must be, an advocate for the pan every time I pick up my mallets, direct a rehearsal at school, or talk to someone about pan... I'm still just as captivated by the pan
