Trinidad Newsday
It was pan almost all day yesterday at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, and TT Music Festival adjudicator Dorothy Howden did not seem to mind. Again, it was the youngsters who came through. At the closure of the first half of Class 15, a stee
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PAN IN CUBA: Members of La Casa del Caribe incorporate the steelpan in Cuba’s annual Fiesta del Fuego (Fire Festival).
LAUREL V WILLIAMS
MANY attempts were made over the decades at unifying various Caribbean territories over the ye
Read more…As a CALYPSO LOVER, I always thought that the name of the CALYPSO should have been "ROWLEY MURDAH COUNT" (with an appropriate theme and a little vocal skill in pronouncing the "Murdah") and not the far-fetched and blunt vulgarity of "ROWLEY MUDDAH CO
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What were the judges looking for when deciding the winner for the Senior Panorama Competition 2018? Favouritism and a disregard for the judging rules of the competition were on full display. The judges were officials of th
Read more…Trinidad Newsday -- Dara Healy
...We need to understand that the pan is more than just music; it is about spirit. It is about the connection between Ifa/Orisa and the nurturing of our pan in those yards.
Noted playwright and cultural historian Rawl
Read more…... who do you all think derives the MOST FINANCIAL GAIN from CARNIVAL (individual or business)?
Read more…QUESTION (asked by Anthony Joseph): Do you all think Andy Narell will be successful if he used a full steel orchestra instead of all the top class musicians that he features in his recordings and live performances?
And since GLOBAL PAN MUSIC has been
Read more…To whom it my concern,
considering the humiliating act of disrespect that is reported to have been perpetrated against Mr. Bertram Kellman on the night of the 2018 Panorama finals at the Queens Park Savannah, is there a likelihood that the architects
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Trinidad & Tobabo, W.I. - Chairman of the National Carnival Committee (NCC) Colin Lucas said there would be changes next year to the way TT’s greatest show on earth, Carnival, was showcased.
“Next year Carnival, we are goin
Read more…"J’Ouvert bands are resisting the suggestion that they be shifted from Woodbrook and environs to Port-of-Spain for the 2019 Carnival celebrations.
They claim that such a move to the capit
Read more…TABANCA FOR TRINI: Calypsonian Robert “Mighty Trini” Elias, right, greets adoring fans yesterday at the Rotary Club of Central PoS luncheon at the Hotel Normandie in St Ann’s. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB
ROBERT “De Mighty Trini” Elias is not satisfied wit
Read more…Mayor Junia Regrello found himself in an angry confrontation with police as they tried to shut down carnival celebrations in San Fernando prematurely on Tuesday night, in the middle of a steel band’s performance at a competition
Read more…John Babb -- Trinidad and Tobago - Newsday
THE steelbands and some fantastic drumming held sway at yesterday’s sessions of the 32nd biennial Music Festival at Queen’s Hall. Under the leadership of veteran Desmond Waithe, the young RIPE Steel Ensembl
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Admittedly, she’s a stern disciplinarian.
And truth be told, it does not really matter to Candice Andrews-Brumant that she is the first female captain o
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...Ainsworth Mohammed is what we call a 'panman' but one whose strength, whether as a banker or band manager, is the combination of organisational and people skills with foresight and strategic thinking. While dep
Read more…Steel pan music in the Caribbean is normally associated with pulsating soca music, large complicated arrangements during Carnival, and the general rhythm and tempo songs people all around the world look forward to when they visit this
Read more…Count start Analysis Desperadoes Final 2018
Some recent comments, somewhere on this WST Forum, users were lamenting a crazy start count to the Desperadoes 2018 Finals rendition of Year For Love (Upendo Riddim) (2018) (Arr 'Zanda').
With the aide of t
Read more…Pan Trinbago must apologize publicly now to Birch Kelman. Gangsta rules and shameful behavior must end.
Read more…Miranda La Rose Newsday February 22, 2018
Calypso needs to be independent of the National Carnival Commission, he said, and should account directly to Government. “Calypso is suffering. When I go on a stage now and I see ten people in the audience an
Read more…Well ah RADIO HOST in TRINIDAD made a statement that "CARNIVAL IS ABOUT WOMAN" implying to some that the TOBAGO CARNIVAL just cannot be about "BLACK TOBAGO WOMAN" so they will have to import some "NICE WOMEN" from Trinidad and elsewhere for the TOBAG
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