For the FIRST TIME in the HISTORY OF PAN TRINBAGO, we have a PAN TRINBAGO EXECUTIVE who is willing to work with STEELBAND LOVERS around the world to EXPAND THE INFLUENCE of STEELBAND MUSIC, GLOBALLY.
For so long I have been calling for the FIRING of the TREASURER and the ERO and the EX-VEEPEE but BEVERLEY was scared to MAKE WAVES. Well she finally had enough of the ineptitude and hostile attitude (not to mention incompetence) of the TREASURER and
How did you become involved in playing the Steelpan?
“My Steelpan journey started in my second year at UWI Mona. I was casually walking pass Student’s Union and I heard Bob Marley’s “Natural Mystic” being played in the panyard,
Brooklyn West Indian American Day Carnival. (Hayden Roger Celestin image)
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News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Aug. 21, 2020:North America’s biggest Caribbean carnival is also going virtual this year, just like London’s Notting Hill Ca
A musical hermit, a natural talent, he was. Twin brother to Ann, big brother to Roy and Wayne, and favorite uncle to many. Born in T&T on 05-30-1947. He has been an inspiration for all of us t
That line from BLOWOUT is one of my favourite lines in ANY MOVIE. At the same time I have been waiting for DECADES to hear a TRINIDADIAN (a real TRINIDADIAN) compose and play (or even cover a POPULAR SONG) in such a fashion as to gain GLOBAL ATTENTIO
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In celebration of world steelpan month, here's "One For Boogsie" composed by Frankie McIntosh in tribute to one of the foremost practitioners of the artform Len "Boogsie" Sharpe.
Ah spend hours on THIS FORUM begging for PAN PROGRESS and then BOOGSIE and DUVONE and EARL RICHARDS and CECIL HINKSON and BERTEL GITTENS and IAN FRANKLIN push their CHIPS ALL IN for BACKWARD BEVERLEY and SHE WIN THE ELECTION.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The government of Trinidad & Tobago has been sworn in. Former Minister of Community Development and Culture Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly is now the Minister of Education. The responsibility for the national Steelband art form was
... from my PAN PERSPECTIVE -- which I have clearly defined over a decade on THIS FORUM -- there is NO PAN TALENT in TRINIDAD with THE GLOBAL VISION to understand what THE OUTSIDE WORLD wants to hear in PAN MUSIC.