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Long Beach Island, New York, USA - Sometimes there’s traffic on the GSP,
but I love this island so its worth it to me.
Speed limit here’s only 35,
that’s why you gotta find a bike to ride
So many people you can meet,
and plenty of
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Ramsey-Moore: Pan fraternity treated unfairly
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago President Beverly Ramsey-Moore has warned the public that the organisation, the local governing body for the steelpan, will not be ins
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by Dave Segal - the Stranger
Ebony Steel Band, "Tanzmusik (Jump Up)" (OM Swagger)
Now in their 50th year, London-based Ebony Steel Band accepted Record Collector Magazine editor Ian Shirley's challenge to cover several Kraftwerk tracks with their a
The Seven Ages of Patience, directed by Katie Posner, takes us through various stages in the life of Patience, a midwife determined to contribute to the happiness of her neighbours, be it through medical aid before the NHS kicked in, or orchestrati
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Grenada, W.I. - He is a first-time national champion steelband Panorama arranger; youthful, yet at the age of thirty-one a “young” veteran in his craft of musicianship, with a history of more than twenty years of involvement with the steelband art
Read more…Opinion: by Markus Garceran
New York, USA - “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
- FDR
I remember three years ago, Jahlani and I launched a project...movemen
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The Rising Stars Youth Steel Drum Orchestra will visit Edina Sept. 7-8. (Submitted photo)
Edina will welcome the Rising Stars Youth Steel Drum Orchestra as the percussionists arrive from the U.S. Virgin Islands Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7 and 8.
The
Read more…Music Lessons in Steel with Khuent Rose continued
New York, USA - ....With resounding clarity and honesty, members of the next generation of leaders, arrangers, tuners, owners, players and managers speak to the dangers and perils that face New York pan. And moreover, that which threatens the New Y
Read more…Canada - The performance of ‘Esso Tripoli Steelband’, Trinidad and Tobago’s representative of the nation musical heritage for Canada’s centennial celebration ‘Expo 67’ in Montreal was a watershed moment in North American culture and arts. Canada's Ca
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Mavis Staples performs at the Richmond Folk Festival in 2018. (Photo by Dave Parrish courtesy Vance Agency)
Previous festivals have included R&B singer Mavis Staples, country musician Roseanne Cash, saxophonist Maceo Parker, the Filipino gong orche
Read more…By Caryn Lieberman
The TDSB recently slashed funding for the itinerant music instructor (IMI) program at 227 schools. IMI includes instruction on steel pan, string instruments and band for students in grades 5 to 8.
The cut amounts to a 24 per cent
Read more…The Daily Herald
Marigot, St. Maarten - Tributes will be pouring in today for the birthday of Lino Hughes, leader of the iconic bands “Creole Stars” and “Lino and the Hardway” that dominated the island’s musical scene in the 1970s and 1980s.
Radio
Read more…When Steel Talks extends our sincere congratulations. We are so proud of you.
Officially a Professor at Berklee College of Music.
Steelpan Instructor.
My goal is to make Berklee’s steelpan program #1 in the world without question.
It will take time
"Twinkle Twinkle little star" arranged for sight reading and orchestration practice.
Each 4-measure phrase contains a change in texture, voicing, key, and counterpoint.
Brooklyn, New York, USA - -What an incredible morning at Meyer Levin Junior High School in Brooklyn! New York City students are incredible and these 7th graders were no exception.... Chirlane McCray
Listen to Steel Orchestra perform "Lift Every Voic
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - Some days start with a school bell. Others start with the sound of the steelpan drum.
It's a typical morning at Meyer Levin Junior High in East Flatbush. Students get a chance to dance, celebrate birthdays, cheer acc
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to champion Panorama arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle
