Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “Conversations with the Pioneers” is the historical component in Pan Trinbago’s Pan Month calendar of events marking the anniversary of the declaration of the steelpan as the national music instrument of Trinidad & Tobago.
Read more…By COLLEEN CURRAN Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Richmond Folk Festival has announced 12 more performers on tap for the three-day free music event held on Richmond’s riverfront in October.
In honor of the festival’s 15th anniversary, organizers will
Basement 2019 Panyard Recordings -- REVISED
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Global News - The students used many instruments including a harp, steel pan and a xylophone to compose the track. They played the soft, aquatic tune at a media event, where the young musicians sang, tapped on the steel pan and shook a maraca in harm
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Nika ShakhnazarovaAletha Adu - The Scotish Sun
The streets along the route in west London were awash with colour as hundreds of thousands of partygoers enjoyed the beginning of the long-standing celebration of Caribbean heritage in the capital.
They
Read more…“Pan Sweet Pan… The Solidarity Concert” a success
ITV REPORT 26 August 2019
The famous sound of the steelpan doesn't just provide the soundtrack to the Notting Hill Carnival - it also played a big part shaping the event as we know it today.
Around a dozen steelbands entertain the crowds, a familiar
Read more…D Setup, Carnival Monday (Adults), Notting Hill Carnival 2019!
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From Notting Hill Carnival:
If you know yeah... then you know.... Mangrove!!!! Congratulations to the winning band. Mangrove Steelband won Panorama for the second year in a row with KES the Band's 'Savannah Grass'. Well deserved. See the build-up o
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KIRKSVILLE – Each week this summer, the Daily Express will preview the upcoming Kirksville Arts Association Summer on the Square concert by interviewing the band. Concerts are 7 p.m. Friday on the Adair County Courthouse. Here is
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Congratulations to CASYM Steel Orchestra 2019 JR PANORAMA CHAMPS
London, United Kingdom - In almost a year to the day, Mangrove Steelband copped its tenth UK Panorama title on Saturday August 24, 2019. The sweetness of Savannah Grass (played by three of the six orchestras) as musically envisioned by champion arran
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Mangrove Steelband and arranger André White - UK's 2019 Panorama Champions
1st - Mangrove - 284 points
2nd - Metronomes - 270 points
3rd - Ebony - 269 points
4th - Pan Nation - 263 points
5th - Croydon -
The CARIFESTA XIV Island Beats Super Beats Concert features the BIGGEST stars in the region. Come groove to the sounds of Reggae superstar Shaggy, Soca King Machel Montano, Queen Calypso Rose, the world renowned Kassav, and Bajan Soca Queen Alison
Read more…It is the 52nd anniversary of the longest-running West Indian Carnival in Europe, climaxing
in the Carnival Day Procession on Monday.
The first Leeds West Indian Carnival happened in 1967.
It helped to enable West Indian settlers who had arrived in B
By Joseph Charles - Socanews
In 1966, steelpan turned Notting Hill’s first parade into a Caribbean carnival. You’ll find out why at Panorama, the perfect occasion to experience the majesty and subtlety of this extraordinary instrument.
If you’ve bee
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