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Looking Back - 1999 in Pan
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Legendary Producer Van Dyke Parks Speaks on Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel band
Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steel band was a benchmark in my varied career as a record producer. Traveling thru the USA southern states before the crash, gave me ample chance to Discover America. Just as we sought another bus, WB execs turned a blind eye t
Read more…Looking Back - 2009 in Pan
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Panorama changes get general support
Newsday - Joan Rampersad
A New T&TEC East Side Symphony player performs at Victoria Square, Port of Spain in the Panorama small band semi-finals.
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Read more…ilo ilo Surprise With Refreshing, Vibrant Debut EP ‘wish i said this to u sooner’
JAKE NIXON
The mystery of ilo ilo continues… Today we get the enigmatic artist project’s debut EP, wish i said this to u sooner. Everything about ilo ilo is dialed in. From the music to the branding to the wild rollouts, everything seems calculated
Read more…Pan Podium Magazine - Issue 26 / Spring 2019
The essential magazine for steelpan culture news * reviews * interviews * special features
Panpodium is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019. Two decades ago, it was difficult to source information on the steelpan artform, but its global recognit
Read more…Sweeping changes for Panorama 2020
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday - Joan Rampersad
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Following an extraordinary general meeting of Pan Trinbago and its membership on Tuesday at Communications Workers’ Union Hall in Port of Spain, Pan Trinbago president Beverley Ram
Antigua's Festivals Commission pays up to avert Panorama boycott
Antigua Observer
By Robert A. Emmanuel
Another threat to boycott an event on the Carnival calendar has reportedly been pulled back after the Festivals Commission allegedly made good on outstanding payments to member bands of the Antigua and Barbuda
Read more…'The end of an era': Lorry ban forces school's float out of city procession
Eastern Daily Press
The Angel Road Junior School steel band practicing ahead of the Lord Mayor's Procession in 2015. The school is unsure whether it will be able to take part in this year's procession - for the first time since 2002 - due to a ban
Pan & Star Wars
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge needed a musical score. Cue John ‘Obi-wan’ Williams
Twenty-nine original songs were commissioned, a wild variety of intergalactic pop and “otherworldly” world music. Williams himself established a kind of template for this st
The History of Steelband in Jamaica
The earliest record of steelpan in Jamaica was in 1954. Arden Williams, a student from Trinidad carried his ping pong with him when he attended the University of the West Indies, Mona campus (then the University College of the West Indies). Soon afte
Pan-O-Rama Kicks off Festival Season on STJ
Pan in Motion leads the final tramp in the street during Pan-O-Rama.
The Love City Pan Dragons performs in honor of “Mac” O’Donnell, the father of two of the band’s members.
Seven bands performed Saturday in the Franklin Powell Park in the 2019 P
Read more…NYU Steel Ensemble 2019 Spring Concert: Steelpan Magic on West 4th Street - when the Doctors Make a House Call
New York, USA - With enough music magic being generated at the Frederick Loewe Theater to make Harry Potter and his mates jealous, NYU Steel proceeded to turn the capacity audience into life long “Pan Jumbies.”
A long time ago the legendary drummer
Read more…G. Allan O'Connor, founder of the NIU Steelband program, has passed away
G. Allan “Al” O’Connor was a native of Long Island, New York, and earned his Bachelor of Music Degree and Performers Certificate from SUNY-Fredonia and a Masters in Percussion Performance from the University of Illinois.
At Northern Illinois Universi
Read more…Well Produced Caribbean Music
Listen to this online playlist.
Some (not all) of these are very well produced with a global leaning.
PODCAST: How to build a music business company. A conversation with Etienne Charles
Laura and Nigel chat with acclaimed jazz musician Etienne Charles from Trinidad and Tobago about how he built his international career. His forays into the business of music in the United States are examined to understand how building a
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