Members of the Starlift Steel Orchestra pose for a photo after winning the 2019 community-based category at the annual National Junior Panorama competition at Victoria Park. Inset is band leader Kingsley “
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New York, USA -Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (BSO) again showed and displayed uncommon reverence through its HuPanitarian Awards for four of Pan’s finest contributors to the steelband art form. This year the distinguished honorees were four New Yorke
Congratulations to BSO on another "Pan Is Sweet" production.
Big-Up to all the performing talent, judges (Renee Panchita Ogiste, Leon Foster Thomas, Khuent Rose, Kenneth Joseph) and support staff and hosts Jessica Nosiles & Sheldon Hoyte. You were
Guadeloupe -The formula is simple. Yanis Roset = Pan. An in this regard Yanis has embarked on a life long journey of exploring all things involving the culture of
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On the concept of The Excellence in Growth of the Steelpan Art Form Chuma Akil Jahi Watson says: “Steelpan has so much to offer and needs the youths to continue being heavily involved. Not just for the playing aspect but mo
In the last year, EDX has been presented with a GRAMMY-nomination, nearly 150 million plays, and numerous Beatport #1’s. Now he’s gearing up for another summer of touring in Ibiza, Tomorrowland, and his home country of Switzerland. With more than twe
Following successful tours to Dublin in 2010 and Beijing in 2014, the Trinidad & Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble (TTCSE) will once again be spreading its unique blend of T&T music abroad when it visits Toronto from June 29 to July 15 2019.
June 22, 2019 republished with expressed permission of the writer Andre Moses
Circa 1989, I taught Principles of Accounts at St. Augustine Secondary. Salmon Cupid was a student in one of my classes. The school steelband had just won the Steelband Mu
Sitting in the courtroom that day, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Were some of the most famous passages in rock history really not protected by copyright? And did this also apply to any number of other songs whose deposit copies were certainl
Take a look at these diamond cut steel drums made by Nittetsu Drum in Japan! Akira Iino is a Japanese steelpan builder/tuner (he's also a band leader, restaurant owner) who recently created steelpans out of these beautiful drums.
LAST Saturday’s We Beat Pan Parade proved smaller than expected, with large bands like BPTT Renegades, Massy Trinidad All Stars, Hardo Phase II, Shell Invaders, Desperadoes noticeably absent. S
The group’s repertoire is varied, with broad appeal, and includes Caribbean music, familiar pop songs, television and movie themes, and classical music.
Parks & Recreation is offering summer sound at Heritage Park, 116 E. Main St., at