A trailblazer who changed music education in the state of Wisconsin is returning to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she introduced Caribbean music into the curriculum.
Jeannine Remy, founder of the UWO Steelband, will be a special guest Fr
Reading, England, UK - “Follow your dreams, be professional, organised and pleasant at all times. Be the best you can be and surround yourself with talented people who share and understand your vision.
Editor-in-Chief: Leslie Slater | Senior Associate/Executive Editor: Dalton Narine
Pan magazine (the brain child of Dalton Narine and Les Slater) remains simply the finest steelpan music publication ever printed. Thanks again to Dalton Narine and
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New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA - The New Philadelphia steel bands will host the 10th annual Panstock Steel Band Festival at 7 p.m. April 27 in the New Philadelphia High School gym, 343 Ray Ave. NW.
Highlighting the performance this
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“There were lots of guys who went to Trinidad. Some remained in T&T. Among the ones who came back and were in the early steelband movement in Grenada was a fella named Willan Dewsbury. He was part of the Grenada steelband called Hell Cats (he’s the
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Liam Teague & Yuko Asada, directors
Marche Slave by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, adapt. Liam Teague*
Summer Song by Clifford Alexis
+Savannah Grass by Kees Dieffenthaller/Jelani “Pops” Shaw, arr. Charlton Alfonso
+Algorhythm by Robert
The Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) government has apparently taken over the running of the Grenada Steelband Association (GSA) following months of bickering between two warring factions.
THE NEW TODAY has obtained correspondence in which
The New Today
The embattled President of the Grenada Steelband Association, Jason Skeete has resigned from the body.
Skeete tendered his letter of resignation Tuesday against the backdrop of moves by government to set up an Interim body to run the af
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - "Every instrument develops its own unique approach to how it should be taught, the violin and the electric guitar, and so too does every style of music, whether it’s classical or rock," explains pan historian Kim Johnson as
Author: Caitlyn Kamminga
UTT APA is delighted to announce that Stefon West, pan student of Dr. Mia Gormandy-Benjamin, has just accepted a position to teach in Haifa, Israel as a part of the Peace Drums Project. Peace Drums is a unique interfaith ini
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They started making their steel pans from oil drums collected from the Lago Oil Refinery. The barrels were formed by hammering the bottoms with a sledge hammer until they had the right shape and tone.
The group increasingly started to play variants
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New York, USA - “When I was a child I participated in an African dance program. Also, on my father’s side of the family, they would have prayers and include drums. I grew to love drums and the sounds of
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to the legendary Dr. Roy Cape
On Thursday night, the Iowa Steel Bands will perform a mixture of traditional and pop music on bowl-shaped, or steel, drums.
Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the Iowa Steel Bands will perform a selection of percussive steel drum pieces in Voxman.
“We will ha
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eight children from the band P’tit Pan of Nantes, France, flew into TT last Tuesday to learn the rudiments of pan, and also to familiarise themselves with the culture of this country.
They were
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Wisconsin, USA - “With reference to using the steelpan instrument in working with those challenged by autism spectrum disorder and ADHD: “The steel drum is my number one choice of instrument with workin
Esquire Magazine
The Childish Gambino film co-stars Rihanna and features a new "This is America" remix—and it
After mystery-steeped months of speculation, Donald Glover's film Guava Island debuted on Amazon Prime Saturday, where it will stream free
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With the annual Spicemas festival only four months away, government is making a last minute desperate effort to bring an end to a bitter internal feuding within the Grenada Steelbands Association (GSBA).
Jason Skeete – walked out of the
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “‘Pan before Band.’ For me that’s a slogan used after the Panorama competition is over (hahahaha). As panists we all want our bands to win. The good thing however is regardless
Desperadoes’ Anthony McQuilkin shares
his Memories of Late Pan Tuner Lincoln Noel
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - On the eve of the celebration of the life of, and farewell tribute to - pan tuner great Lincoln Noel, one of the men who knew him for many yea
