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…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 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…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
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 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 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
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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 “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…Listen to this online playlist.
Some (not all) of these are very well produced with a global leaning.
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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Patrons enjoying Massy Pan Pun De Sand last year.
Pan lovers can once again enjoy Massy Pan Pun De Sand without paying.
Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Carol Roberts-Reifer, yesterday announced a ‘si
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Come Sunday June 09, three (3) of the original St. James steelbands, Scrunters Pan Groove,
By Amy Roberts - The St. John Source
Matey Sewer conducts BCB’s Burning Blazers at the Folklife Festival. He will retire as director of the band. (Amy Roberts photo)
Pan-O-Rama, the event that kicks off St. John’s July 4th Festival, will take place o
Read more…The Theory and Practice of Music
New York, USA - My-o, My, o-My. Hmm, hmm, hmm...
Earlier this week one of the When Steel Talks (WST) forum regulars (Bugs) made what may have seemed to most an odd request, to one of the world’s most brilliant steel orchestra music composer/arranger
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Naparima Combined Steel Orchestra, comprising students of Naparima College and Naparima Girls High School, during their winning performance of the secondary schools Panorama final at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on February 24. Although more
Ed and Justin’s I Don’t Care logged 83,500 combined sales this week, finishing just 1,300 ahead of the hip-hop-country track, which was the most streamed song of the week with 10.9 million plays.
Ed also lands this week’s highest ne
Forbes
Fans have been waiting patiently for new music from both Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber, but few could have predicted they’d team up to collaborate on a track, though clearly both of their fan bases were thrilled with the final product...or at l
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