Meet Mahalia Thomas - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“Don’t be afraid to do what you love. There will always be the percentage that has something negative to say about what you do, but once focus on yourself, focus on positivity and find ways to better yourself and others you will truly enjoy life/the

SteelBand Fest Raises More Than $2K for Teacher

Hundreds flocked to John Marshall High School last weekend in support of a local teacher afflicted with breast cancer, raising nearly $2,100 at the Steel Band Fest.

Band Director Tracey Filben said the turnout was “fantastic” for the event, which oc

Meet Ashley Gateson-Amankwah - United Kingdom

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“From my perspective I personally feel it (Panorama) is indeed a blessing. The people that I have met over the years, there is a likelihood I would never see again. I’ve got the chance to perform in fro

For Etienne Charles, Jazz and Caribbean Music Are One and the Same

The NY Times

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The trumpeter Etienne Charles stood in a Michigan State University classroom on a recent Tuesday evening — about 2,000 miles north and 50 degrees Fahrenheit south of his native Trinidad — and spoke to the undergrad

Youths Capture the Heart of a Nation- A Comprehensive Review of the 2019 Trinidad & Tobago National Junior Panorama - Success! Who? What? Why? & How?

by WST

Guaico Presbyterian Steel Orchestra during their winning performance

The Honourable Anthony Garcia, Minister of Education followed, and who—while praising the art form, the event that would unfold throughout the day, and especially the young

(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough Sizzles With Percussive Energy

San Francisco - Classical Voice

(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough

At the first break for applause after a face-melting drum solo, poet and spoken-word artist Roger Bonair-Agard commanded, “This ain’t golf, make some noise for Sean Dixon, the filthiest drumm

La Steel Band del Cobre y para Cuba

With a fruitful work registered during the 30 years of its creation, Steel Band del Cobre already has credentials in the musical taste of Cubans, and particularly among outstanding performers of the country, who recognize the uniqueness of that timbr

Review: ‘(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough’ and then some at the Wallis

By Mark Swed

"(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough" featured, from left, drummer Sean Dixon, steel pan player Andy Akiho, poet Roger Bonair-Agard and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler at the Wallis on Thursday night. (Lawrence K. Ho / The Wallis)

Revisited - Meet Patrice Lewis-Lett - Trinidad & Tobago

Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form

“There is a lack of real opportunity to showcase how dynamic and far-reaching the art form is. How many panists or bands fully function throughout the year? What about career opportunities beyond carniv

Port of Spain -- Looking Back

Revisiting - Meet Yoshihiro Harada - Explorer, Pioneer, Panist, Composer, Arranger, Educator, Recording Artist and Band leader - UpClose!

Japan - Yoshihiro Harada heard and fell in love with the sound of the steelpan in the late 80s. That was all it took. For the rest of his life Harada and the steelpan would have an inseparable love affair.

He is one who believes in the power of the

‘Who Let the Dogs Out’: The Wild Untold Story Behind Music’s Most Annoying Song

Daily Beast

A new documentary at SXSW attempt to get to the bottom of who, exactly, let the dogs out in the first place. The answer is more complicated than you could imagine.

Keith Wainwright was the proprietor of a salon in London called Smile, wh

The Age of Duvone Stewart, the Renegades and the Panorama Championship

“If anyone sees any reason why these two should not be wed, let them speak now or forever hold their peace!”

by WST

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Just in case you haven’t heard, Duvone Stewart is now a two-time champion Panorama arranger for the illu

Reflections on pan and its potential

Newsday

Shell Invaders performs Hookin Meh at the National Panorama finals at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB

DENNISE DEMMING

In traditional management we talk about PESOS as an approach for training people to master

Panorama 2019 captured on Digital Collectibles

Global - This year’s scintillating steelbands’ performances at the National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Finals are captured “live” on DVD, CD and Flash Drives.

The 2019 release is a collaborative production of Pan Trinbago Inc and WACK. It

‘Everything sounds the same’

THE PAN and steelbands have evolved greatly since its invention some time in the 1930s, and today its music is one of the sounds most identifiable with the Caribbean.

But as Martin Albino, Trinidad All Stars veteran, reminisced along with fellow vet

Panorama shake-up

Trinidad Express

Let Tobago host a Panorama final

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Pan Trinbago boss suggests splitting medium, large bands

Pan Trinbago president Beverly Ramsey-Moore (above, right) with young players of Edinburgh 500 steel ensemble during the qualifying round of single pan judging on Ja

Metro meets pan paradise

theconcirdian - 

When Etang first began playing Trinidad and Tobago’s national instrument at Coronation Elementary School at the age of 9, it was far from a passion.

“A lot of my friends started playing pan before me,” said Etang, who also goes by

Pannists to vote on pan song switch

Members of Exodus Steel Orchestra enjoy themselves as they play Kees Diefenthaller's Savannah Grass in the large band Panorama finals in Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on Carnival Saturday. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB

Pan Trinbago president Beverly