When, with a moving and evocative rendition of Shadow’s “One Love”, Count Robin and a host of artistes including Ajala and Dr. Witty, brought down the curtains around midnight, the audience didn’t leave. Robin’s ability to invoke Shadow’s spirit whi
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Rebecca Was Something Else, Yes
She left everybody in heat.
And something else defined Rebecca. Not only the drinking and carousing. Might have been the wicked weed, too. How she had used it throughout the 1983 Carnival. Everywhere she went. In th
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of calypsonian, Lord Superior,
LORD SUPERIOR
aka BROTHER SUPERIOR
REAL NAME:Andrew Marcano
DATE OF BIRTH:1938PLACE OF BIRTH:Rio Claro,
TrinidadEDUCATION:(later)
CAREER:Frequently referr
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I.- David Rudder was surrounded by an audience of steelpan music enthusiasts. After all - this was the Moods of Pan Festival, with emphasis on ‘pan'.
....Rudder dropped a continuous stream of songs - old and new - that all had p
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Global - “When Clive Bradley passed away on 26 November 2005, he carried with him more music than he devoted to his life. He also left us with an uproarious humor, as if his new world would be eve
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I.- Multiple Grammy award-winning producer, song writer and performing artist Ralph MacDonald came to the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua, sister isle of Barbuda - to have some fun. What was also very apparent from the on
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Global - His passion for Pan burns as fiercely as it does for Hip hop through rhyme; life experiences find unapologetic and cutting expression through verse and rhythm. Rico Hunte is on a musical mission that is unabashed and includes the steelpan w
Calypso Rose est l'invitée des Lives de l'appart by Coca-Cola #instantsmagiques #lesLivesdelappart
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"Indeed, Shadow kept the Trinbagonian Village alive. He was a constant reminder of our better values and kept our Conscience in check."
Roger Toussaint's remarks as delivered at a Tribute to Dr. Winston (Shadow) Bailey and Winston Scarborough, De Or
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'People say you’re not legal, go home. But I came here as a child. This is all I know'
A Jamaican woman who has be
Read more…Election of Officers to the various Pan Trinbago Regional Executive is carded for Thursday 29 November 2018 at venues in the respective regions.
After the close of nominations on Thursday November, most of the positions are being decided by ballot
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, members of Brooklyn Steel Orchestra management speak about the goals of the organization and their highly successful “Pan Is Sweet” concert.
They are extremely intelligent, unpretentious, f
Read more…Renegades Steel Orchestra celebrates their 70th anniversary
According to the Trinidadian writer and broadcaster Isaac Fergusson, “Even politicians were afraid of Sparrow and what he would reveal about them in a song. Until he came along, most calypsonians were semi-professional. People paid them with rum and
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Trinidad & Tobago. W.I. - Just three days after the calypso fraternity said farewell to the Mighty Shadow, De Original De Fosto Himself (Winston Scarborough) died of a suspected heart attack yesterday morning.
De Fosto,
Read more…Schools District Music Festivals. District 3 - St. Joseph's Convent.
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It is with great sadness that WST announces the unexpected passing of one of Brooklyn's most highly profiled panist - Erica Renaud..
Remembering Brooklyn Panist Erica Renaud...
https://www.panonthenet.com/woman/2017/erica-renaud.htm
Read more…Brooklyn man fatally slashes longtime girlfriend in neck then tries to kill himself: cops
A 58-year-old Brooklyn man fatally slashed his longtime girlfriend in the neck early Tuesday, then turned the knife on himself in a failed suicide bid, officia
Eight more members of the Windrush generation who may have been wrongly deported by UK authorities have been found to have died, taking the total to at least 11, the home secretary
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