When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Antigua & Barbuda's 2018 Panorama Champions - Hells Gate and Panache Steel Orchestras! It's a tie!
Congrats also to both champion arrangers, Khan Cordice (Hells Gate), and the first ever champion female
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Popular sound system Stonewall is packing up and pulling out of Carnival City at the Antigua Recreation Ground over non payment.
It’s alleged they were promised that by Thursday they would receive partial payment for services during C
Read more…Soca music has been in my life since I was old enough to remember it. I've been jumping up at Caribana since I was a kid — my parents are from Guyana a
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The Phaze2 Caribbean Steelband. Pictured, from left, are band members James Powell, Nick Bartlett, Dave Claxton, Sheldon Turner and Dave Claxton Picture: WARREN PAGE/PAGEPIX
The festival offers the opportunity for young and old marimba and steelpan bands to compete against each other in various sections and categories.
One of the biggest festivals of its kind in the world – the seventh International Marimba and Steelpan
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On July 29 in Prospect Park, the D’Radoes Steel Orchestra opened an afternoon folk arts festival in Prospect Park, which through music, words, dance, puppets and theatrical presentations shared the cultural expressions of more than 10 ethnic communi
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Global - He was the blueprint for successful steelband leadership. George Goddard, one of the early leaders of the Steelbands Association, was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold posthumously for his contribution to the development
Members of the community turned out despite dreary weather last weekend to hear the soulful sounds of a school steel band.
On July 29, members of the Whitmore High School Steel Band gave it their all in the rain for a hardy audience in Pinner Memor
Read more…Trinidad Newsday - Sasha Harrinanan
NGC signs MOA with MIC-IT to sustain the future of pan: Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between NGC’s President Mark Loquan and MIC-IT’s CEO Brian James on July 26, 2018 for the delivery of a customized “Me
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Lyrics - 40 points
-Originality - 10 points
-Interpretation & Development - 10 points
-Use of Language - 10 points
-Creativity - 10
Music - 35 points
-Originality - 10 points
-Melody - 15 points
- Arrangement - 5
- Compatibility 5
Performance & Pres
Read more…CALYPSO DREAMS ~ A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF CALYPSO MUSIC IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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The constitution of Pan Trinbago has left no room for a dictatorship. Hence the reason it states clearly that any action taken by the leader, must be ratified by the ce
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By Carlton Ishmael
Take, for instance, the advent of steel pan, acknowledged to be a true modern-day discovery of this century. It’s creatively and musically truly a Caribbean statement, but these days it’s totally overlooked and overshado
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Sound engineering -- These four electrical and computer engineering majors are currently in Trinidad and Tobago for the study-abroad course "Engineering the Steelpan," with Samantha Carey (center) lead
The New Today Newspaper
Grenada, W.I. - A leading and influential figure in the steelband movement is now formally under investigation by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for alleged financial irregularities.
THE NEW TODAY understands from relia
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Georgetown, Guyana: With the country racing towards becoming an oil producer by 2020, the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) is moving to setup a branch here to cater for a growing number of United States companies investing in oi
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Matthew Phillip at the launch of this year’s Notting Hill Carnival (Alex Coley)
‘Back to Carnival’s roots’ Matthew Philip, Director of the Trust, who leads the Mangrove Steelband and manages the Tabernacle events space in Notting Hill, told i: “We’
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San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello during a press conference at City Hall, San Fernando. PHOTO BY ANIL RAMPERSAD.
MEMBERS of the pan fraternity turned out in large numbers Monday to bid final farewell to Steve Achaiba, the last captain and arranger
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