Brooklyn based director, Christine Shaw and editor, Davone Alexis, are currently crowdfunding for Panorama: Jamming to the Top on Kickstarter.
The documentary follows a vibrant community of people in Brooklyn, NY who love steel pan and are fighting to
Keron Valentine, new Executive Director of Hadco Phase II with Arranger Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe and John Hadad, Executive Chairman of Hadco
The BBPA Harry Jerome Awards is recognized as the most prestigious national awards gala in the African-Canadian community and a coveted symbol of achievement. This years winners receive awards in the following categories: Academics, Arts, Athletics,
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Scrunter's Pan Groove performs at Diatonic Steel Orchestra's 8th Annual Steel in Motion
San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Diatonic Steel Orchestra held its eight annual Steel in Motion, which was dedicated to calyp
Read more…
Pannist/arranger Duvone Stewart plays the pan at the International Music Night of the Tobago Jazz experience at the Pigeon Park Heritage Park on Sunday.
Tobagonian-born pannist and Duvone Stewart was literally brought to tears on Sunday evening, as
Read more…‘Windrush or Bum Rush’ by Depo
Britain, oh no, not the Motherland
So proud I was to be called an Englishman
Never imagined I’ll be labeled with such a racist slang, and treated as a member of an invading gang
‘The Windrush Generation’ - Britain, o
Read more…JazzCorner News:
Sunday May 6 from 4-7 PM: Celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month, Global Arts Project, Inc. and the Collins Park Neighborhood Association present Leon Foster Thomas, who has elevated the steel pan to a formidable jazz instrument. His q
Measures that hurt Windrush generation and led to home secretary’s demise still popular with public and politicians
Amber Rudd may have been forced to resign as home secretary but the policies behind the Windrush scandal remain.
The plight of some
Who is the target audience? What do the organizers hope to achieve?
Questions often asked in relation to the Tobago Jazz Experience.
In recent times there have been questions about the sustainability of the annual event, with many people calling
The Guardian
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has piled further pressure on Amber Rudd to resign as home secretary as he launched a devasta
ISSUE: The Windrush crisis
THE RECENT scandal which has engulfed British parliament and the Home Office on how the Windrush Gener
Barbados today
Alternative music offerings are unfolding and steel pan music is on a growth path. It is more accessible and the change is led by technological and individual creativity.
Not so long ago, a band consisted of a rhythm section, guitars w
Read more…Steelpan players in Oxford Street today raising money for Steel Pan Trust
Read more…
Trinidad Newsday
The words “love for pan” have transcended to the present leaders in Pan Trinbago who were elected to protect and promote the interest of pan and the panman. But the cry among today’s players is that the executive of the organisation
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago
Recognizing the contribution of women to the many aspects of the steel pan industry, is one of the essential pillars of the work of the Caribbean Steel Pan Connextion.
Israel McLeod, Manager of the organization says their concert, W
billboard
by Gary Graff
Herb Alpert wants it known that his new instrumental version of Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" and its video -- premiering exclusively below --
Read more…The baby son of former British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Arthur Snell, was denied a UK passport in 2011 because he was born in the Caribbean.
More in this report from Marie-Therese Bernard.
Leonard Turner, a Trinidadian immigrant who worked at the Lago Oil Refinery, was the first to introduce steel bands in Aruba. Being unhappy with the lack of entertainment on th
The Gleaner
The audience at the fourth presentation of Uncaged Melodies, the annual concert by the Classical and Jazz Ensemble (CAGE) led by University of the West Indies Music Fellow Peter Ashbourne, got a special treat. They heard the very first p
Read more…
