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
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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
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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
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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…...More props, too, go to Sharpe and his band of merry men, the final night graveyard performance having pushed them to exhaustion foll
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PAN Trinbago President Keith Diaz has welcomed the recent appointment of former culture minister and calypsonian Winston “Gypsy” Peters as National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman.
“Personally speaking, I have no problem with it.
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The Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts is dispelling rumours that Colin Lucas was fired as Chairman of the National Carnival Commission.
The Ministry said Mr. Lucas, having been appointed to the position of C
Image captionThe home secretary said she would do all she could to "right the wrongs" that had been done
UK citizenship fees and language tests will be waived for the Windrush generation and their families, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.
She t
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UConn's Steel Pan Ensemble performs energetic musical pieces at their spring concert in Von Der Mehden Auditorium on April 21st, 2018.
Connecticut, USA - On Saturday night, UConn musicians joined in von der Mehden Recital Hall to pe
Read more…When Steel Talks extend our deepest sympathies to CASYM Steel Orchestra and Invaders Steel Orchestra on the senseless lost of their anchor member Jeffrey “Rafa” Dorant.
The National Carnival Commission (NCC) has a new Chairman.
On Friday, former Culture Minister and Extempo Veteran, Winston 'Gypsy' Peters, received his instruments of appointment.
The appointment comes on the heels of the resignation of Colin Luca
David Abdulah, PHOTO BY LINCOLN HOLDER
Plans for the steel band industry and an economic impact assessment of Carnival were among the initiatives by the recently dissolved Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB), reported forme
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