Dr. Chris Tanner pulled his pair of drumsticks from his back pocket and clicked them together to silence the cacophony in room seven in the basement of Presser Hall.
It was 7:45 p.m. and the members of Miami University’s Steel Ban
...Once in a great while, a musician will take an instrument associated with more popular genres and raise it to a level of virtuosity and cross into classical repertory. Princeton University PhD student Kendall K. Williams has made a career moving t
From October 2015, soon after Pan Trinbago's Central Executive Elections, it became clear to us that our organization was operating from one crisis to another. There were allegations left, right and center as to the cause of this instability. But our
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London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May apologized Tuesday for her government's treatment of some Caribbean immigrants to the United Kingdom and insisted they were still welcome in the country.
LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May apologized on Tuesday for harsh treatment of some Caribbeans who have lived in Britain legally for decades but have trouble documenting their status, as her government reversed itself on an issue that had turned i
Read more…The creation and the evolution of the steel pan, is one of the most Innovative inventions of the twentieth century. A true Folk Art, the pan developed on the Island o
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Maryland, USA - “Music embodies my life to the point that it takes precedence to eating, drinking and sleeping. I often hear melodies and musical arrangements in my head...”
She is a music educator, performer, rec
by David Lammy
22nd June 1948: Newly arrived Jamaican immigrants on board the ‘Empire Windrush’ at Tilbury. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)
My parents were part of the Windrush Generation that our Government invited to Britain as cit
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THE EDITOR: In the interest of the steelband movement I do not wish to tarnish the Pan Trinbago brand, though the organisation has done that all on its own. I have never publicly denounced Pan Trinbago in spite of the fact that it has been poorly adm

Dear Sir,
Look what I found in the cellar cleaning up after the Norwegian winter: a rusty steel pan!
The story goes like this: in 1952, when I was 12 years old, I was with my father, who was captain on a cargo liner. The ship was 9,000 tonnes deadwe
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| Duvonne Stewart hears the results. Photo Maria Nunes |
23 June 1948: There was no band, certainly, to greet the immigrants at Tilbury, but it was a welcome, and, for officialdom, a warm welcome
TILBURY, TUESDAY.
What were they thinking, these 492 men from Jamaica and Trinidad, as the Empire Windrush slid
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This year marks the 70th anniversary since the Windrush docked at Tilbury [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]
This year marks the 70th anniversary since the MS Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, bringing with it 492 men and women from the
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British citizens threatened with deportation to countries they left as children and have not returned since
‘I’m here legally, but they’re asking me to prove I’m British’

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “I come alive as I transform into the woman on the bass while I lose my soul jamming to the sweetness, the harmonic and melodious arrangement by my legendary arranger Len “Boogsie” Sha
The Voice -
Written by Dotun Adebayo
Is it because Shakespeare is not black? And why should black have to be white to be valid Professor Paul Gilroy once noted that we reject the black “in the Union Jack” at our cost and peril. When Elvis embraced
Read more…DeKALB – The Northern Illinois University Steelband Spring Concert at 3 p.m. April 22 will feature an eclectic blend of music styles and a special guest artist.
The band, under the direction of Liam Teague, NIU professor of music and director of ste
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CRELLIN — One week of hard work by Crellin Elementary School students, faculty and parents has resulted in the construction of no fewer than 19 steel drums, now to be used at the school by music students led by teac
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