Meet Marina Marfan - Tobago
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Davidson Middle School students perform as part of the Drums of Fire steel pan band. 
Inspire: High school senior wins college scholarship with steel pan talent. (ABC7)
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Pan Clash Jam Sunday - First Sunday of the month through September 2017
London, U.K. - Pan Clash Jam Sunday was even better than the organisers from Steel Pan Trust expected on Sunday 3rd April at The Tabernacle W11. The love and unity of pan players coming together to Jam on a Sunday was phenomenal!
This event is a pa
Read more…Meet Alegbe Temidayo - Nigeria - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
A Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
“I have been most proud of my intellectual life as it relates to pan because playing the pan has helped in grooming my mental capacity.”
In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - panist Alegbe
Virtual steelpan 'Pan Jam' launched
by Loop News
Steelpan was taken to the next level with the launch of Pan Jam, a fully immersive steel pan music platform brought to life by local design agency, Dingole Ltd.
Professional pannist Tevin Shockness, performed the National Anthem on t
Reflection and rethinking Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and Phase II Pan Groove by David Boothman
Hanging out with music genius Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and friends at Panorama Semi-finals 2017
Published with permission from David Boothman
Submitted to When Steel Talks by David Boothman
Boogsie’s genius has given to pan music worldwide a musical sop
Read more…Happy Birthday to Clyde Durant of Moods Pan Groove - April 10
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Clyde Durant, president of Moods Pan Groove.
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Meet Athena Nichole - New York, USA -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
“I feel when you truly love something or someone musically, you can NEVER just like one of their pieces. Clive Bradley will always be my favorite arranger because of his inventiveness to create masterpi
Read more…IJ Lobby Lounge: The joyful sound of Drums of Fire, the Davidson Middle School Steel Pan Band
The IJ Lobby Lounge went on location for the first time to record our
There has been a significant Guyanese contribution to steel pan technology
Dear Editor,
I was pleased to read, if belatedly, the Wednesday, February 22, Stabroek News editorial headed ‘Pan-O-Rama.’
As a member of the steel pan fraternity, I must say that while much of it was okay, I found some key points to be both extreme
Read more…Music pioneer Johnny Gonsalves succumbs to pancreatic cancer
Gonsalves, a former chief judge for Digicel Rising Stars, succumbed to his illness at 5.58 am on Friday in Florida.
Gonsalves was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2016 and migrated to the United States to seek alternative treatments.
Co-founder of
Read more…Meet Crystal Noel - Trinidad & Tobago - Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
“...funding is the most serious issue. Pan is hard work - talent or not - and most times the reward for playing pan can never compensate for the long nights on your feet or the 6-7 days of practice jus
Trinidad’s Skiffle Steel Orchestra returns to Sweet Briar for concert, student workshops
April 5, 2017 | By Janika Carey
Members of Skiffle perform live. Photo by Tony Howell
Sweet Briar College will welcome back Trinidad’s famed Skiffle Steel Orchestra for a special concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, in Murchison Lane Auditorium
Read more…Meet Kimberli St. Clair - Trinidad & Tobago - A Celebration of Women in Pan
A Celebration of Women in Pan
“I am proud of the fact that there are still some people who genuinely love the instrument and just love to play. Those are the people that show that there is still hope for the art form. I am most proud of the fact th
Read more…Pan Masters Steel Orchestra experienced a personal tragedy.
PanMasters Instrument Fundraiser
During the weekend of February 11- 12, 2017, the Pan Masters Steel Orchestra experienced a personal tragedy. Our secured Music Studio in North Brentwood, Maryland was vandalized and our Truck, Band Equipment and two
Read more…Revisited - Junior and Edwin Pouchet of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra
A Tale of Two Brothers and Their Band
by Dalton Narine
Published with permission from Dalton Narine.
Submitted to When Steel Talks by Dalton Narine.
Always, it seems, something’s going on down there in Cocorite. In the late 1940s and 50s, a steel
Roy Cape All Stars plays no more
GARY CARDINEZ Trinidad Newsday
AS of March 1, after 57 years, veteran musician and band leader Roy “Pappy” Cape “hung up” his prized Selmar Parris Super 80 saxophone as a performer with the long-standing brass band he formed - Roy Cape All Stars.
He
An Interview with the late Junior Pouchet - founder of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra by Von Martin
Producer, author and noted on-air broadcaster Von Martin shares another important documentary on the pan from his archives. This time we meet the late Pan Pioneer Junior Pouchet - former great captain and founder of Silver Stars Steel Orchestra.
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