When Steel Talks extends season greetings to the entire WST forum family.
A special shout out to Cecil, Claude, Bugs, Merrytones, Glenroy, Bertel, ODW and the countless others who have contributed to the forum.
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Many of the students in Rick Henson’s steel drums beginners class have already been playing for a year or more. Their affinity for the light and happy percussion p
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The year 2016. Image by Artis Rams
For bloggers in the Caribbean, “2016” has nearly become an obscenity. Adjectives now used to describe this “annus horribilis” include “sucky”, “terrible” and “the worst”. The thing that drove netizens over the edg
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Government allocations f
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Panorama will re-branded as The "Trinidad and Tobago Panorama Festival" in 2017. Bands will stay in panyards for preliminaries. The will simultaneous judging throughout country. Panorama will now be viewed as a one month festival promoting a greate
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By Michael Mondezie Trinidad Express
Preparations for several Carnival 2017 national competitions and events have been stalled due to the non-payment of annual governm
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - Multicultural art, non-profit organization Tropicalfete, Inc. is excited once again to unveil their annual year-end event presentation. This season’s offering is billed as ‘A Musical Gift to the Community - Tropicalfete Cou
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'Pal' Joey Lewis passes - 2-8-2016 -- click for more
Japanese Panist Asami Nagakiya is murdered - 2-10-2016 -- click for more
Former Prime MinisterDoes any know which version came first? Would you consider the Van Dyke Parks version heavily calypso influenced?
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Our London
Parading down cold, wind-swept streets on the back of a flat-bed truck is a far cry from jamming under palm trees swaying in a Caribbean breeze,but it’s all in a day’s work for members of the Golden Harps Steel Orchestra.
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A When Steel Talks Spotlight
PELHAM GODDARD was born in Clarence Street in St. James, Trinidad on December 12, 1946. The son of a seaman and a school teacher, he attended St. Crispin's EC school. His love affair with music began ear
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Michael Jackson Free Willy
Regrello will be sworn in as an Alderman.
Regrelllo was an Alderman and the Deputy Mayor during the last council.
He was also a former MP and Councillor.
The swearing in for the Council is tentatively carded for Monday.
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When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to master musician Pelham Goddard. He is one of the major architects of Soca music in addition to being one of the Caribbean's most celebrated musicians.
Goddard's work has not been limited to the steelba
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It is no surprise that within the past few years there has been an increase in not only the participation but also the appreciation of steel pan music in Guyana. This is due in part to the actions of the Ministry of Educa
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Legends of Calypso will be among those who will be taking centre stage at the Borders Festival next year
The three-day festival, the brainchild of former Trinidad and Tobago athlete Sheldon Monderoy, will take plac
The energy of Carnival is definitely in the air. Soca music’s being released every 60 seconds it would seem so it’s no surprise that radio personality and artist, Jaiga has also delivered. What we didn’t expect however, was the direction he essential
Read more…The National Carnival Commission (NCC) invites suitably qualified consultants to indicate their ability and interest in conducting surveys during Carnival 2017! For more information regarding this Request for Expression of Interest (EOI), click the i
Read more…The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC) invites qualified and experienced persons interested in adjudicating Carnival 2017 Mas competitions to register! For more information regarding this invitation, click the image below, or v
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