Young and moving on

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Young nationals continue to achieve great things on the global stage; achievements which go unnoticed by most and in which we must be very proud and applaud.

The young musicians of Exocubs

Pan-tastic finale

NationBarbados

Mylon Clarke, backed by the 1688 steel band, during their dynamic performance. (Picture by Nigel Browne.)

IT WAS A FULL WEEKEND of pan that started with a sizzling night at First Citizens Pan Fusion on Friday, and climaxed with a scor

The Pan bet between Prime Minister Patrick Manning & Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves

Trinidad Newsday

..Gonsalves lightened the atmosphere in the cathedral when he told the congregation of a bet he made with Manning regarding a tenor pan he used to play when they were students. He said Manning thought the pan had 27 notes but he told

Taiwan gifts $40, 000 for September Celebrations 2016

By BBN Staff: This morning Diane Haylock Co- Chairperson of the National Celebrations Commission (NCC) of the National Institute of History and Culture (NICH) received a cheque for $40,000 from Ambassador of the Republic of China Taiwan to Belize HE

Pan Pun De Sand – all Bajan talent

Nation News

Bridgetown, Barbados, W.I. - It was pure Mosaic magic as the more than 40-member band closed the show on the last day of the three-day pan extravaganza, Massy Pan Pun De Sand, at Brandons Beach on Sunday.

For over seven hours there was

International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2016

Artslink.co.za News

Gauteng, South Africa - Esteemed adjudicators for the 5^th Education Africa International Marimba and Steelpan Festival 2016.

We are less than three weeks away from the largest marimba and steelpan festival in the world with over

Pan celebration of Manning

G. Cardinez - Newsday

THAT Pan Trinbago should have chosen Marabella for its Pan in De Countryside last Saturday seems to be poetic. Most of the people at the Marabella Recreation Ground used the event as a “Celebration of the Life” of former prime m

Department of Culture supports the sweet sound of pan for the second year running

SKNVibes

Melvin Hewlett (far left) instructing adult participants from last year’s Pan in Splendor

Basseterre, St. Kitts, W.I. - For the second year in a row, the Department of Culture will be hosting “Pan in Splendour,” providing an opportunity fo

Laborie Pan Project hosts lecture by Trinidadian Pan Master

St. Lucia News Online

St. Lucia, W.I. - Taking advantage of the Carnival Season and of the presence in Saint Lucia of a group of musicians from the PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars steelband from Trinidad and Tobago, Labowi Promotions and the Laborie Pan P

WICO’s Jazz on the Dock to Present Victor Provost July 19

St. Thomas Source

St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. -  The West Indian Company Ltd. (WICO) will feature Victor Provost at its next Jazz on the Dock scheduled for 5:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 19. Come enjoy the sweet sound of jazz on a steel pan -- thrill the he

Give Pan a Chance for Peace

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

National instrument unites Jews and Muslims

  The Peace Drums Steel Orchestra performs at the University of Delaware.

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Earlier this year, Selwyn “Fruits” John, a key member of First Citizens

Friends, panists cheer Williams’ 85th birthday

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelpan innovator and former tuner, leader and arranger Anthony “Tony” Williams celebrated his 85^th birthday last Friday but was “feted” by his friends and family on Saturday at his Nepal Street

Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister & Panist, Patrick Manning has died

When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning on his passing.

This band was called the "Playboys" It was an Irvine Hall band that we started in late 1966 or early 1967. Le

Pan Trinbago wants balance of Govt allocation

PAN TRINBAGO is appealing to the Government to pay the rest of their allocation so they can pay their members

At a news conference yesterday, at Pan Trinbago’s head office, Park Street, Port-of-Spain, Pan Trinbago President Keith Diaz said this year,

The Mayor’s pan jazz experience

Trinidad Express Newspapers

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Pan Jazz Experience Concert was presented by the office of the Mayor of Port of Spain at Adam Smith Square, Woodbrook, last Saturday.

The audience gathered under the stars to view performanc

Marabella gets ready for Pan In De Countryside

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian

Outstanding Single Pan steelband T&T Fire Services

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Following last weekend’s explosion of beautiful pan music in the North, the action goes south this weekend to the Marabella Recreation Grounds,

Sion Hill Steel Orchestra and Arranger Seion Gomez Recapture Vincy Panorama Title in 2016

Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines  - For the 2016 St. Vincent and The Grenadines Panorama competition, the number of participating steel orchestras declined another year; only five bands – Starlift, South East, Symphonix, Sion Hill and Elite (i

Party on Wheels to celebrate, share Metro commuters’ stories

The Seattle Times 

Seattle, Washington, USA - Radio station KBCS’ event Tuesday, June 28, will feature music and the chance to record your own mass-transit commuter story for the What’s the Flux? project, which is collecting personal experiences of

Casablanca Steel Orchestra - Steelband History

Global - The legendary names of Oscar “Bogart” Pyle, Ormond “Patsy” Haynes, Arthur “Art” De Coteau and Anthony Prospect will forever be linked to Casablanca Steel Orchestra. In December 1983 Casablanca journeyed to the USA and performed at the Broo

Carnival in Trinidad (1953)