Chocolate TeddyBear, TMV Movie Critic
It’s funny. Until fairly recently, I routinely sneered at people who grieved over celebrities they had never met. That was until Michael Jackson died in 2009. I grieved for Michael like he was a close family mem
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Ohio, USA - Michael Maxwell's band director regards him as a talented musician. But when the graduating Dover High School senior contemplates a career among the stars, he's thinking about the sky, not the stage.
"My dream job is t
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Oregon, USA - At some point in the 1960s, steel drum (a.k.a. pan) music became the Caribbean equivalent of cheesy Vegas lounge tunes: something only an ill-dressed tourist might fancy during a cruise ship port o’
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - From early morning, forecasters warned of thunderstorms in Las Cuevas and it seems that show host Richard Forteau, Pan Trinbago secretary, was correct when he said “God loves pan.” Rain fell fro
My name is Fundile Phaqa, 28 years old from King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape – South Africa. I live in a quiet rural area with the majority of the youth on drugs, alcohol, promiscuity and general lack of access to education and recreation. I a
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Having previously claimed that Invaders is his steelband, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley spent last Sunday evening with members of CAL Invaders Steel Orchestra and patrons attending A Mother’s
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Rehearsals at D’urban Park for Guyana’s 50th Independence Flag Raising Ceremony.
Guyana, S.A. - Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations were late Tuesday night marred by the death of a youthful steel-pan player shortly af
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Saffron Murphy of Swaton who is starting up a steel band.
Sleaford, England - A steel band teacher is banging the drum to find people interested in joining a new group.
Saffron Murphy is hosting a steel drum workshop in Swaton
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Guyana, S.A. - A Richard Ishmael Secondary School student who was to be a participant in the steel pan segment of the cultural show for tonight’s flag-raising has died in an accident.
A statement issued by the Ministry of the Preside
Read more…GARY CARDINEZ Wednesday, May 25 2016 |
IT TRULY was a Black Friday for the national instrument.
If ever there was a disappointment involving our beloved pan; it came to pass on Friday 13 and Saturday14 at Exodus Pan Theatre in St Augustine.
The Na
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Do you play pan, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, flute, clarinet, keyboards, percussion, guitar or bass? Or do you sing? Are you currently in secondary school?
....Do you wish to enhance your musical skills with a 5-week inte
Read more…Desperadoes champion arranger, Carlton "Zanda" Alexander is recovering well and is likely to be discharged from the San Fernando General Hospital on Tuesday, three days after he was warded.
"At the age of 66 years old, Zanda (wearing all white in pho
New York, USA - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, recent NYU graduate Luz Carime Santa-Coloma speaks on her special relationship with the steelpan instrument and how it has transformed her musical perspective and enhanced her college
OUR BOYS STEEL ORCHESTRA
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Our Boys Steel Orchestra Under New Management
Scarborough, May 22nd, 2016. The Our Boys Steel Orchestra held its special annual general meeting
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organization of Pennsylvania portrayed its culture through music, song and dance on May 15. The occasion was the group’s 19th annual tea party held at The Holy Apostles & The Mediator Church at 51st and Spruce str
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Back in March, I told you the inspiring story of a remarkable young woman.
Teen Nikita Austin plays piano, flute and steel pan.
When I and Sun photographer/videographer Craig Robertson intervie
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Republic Bank donates for jubilee steel pan: Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry (second left) flanked by a Republic Bank staffer and a representative from the National Music School receiving a cheque on F
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Northern Steel Orchestra has launched its 2016 season, thanks to funding from two local charities, the Readman Family Grassroots Fund and the Freemasons of Northumberland.
A new charity, Northern Steel Network, has been formed to support steel pan a
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In this WST (When Steel Talks) interview Russell describes his Panorama experience as surreal. New York Panorama is the most fun he has had playing music... On learning music by rote? “It just changes the experience a little bit, and I think it’s f
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to the great Neville Jules of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra. Click for more on this music legend...
