When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends Collins Jackman on the passing of his father.
Read more…"....Another way to track the spread of immigration from the West Indies in particular is to look at the growing prevalence of steelpan drum groups in the U.S....."
....Former Attorney General Eric Holder’s family emigrated from Barbados, before he
Read more…Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad and Tobago - “For me, to play something that came about from a simple oil drum, but fascinates people around the world, is amazing.” - She is an intellectual, multi-talented, thoughtful, forwar
(Photo: Donna Terek / The Detroit News)
At his Detroit studio, Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions, Ralph Taylor has cleared away the giant Carnival costumes he designs and dusted off a dozen sets of steel drums he’d had in storage for years.
He
A local high school band ensemble has been selected as one just a few groups to play in Charleston in the coming weeks.
John Marshall High School Band Director Tracey Filben says she submitted for the Steel Drum Band to play an enti
Read more…Written by Henry Lipput -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pugliano is a consultant, business development specialist, trainer, and also a musician. “I’ve played the steel pan -- which is the basis of my organization Barrels To Beethoven -- probably since
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New York
In recognition of their highly successful musical venture to the 2015 International Panorama competition (ICP) held in Trinidad and Tobago, the City Council of New York honored Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (BSO) with a City Proclamation. The gro
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New York, USA - NYU Steel has been turning heads and breaking new ground for a while now. Unafraid to challenge the norms and traditional Western music and performance thinking - from its inception, NYU Steel has simply been a game-changer. This wee
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Les jeunes de KSB étaient en immersion au pays du steelpan. Ils préparent la première participation de la G
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Glass City Steel from the Toledo School for the Arts will perform Saturday at Bowsher High School. Bowling Green State University and Miami University bands will also perform.In ho
Strangled: Asami Nagakiya
THE body of Japanese murder victim Asami Nagakiya was flown back home on Saturday and is expected to arrive sometime today, according to an official at the Japanese Embassy yesterday.
The cost to have her flown back was s
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Dad loved opera and classical music. He'd play c
Read more…Jessie Moniz Hardy -- The Royal Gazette - Bermuda
Working on a cruise ship isn’t for everyone. The travel is constant and the work can be intense.
Steel pan player Robert Symons got hooked in 1989 and hasn’t looked back. His latest gig was on Oceani
Read more…REMEMBERING ASAMI
STATEMENT by several Heads of Mission and representatives from International Organizations located in Trinidad and Tobago:
We wish to first and foremost extend our condolences to the family and many friends of Asami, and to expre
By Susan Mohammed
FOREIGN delegates and heads of missions of international organisations yesterday held a memorial for slain Japanese pannist Asami Nagakiya in Port of Spain.
The representatives laid a wreath on the spot in the Queen’s Park Savannah,
By FRANCIS CARR Jr.
WILTON -- While growing up on the island of Trinidad, Norwalker Donna Rogers-Jones and her brother Robert were discouraged from playing the percussion instrument known to Trinidadians as a steelpan.
The instrument, fashioned from
Read more…Trinidad Newsday
A JAPANESE cruise ship, ‘Asuka II’, arrived yesterday on its inaugural visit to Trinidad and Tobago — nine days after Japanese national Asami Nagakiya was found strangled on Ash Wednesday under a large tree at the Queen’s Park Savann
Read more…by Maria Murriel -- Public Radio International
Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago is celebrated with colorful, feathered, sequined costumes. Last week the capital city's mayor said it was these costumes, an international symbol of the festival, that we
Read more…Paradise Pulse Online Magazine
There is this old Japanese folktale that tells the story of two frogs who lived at the opposite ends of Japan and who wanted to see what was beyond their home towns.
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - Island Gems Charity Foundation continued its commitment to children a
