Brooklyn, New York - A commendation from Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, a Proclamation from the New York City Council and a Proclamation from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams are expected to be among the accola
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Mission: BSO's Journey to the Mecca of Steel Drums! - Kickstarter Project
Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (BSO) is a collective of young and talented musicians, hungry for knowledge and determined to progress the Steel Pan in their community. Coming up this August, an opportunity to not only share our talents and experiences, b
Read more…Through the "Great Barrier Reefs" Nashville Meets Harlem Over A Steelpan Groove
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Harlem, New York, USA
Panist Tony Hartman and the Great Barrier Reefs at The Shrine
In one shape or fashion, the steelpan has been present and making music in Harlem since its arrival - when Rudy King brought the instru
Is there a future for Pan with TIDAL?
Tidal Lossless Music Streaming Review: Forget Spotify, Get CD Quality Music
I remember when Spotify launched, it was something of a life-changing experience. For so long, the music industry had fought and fought to maintain the status quo of music.
Read more…The making of a ‘Smooth’ Panorama arranger
Trinidad Express Newspapers
“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” This is a famous quotation by William Shakespeare. Arranger for eight-time Panorama Champion Massy Trin
Read more…Meet Chanelle Walker - Brooklyn, New York -- Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York - “If steel pan was able to sustain a healthy and stable lifestyle then I would be out of my mind not to....” - She is driven, focused and very talented. In an exclusive interview w
Pandaddy - Richard Rudolph Is 65 Today
Check out Pandaddy, Richard Rudolph of Roanoke, VA celebrating his 65th Birthday, Monday, April 6, 2015. We’d like to wish Pandaddy, the happiest of birthdays. One amazing guy who has probably taught more people to play steel pans than anyone else
Pantheon Steel keeps the beat with new handpan
Daily Journal Online
Montana, USA - As the founder of Pantheon Steel, it is only natural that Kyle Cox has always had a love affair with steel drums. First as a student and then as a designer, Cox with his business partner and co-founder, Jim Dusi
Read more…OSteel Introduces Elementary Students to Steel Pan
Ohio, USA - Members of Oberlin Steel (OSteel) will visit nearby Wellington, Ohio, on April 8 to participate in an educational workshop that will introduce students at Westwood Elementary School to the steel pan and the music of Trinidad and Toba
Read more…Meet Luz Carime Santa-Coloma - New York University, New York
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
New York, New York - “I can honestly say that playing with CrossFire at the Panorama competition was the most fun I have ever had on stage...” - She knows first-hand that Pan is much more than an instrum
Meet Doris Green - Fulbright scholar, ethnomusicologist, inventor, author, panist, educator - Brooklyn, New York
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York - The narrative of the life and times of Doris Green is in itself a compelling story and fantastic journey that needs to told, studied and chronicled. Her seminal work in a notation
Steelband on the right note with award wins
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Young band members hit the right notes to scoop awards at recent music festivals
Tyneside, England - Three of the bands from North Tyneside Steelband (NTSB) won top awards for their talents.
At the Tynedale Music Festival, the traini
Read more…North Stars gets replacement for pan destroyed by flood
St. Vincent & The Grenadines, W.I. - North Stars Steel Orchestra in Rose Bank, North Leeward, has received 30 new steel pans to replace instruments destroyed by the December 2013 flash floods and landslides.
Nichola Evans of National Commission
Read more…Meet Catherine Borneo - Brooklyn, New York
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York - “Women have become more vocal - the Steelpan art form is an open forum for both men and women” - With three daughters actively involved in Pan as steelpan musicians, she has a uni
North Stars gets replacement for pan destroyed by flood
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St. Vincent & The Grenadines, W.I. - North Stars Steel Orchestra in Rose Bank, North Leeward, has received 30 new steel pans to replace instruments destroyed by the December 2013 flash floods and landslides.
Nichola Evans of Nat
Read more…Revisited - Meet Claudie Donne - Guadeloupe, Paris, France
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Paris, France - “I just have to play pan. It makes me feel connected to my roots.” - Pan is her passion. She radiates pure unadulterated love for the steel pan culture and art form. In an exclusive in
Meet Lilian Sten Nicholson - Barbados
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Barbados, West Indies - “Pan is about to become a billion dollar, global industry, and not a cent will go to the inventors.” - She is an artist who captures history, culture in the most authentic mann
Meet Arielle Chase - Brooklyn, New York
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Brooklyn, New York - “Panorama is like a progress report of your band. You get to observe how much you've grown as a body. From the talent of the players, the reaction of the audience, and the comment
Thirty years after death, Rudolph Charles remains... The Baddest Desperado
by Dalton Narine |
Global - Thirty years ago today, Laventille’s Rudolph Charles shuffled off this mortal coil and went out in style - a glam funeral service, his soul encased in the Chariot pans he invented and three religions vying for meager p |
