The musical face-off featuring four (4) celebrated steel orchestras, WITCO Desperadoes, CAL Invaders Neal & Massy Trinidad All Stars and Tokyo, saw the bands vying for the coveted title “Repertoire Champion” ..
The highly entertaining program was
Global - Born in Trinidad, Rudy King is known as the first person to bring the steel
When Steel talks extends condolences to Mr. Cecil "Tortee" Philgence and Pantime Steel Orchestra on the passing of his wife.
Read more…by Mark Lyndersay - Trinidad Guardian
There’s a moment right in the middle of Pan, the new film about the national instrument written by Kim Johnson and directed by Jerome Guiot that summarises all the hopes that the creative team have for their subj
Read more…Large Steel Orchestras
birdsong Steel Orchestra - history
Tune of Choice - “Pan Magic” - Arranger: Andy Narell - history
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra - history
Tune of Choice - “Hooray” - Arranger: Robert Greenidge - history
Martinsville Bulletin
Virginia, USA - It’s unlikely that it will be a white Christmas for the Virginia All-Steel Orchestra. This year, the group will spend Christmas Day performing at Universal Studios in Florida.
Shawn Thwaites, executive director
Read more…Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Championship band Supernovas Steel Orchestra will enthrall music lovers in Antigua for the annual Moods Of Pan festival being held in the twin-island country’s capital of St. John’s at the end of the month. The orchestra wil
Read more…Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - So The semi-final round of Talent Expression, the leading performance art talent competition in the South, organised by the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation has set the stage for a tremendous final night.
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New York, New York - This is a magnificent music story that is so much more. It is a story about the human condition that allows one to grow, overcome, provide opportunity and affect change on a community.
The event was “Composers OutFront“ and the
Read more…David Rudder Speaks! - Performing Artist, Composer, Musician Extraordinaire - UpClose!
Global - The name David Michael Rudder is synonymous with a thoughtful consideration for artistic integrity, an appreciation of culture, and an acute awareness
Read more…Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - ...Ms. Solomon’s family moved to the Steel City in 1984. Leigh was 5 years old when her parents decided to settle here after moving to the Bronx in New York City from Georgetown, Guyana, on the
As reported in the New York Daily News
Thomas Bailey, president of the West Indian American Day Carnival has returned from a medical leave to head WIADCA. Bailey re-took the helm acting president William Howard on Oct. 28.
Co-authored by Cape and Jocelyne Guilbault, lecturer in ethnomusicology at University of California, Berkeley and scholar of Caribbean popular music, the book, says Cape, is about musicians, the forgotten contributors of our music.
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Although only in its second year, Pan With The Saints is fast becoming one of the better quality pan productions. Patrons who attended this event last week Saturday at the St Mary’s College Big Ya
Read more…Roy Cape, for many, is best known as the saxophone player and leader of the Roy Cape All Stars. This iconic musician, however, is a walking encyclopedia of music history in Trinidad and Tobago and most of it is contained in a new book called Roy Cape
Read more…Last week, Roberts released his first 2015 single Soca State of Mind and is collaborating with Exodus to remake one of his father’s hits, The Toco Band, for Panorama.
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Read more…Pan! Our Music Odyssey opens at cinemas across the country on November 5th. The film can be seen at Cinemas 8 Trincity, Movie Towne, Digicel IMAX and Empire Cinema San Fernando.
Pan! Our Music Odyssey brings together in docu-drama form, a fictional a
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Allidonna George.
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Global - So what’s New and Great at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2014 currently on at New York’s Jacob Javits Center - from a Pan Perspective?
....We could go on and on about the latest and greatest products. That would serve our readers no good. Too much
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to champion arranger Len "Boogsie" Sharpe.
