Condolences to CASYM and the family and friends of Marvin Huggins
When Steel Talks extends condolences to CASYM Steel Orchestra, and the family and friends of Marvin Huggins.
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Trinidad pioneers online 'knowledge network'
By Sean Coughlan
BBC News education correspondent
Trinidad is going to have the first online learning network designed for an entire country
Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies is pioneering an ambitious online learning project.
Coursera, one of t
Read more…The presence of Pan at present in the panoply of musical instrument
Caribbean Life - OP-EDS
by Oliver Stephenson
“We can take solace in that the Pan still has an untold future,” says Anthony Salah Wilson, a steelpan musician, composer, arranger, educator, scholar and founder of Salah’s Steelpan Academy in Quebec, C
Binghamton High School steel drum band to release CD
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The Binghamton High School “Juice Blenders” Steel Drum Band announced the release of its fourth CD.
The CD, named “Generations,” features student band members from 2007 through 2014.
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Liam Teague: ‘We have just begun to scratch the surface’ of steelpan’s potential
NIU Today
Illinois, USA - Liam Teague, head of steelpan studies and an associate professor in the NIU School of Music, was named the 2014 Laureate in Arts and Letters by the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards For Excellence.
Click below for the speech
Read more…Zimbabwe: Trinidad and Tobago Rules At Carnival Awards - Exodus awarded best international act
All Africa - The Herald
Zimbabwe - Caribbean Islanders, Trinidad and Tobago scored big at the recently held Harare International Carnival Street Party when they won two prestigious awards on Saturday night after the street parade.During a prize givin
Read more…Steel band helps celebrate Empire Day
Henley Standard
Shiplake, England - A Pub celebrated multicultural Britain with its own twist on a long-forgotten tradition.
The Plowden Arms in Reading Road, Shiplake, held its second annual Empire Day on Saturday with live music, entertainment and
Read more…RIP Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, passed away at age 86 today. When Steel extends condolences to her family and friends.
Hugh Masekela entertains in Siparia
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The musical collaboration between legendary South African trumpeter, composer and singer, Hugh Masekela, and the Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra has been described as a melding of musical forms
Steelpan & Carnival History in Pictures: Tripoli Steel Orchestra
Global - Gerome Bhola of Marabella in Southern Trinidad shared a few images from an old collection, relative to the world-famous Tripoli Steel Band participating in carnival in pre-1958 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The pictures were taken by his father
Revisited - Meet Len Church - Panist, Composer, Musician Extraordinaire - UpClose!
Global - Len Church is a respected member of that extraordinarily talented group of musicians that ushered in the period commonly referred to as ‘the Golden Era of Caribbean Music.’ He performed and/or recorded with the likes of Winifred Atwell, Ed
Why Nicki Minaj Is The Only Lady On The Cash Kings List - Music Business
Looking through this year’s list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings, you might find yourself asking, “Where the ladies at?” Nicki Minaj, who clocks in at no. 4 with an estimated $29 million, is the only woman on the list, earning more than Snoop Lion, Eminem and
Jamming the pan - Cayman Islands
Cayman 27
Cayman Islands - There’s nothing quite like the sound of a steel pan band. Young pan-jammers from all over the island put their sticks into action for a steel pan competition.
Schools from all around showed their talents off Thursday night
Read more…UKIP Carnival's Endurance Steel Band Performs on BBC’s Newsnight
The Huffington Post UK
London, ENGLAND - UKIP’s (UK Independence Party) Croydon carnival, which ended in carnage on Tuesday before Nigel Farage had even arrived, had a breakout star as the steel band that refused to play for the party got a gig on Ne
Ayana ‘Yanz’ Garcia – Musical Prodigy - Her love affair with the Steelpan
Global - Born one month before time on September 19th, 1993, Ayana Shallima Garcia displayed her love for music and the culture of Trinidad and Tobago as a toddler. The fact that her parents own a business next to Kitchener’s Revue tent exposed her
Happy Birthday to panist, arranger and educator Salah Wilson
When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to panist, arranger and educator Salah Wilson
Read more…UKIP scraps 'carnival' to prove it's not racist after Endurance steel band refuses to play in front of 'Love Colour' sign...
DailyMail.co.uk
UKIP scraps 'carnival' to prove it's not racist after steel band refuses to play in front of 'Love Colour' sign and Farage stays away
Croydon, UK - Nigel Farage's latest attempt to prove UKIP (UK Independence Party) is not racist des
Congratulations to all the 2014 graduates all over the world
Pan 4 Life... Roll Call...
Congratulations to the Class of 2014. We are proud of you!!
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Read more…Revisited - Meet Kendall Williams, Arranger, Composer UpClose!
2018 Skiffle Steel Orchestra
Global - This young man is serious, driven, witty and focused. Kendall Williams’ journey with the steelpan instrument began at the age of four as he mimicked the steelpan performances of his parents. He is that singula
Read more…Madness
This is not Pan related, but I could not resist.. After-all, music is built on math, what next...
"SATAN'S HANDIWORK" BRINGS KIDS, PARENTS TO TEARS
If you thought grade-school math was easy -- think again. Thanks to national Common Core standards,
