New York, USA - There is very little that When Steel Talks can say about NYU Steel that we haven’t already said over the years since its inception in 2007 - except maybe, mission accomplished.
Born out of the vision of NYU percussion department cha
Read more…The Economist
JUST before midnight on May 3rd, Dana Seetahal, a prominent lawyer in Trinidad and Tobago, left one of the island’s lively casinos. Five minutes from her home, a car blocked the road ahead. A van pulled alongside; there was a burst of
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to singer and writer David Rudder.
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Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Music of the diaspora marked the contribution of the UWI Intermediate Steel and Indian Classical Ensembles to the current series of musical recitals produced by the Department of Creative and Fes
The Following are the Results of the Pan Expression competition stage at the Tanteen Netball Complex on Sunday May 4th 2014.
The Intelligencer
Illinois, USA - For a student to learn the music of another culture is always intriguing, but to perform it in the very country where that music was born is something really special. And that is precisely what happened when a group
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Vandal(s) reportedly targeted Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra’s pan yard in Villa and destroyed several tyres on a trailer in the process.
The band’s spokesperson, Stafford Joseph said the damage to a container where used to store s
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - All roads lead to Point Fortin as Mayor Clyde Paul and his staff of councillors mark the 34th anniversary of the Borough.
This event, which is described as a mini-carnival, attracts more than 30
“It was like magic”
Beijing, China - “It was like magic,” said one of the professors at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology after the performance by the Trinidad & Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble on the evening of Tuesday April 29.
It was the
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Rhode Island, USA - The University of Rhode Island (URI) will present steel pan artist and composer Aaron Abrahamson Cote with his Caribbean Jazz quartet Panoramic View in a free concert on International Jazz Day 2014. The band will feature works com
Brooklyn, New York, USA - Pan and soca featured prominently at this past weekend’s NBA (National Basketball Association) playoffs action in Brooklyn between the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets. These were match-ups three and four in a ‘best of sev
International Award-Winning Soca Artists Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann Lyons & The Asylum Band speak officially on withdrawing from their advertised 2014 Tobago Jazz Experience performance
April 27, 2014
Global - Bunji Garlin (of Differentology fame), Fay A
Read more…When Steel Talks extends well wishes and birthday greetings.
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The names Hugh Borde, Tripoli Steelband and Wladziu “Liberace” Valentino may not be familiar to many young pan musicians, musicians in general or random adults, but to the history of pan, hopefully
He was born Delyno Brown on August 5th 1981 in Charlotte Amalie, capital city of St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands were colonised by the Danes and used for the sugar and slavery trades in the 17th century bef
Pan Trinbago has issued a response to an article published in the Trinidad Guardian of Monday 21 April 2014 under the headline “Pan Trinbago owes pannists $2m for Pan Is Beautiful XII”
It states: “The President of Pan Trinbago, Keith Diaz, communicat
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California, USA - The annual CSULB (California State University, Long Beach) Steel Drum concert Caribbean Extravaganza gives way to a massive steel orchestra on Sunday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. The concert features the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra during
Global - Gerry Kangalee is the author of the seminal manuscript titled ‘Out of Pain This Culture was Born’ - which should not only be required reading for anyone involved with the steelpan instrument, but mandatory studying for all Trinidad and Toba
Appalachian State University News
North Carolina, USA - Clean and press your Hawaiian shirt and great ready for an incredible night of steel pan music when the Steely Pan Steel Band and alumni perform in a free concert Saturday, April 26.
The progra
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