Trinidad & Tobago- It was love at first sight or fate as she calls it. She is a player for Panland Steel Orchestra in Japan and World Champion Phase II Pan Groove of Trinidad and Tobago. In an exclusi
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad and Tobago - A scholar, an intellect, a musician, planner, mentor and motivator are some of the words one can use to describe one of the most influential and important figures in the steelpan
Read more…An exclusive WST interview with Panorama arranger, recording and performing artist Andy Narell
“...You ask if I want to win Panorama. In its present form, I would have to say it doesn’t interest me at all. I would however like to be able to play
Trinidad & Tobago- She is one of a select few panists where only a ‘first name’ is needed for instant recognition, anywhere in the world of Pan. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Candice
Read more…In the aftermath of the 2014 Carnival celebration, a number of areas of discontent have prompted negative comment. This only further underscored that we’ve been in the throes of what I have chosen to call an across-the-board “dumbing down” of our cul
Trinidad & Tobago- From child to adult, the steelpan instrument has been a constant love and comrade. Her love for the instrument is profound. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Julie Wi
Chucky (Roderick Gordon) was crowned 2014 National Calypso Monarch at the Dimanche Gras show presented by Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain
He performed Wey Yuh Think and Wedding Of De Cent
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Global - - Final results and those from the qualifying rounds, of respective categories in competition in the 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Panorama are all in! Get the stats from the preliminaries, semifinals and finals for all the conventional s |
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Champions of Carnival 2014 shined in the last lap event of the season in the Champs of Steel Plus concert on Saturday evening at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain.
Leading the cast of champi
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama winner Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove will also receive a trip to Nigeria later this year as a part of its prize. This, in addition to the $1 million first prize.
The trip is sponsored by
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Global - Even as Lord Kitchener sang “The Carnival Is Over,” “Champs of Steel Plus gives steelpan music and culture lovers one final chance to relive the memories of the recently-concluded Carnival celebrations.
The post-Carnival event produced by P
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago vice-president Bryon Serrette yesterday apologised to the public for the late finish to the National Panorama finals, saying the lethargic flow among competing bands and efforts by the
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A decision by the National Carnival Bands Association’s (NCBA) judges to deduct points from a reported 25 large bands for failing to start at their first judging point in Woodbrook, is threatening
Global - Journalist, steelpan historian and film director Dalton Narine pens an open letter to birdsong steel orchestra arranger Andy Narell (right), proffering his frank sentiments regarding Narell’s 2014 arrangement of We Kinda Mus
Machel Mantano says power soca is on a down turn and that there are just so many ways you can say the same thing. With the greater international appeal for groovy soca, do think panorama steel orchestras can now go back to playing the popular tunes o
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Band Leader Lionel Jagessar protest police disturbance of carnival presentation
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As Carnival celebrations continued into Tuesday night, with revellers trying to enjoy the last hours of celebrations on the streets, thousands left the city dejectedly as the music was brought to sudden end at 10 pm. Some pan lovers
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Pan enthusiast and marketing specialist Dennis Ramdeen said: “Pan on the Avenue on Carnival Monday night was painful for me. Steel orchestras spend so much time on eight minutes of music that they can't learn another s
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Global - The Trinidad and Tobago Chinese Steel Ensemble has been invited by the China Performing Arts Agency to participate in the Meet in Beijing Arts Festival 2014 from May 1 to 3.
The Festival, which began in 2000, has established itself as an In
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Global - Seen that, done that, heard that... Indeed the name ‘Raffique Shah’ resonates loudly within and around all, aspects of Trinidad and Tobago life, culture and history... Mr. Shah brings a special knowledge-base to the subject of the steelpan
