California, USA - ....With their hands moving fast, the advanced level steel drum artists were busy this week preparing for their biggest performance of the year. Next Wednesday, March 26, Cabrillo is hosting its annual Steel Drum Festi
Global - Members of Xalapa Steel Band of México were in Trinidad for the early part of the 2014 Panorama season, and took part in the preliminaries with Valley Harps Steel Orchestra led by Michelle Huggins-Watts. Eight members, six of them players,
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - This year’s scintillating steel orchestra performances at the Trinidad & Tobago National Panorama Medium & Large Conventional Finals were captured “live” and are now available on DVD.
Triinidad and Tobago- Her story, her reality, her journey - A Pan story... In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Josanne Francis of Trinidad and Tobago—now an NIU graduate student—shares h
Japan- Pan is in her blood. She has traveled all over the world with the steelpan instrument as her passport. She is currently a student at NIU. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Yuki
Trinidad & Tobago- She is a lady with a full plate. University student, section leader, organizer and of course panist for La Brea Nightingales Steel Orchestra... In an exclusive interview with When
Ohio, USA- Plans are being made for the eighth-annual Ohio Valley Festival of Steel, an event shaping up to be another "pan marathon," according to Shelly Irvine, festival founder and coordinator.
Ohio, USA- Caribbean, classical and a little John Lennon will mix musically spring when The University of Akron Steel Drum Band performs Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m., at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St., on the UA campus.
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
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
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
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
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, 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.
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.
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.
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