What do you think? Songs for Panorama 2014
Lyrics? Melody? Theme? Story telling? Rhythm? Musicianship? Production? Pan potential?
Which song or songs hit a special note with you? Which song made you hit the replay button? And Why?
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Trinidad & Tobago Panorama 2014 Schedule Overview and Beyond
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Three separate days have been allotted to Steel Orchestras in the Large Band category for Trinidad & Tobago’s 2014 National Panorama Preliminaries.
Tobago and Eastern Regions bands will be visited by the adjudicators on Mo
Read more…Our Boys to return for 2014 Panorama
The Tobago News
Tobago, W.I. - Our Boys Steel Orchestra will be returning to compete in Panorama 2014.
It is the second oldest steelband in Tobago and missed its first Panorama in 50 years in the 2013 competition.
Based in Scarborough at its pan ya
Read more…Soca Calypso Road March - Trinidad & Tobago - 1932 to Present
YEAR - ARTISTE - SONG - album
- 2013 - Superblue - "Fantastic Friday"
- 2012 - Machel Montano - Pump Yuh Flag Double M
- 2011 - Machel Montano - Advantage The Return
- 2010 JW & Blaze "Palance"
- 2009 Fay-Ann Lyons "Meet Super Blue"
- 2008 Fay-Ann Lyons "
All Stars Lose Another General - Kenneth "Drago" Berwick
The name "Drago" aka "Scrape", Tall Boy" "Stretch" had become synonymous with All Stars Steel Orchestra... at least to pan lovers in Trinidad & Tobago's Industrial Capital, San Fernando. This had been the case with whatever sobriquet used in referenc
Read more…Junior Arrangers Workshop – Level 2 scheduled for this month
St. Lucia News Online
St. Lucia, W.I. - A workshop focused on providing practical skills and “valuable knowledge” as a strategy to build St. Lucia’s skilled leaders and steel pan professionals will be held here later this month.
The Training, Promot
Read more…Hometown: School of the Arts Collects Electronics to Support Steel Drum Ensemble
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA - With many residents receiving new gadgets for the holidays, the York County’s School of the Arts is collecting the old ones to turn into arts funding.
....Milne said the school will accept el
Read more…Promoters: Yes to steel, brass....but
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Fete promoters say they would welcome the return of steel pan and brass bands to their events but cited logistics as a major reason why most events feature singers as their only form of entertainm
Read more…Move to bring back pan in fetes
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Patrons at Saturday night’s launch of Panorama 2014 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of- Spain, were taken on a nostalgic journey to the days when pan and brass dominated fetes and other social
Dennis-Yarmouth's Mattacheese goes Caribbean
Wicked Local
Steel-drum icon’s visit boosts interest
West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA - Born in Trinidad and later living in Tobago, Michael Gabriel had been playing reggae and calypso on steel drums with a traveling symphony for five years by the t
Petition for Duvone Stewart to perform on jazz main stage
The Tobago News
Tobago, W.I. - A petition is underway calling for Tobagonian panist Duvone Stewart to perform on the main stage during the 2014 Tobago Jazz Experience.
More than 240 people have already signed the petition which will be sent to the o
birdsong offering students free music education programme
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - As an expansion of its existing efforts, the birdsong steelband is from this month offering a free after-school music education programme for early teens and pre-teens.
The after-school programme
Read more…What the bands are playing for Panorama 2014 - Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Competition
Large Steel Orchestras
Tune of Choice - “We Kinda Music” - Arranger: Andy Narell
Tune of Choice - “Spankin - A Tribute” - Arranger: Robert Greenidge
Exodus Steel Orchestra
Tune of Choice - “Pan Is
All Stars honours its stars
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Members of the executive and players of Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars pulled off the steel orchestra’s annual Christmas dinner and dance last Saturday, despite the lack of electricity, at the
Read more…King Sings for Super Blue in London
The Tobago News
Tobago, W.I. - TUCO Tobago Chairman Ainsley King returned to Tobago last week after representing TUCO cultural events in London, England. King and Pan Trinbago’s President Keith Diaz were specially invited guests at the British Associ
Read more…Queen Roslyn and Ware CD launch at Docksite - Tobago
The Tobago News
Tobago, W.I. - Two Tobago calypso stars will be launching their new songs for the carnival season next Friday.
2013 Tobago Calypso Queen, Roslyn Reid and Ware will be releasing their CDs at the Docksite on Milford Road, Scarborough.
Read more…Panorama 2014 launches on January 3
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - One hundred and seventy four steelbands have signalled their intent to participate in Panorama 2014 which will be officially launched on Friday January 3, 2014, at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of
Read more…Should the steelpan instrument be only taught only by people who understand the instrument?
The Mighty Jamma raises this question in his video post.
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