Jamaica Observer
FANS and colleagues of calypso legend the Mighty Sparrow jammed Melanie's Sports Bar in Brooklyn, New York, last week for a concert in his honour.
The January 18 event was organised by Derek Parsons of WACK Radio and famed calypsoni
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Steelbands leaders have praised the Scotiabank Foundation for its decision to double contributions to unsponsored steelbands preparing for the National Panorama competition and increase the number
This year has seen a proliferation of pan songs like no other. Already there are well over 50 songs and the list keeps growing every day.
Every year new composers and sing
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Global - The steel orchestras of Trinidad & Tobago continue to check in with When Steel Talks regarding their respective tunes of choice for the 2014 Panorama season.
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan players from steelbands based in east Port-of-Spain are on the run as the country’s crime wave continues to escalate, says Gerard Mendez, chairman of Pan Trinbago’s northern region.
Up to la
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Global - It is usually said that opposites attract; however this is a case where like minds meet. At this juncture - those of roycrosse, and Dalton Narine. “roycrosse” - this is i
One of the goals of NCC's new five-year Strategic Plan 2014-2018 is to replace the focus on Carnival as a festival with Carnival as an industry.
The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago Act(Chapter 42.01, A
Read more…Global - Seventy Single Pan Bands in four Regions will face panels of adjudicators when the 2014 National Panorama Single Pan Bands Preliminaries gets underway in two weeks’ time. This means that sixty-nine bands will be attempting to dethrone the r
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - One of the positive events held over the hectic Christmas season was the Achievement Day Celebrations for the young music students of Music Makers by their musical director Merle Albino-de Cot
Read more…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, 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
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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
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YEAR - ARTISTE - SONG - album
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
