The Daily Jeffersonian
Cambridge, Ohio, USA - Those who chance to hear sounds of the Caribbean wafting around the village, Cambridge or Zanesville should not be too surprised. Their ears are not deceiving them. There's a new band in town and it's br
Read more…Community Music
Bangor, Maine, USA - ....Read about three community music groups that have people playing, dancing, and singing, all summer long.
....Flash! in the Pans
When you listen to the music of a steel drum band you’re probably imagining you
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago Inc. heralds the start of Pan Month 2013 with an Interfaith Church Service and Procession in Port-of-Spain; it is the 21st edition of Pan Trinbago’s Pan Month. The Evangelical Service will be held
Artslink.co.za News
South Africa - More than 1400 musicians from South Africa and beyond will come together in a thrilling spectacle at the International Marimba and Steelpan Festival.
Now in its second year, this entertaining family-oriented musica
Read more…There is no other panorama like New York's event. From its inception and through the Bradley years the New York steelband music competition has been about the current popular party songs for the most part. This year will be no different.
Trinidad Guardian
‘Rusty pans’ cause jaws to drop, eyes to widen
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Sixty-two years ago, on July 26, 1951, a significant aspect of steelband history was recorded with an appearance by TASPO at the Summer Festival of Britain.
Jamaica Observer
Bridgetown, Barbados, (CMC) - ...He quoted a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that noted trade in creative goods and services reached close to US$600 billion despite the sluggish pace of the
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Born in Laventille, Trinidad, Ian “Teddy” Belgrave was exposed to the steelband at a very early age. His two elder brothers, John and Rob
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Bayelsa State, Nigeria - The Bayelsa State Junior Steelpan Orchestra (BSJSO) was featured in the opening ceremony—which took the form of a dinner party—of the recently-held 2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant. For that July 7th openin
Read more…New York Times
You may have heard that it’s hard for a jazz musician to find respect beyond what seems like a fixed number of close followers and students. Musicians can ignore that situation, or respond to it. Etienne Charles’s new recording, “Creo
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St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. – As part of its mandate to support culture within the Tri-Island State, the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) has announced its contribution to Carnival 2013, focusing mostly on the Panorama and Steel Band Competitions a
Trinidad Express Newspapers
The life and work of Ian “Teddy” Belgrave remembered and celebrated at funeral service
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Eulogised as a great intellect, panman, mentor, teacher and activist, the life and work of Ian “Teddy” Belg
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Laventille celebrates drums...
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The theme of the 14th Laventille Emancipation Steelband Street Parade is “Peace and Love”, something the committee can identify with.
For the last 13 years, ste
Read more…The Oregonian
Percussionist, Panist & Composer Andy Akiho
Oregon, USA - To begin Chamber Music Northwest’s latest Summer Club Series concert, at Mississippi Studios July 17, composer and percussionist Andy Akiho invited audience members on stage t
Read more…The Evolution of Pan Down South
by Hollis Clifton
San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Lennox was born on July 14, 1938. He had four siblings but he was the only one to take to pan and according to him, his
Update:
The funeral of the late Jefferson Morris, one of our most loved and respected member of T&TEC Tropical Angel Harps Steel Orchestra....will take place on Tuesday 23rd July 2013 at 2:00pm at our pan palace, located on the Old Southern Main Road
Details provided by Gerry Kangalee
Funeral arrangements for Ian “Teddy” Belgrave
Date: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Holy Trinity Cathedral,
30a Abercromby Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
New Haven Independent
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Children crossed their drumsticks above their heads, hitting them together to start off a rendition of jazz legend Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man”—and they were off filling St. Luke’s Episcopal C
Read more…Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Tributes poured in yesterday for steelband icon Ian “Teddy” Belgrave, who died at the St Augustine Private Hospital over the weekend. Belgrave, father of T&T Guardian freelance subeditor Chenier Belgrave, w
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