Condolences to Joseph "Papits" Baptiste
When Steel Talks extends our sincere condolences to Joseph Baptiste on the passing of his sister.
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Get your headphones and Just Listen!! - Panorama 2013 Panyard Recordings by Basement Recordings
Panorama 2013 Panyard Recordings
New York, USA - For this year 2013, Basement Recordings captured six of Brooklyn’s finest steel orchestras franchises as part of their annual panyard panorama music recording series. All the orchestras operated at v
‘Potential’ shows at pan music school
The Trinidad Guardian
Panyard students ready for the world
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Students graduating from Potential Symphony Steel Orchestra’s Music School in the Community project sponsored by the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism on Se
Police and panmen clash
The Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Police abruptly ended a scintillating performance from City Sun Valley at Friday’s staging of Sweet and Single, Come and Mingle held at the Duke Street, Port-of-Spain, panyard of Neal and Massy Trinidad
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister hands over cheque for SteelFesTT 2013
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, handed over a cheque on the afternoon of September 19 to representatives of SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) at the Offi
Thirteen Steel Orchestras to perform in SteelFesTT 2013 Float Parade
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Thirteen steel orchestras will participate in this year’s edition of the SteelFesTT (Steelpan Festival of Trinidad & Tobago) Float Parade through the streets of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. The event had its genesis last year in
Read more…Dubose teacher ‘steels’ the show
Summerville Journal Scene
South Carolina, USA - Unless you are watching Jack Black in School of Rock you might find it unique to see a teacher performing music for and alongside his students. That is one of the things Dubose Middle School students ge
Museums watch: RASPO The steel band becoming a part of our heritage
GetReading.co.uk
Reading, England, U.K. - Since its formation in 1997, the Reading All Steel Pan Orchestra (RASPO) has become one of UK’s leading lights in steel pan music.
Taking its name from the Trinidad All Steel Pan Orchestra [TASPO], which fir
Read more…Steelband wows the Chinese
The Trinidad Guardian
China - The National Steel Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) left last week for appearances at the Ninth China International Folk Art Festival that began on September 14 in Yichang, Hubei Province, China.
....The 21-member NSSO, led by
Read more…Absolutely ‘Pan’tastic - St. Kitts-Nevis
Zizonline.com
Basseterre, St. Kitts, W.I. - There was music in the air for most of the day on Thursday September 12 as the sun rose in Basseterre to the sounds of “Pan in The Square.”
Independence Square came alive for the ’umpteenth’ time this week
Read more…Stars fail to align at Despers show
The Trinidad Guardian
...police pull plug on performance
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - A scintillating performance from North West Laventille Folk Performers was not enough to save Friday’s Pantastic Friday produced by ten-time National Panorama champio
A When Steel Talks/ Basement Panyard competition?
What do you think about a music and performance competition solely based on the video footage, audio and pictures captured by WST and Basement during the normal Basement annual panyard recordings production? The criteria taken into account would be o
Pan Trinbago takes pan into schools
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Education to supply, deliver, install and commission pan ensembles to 25 schools.
....Pan Trinbago was also contracted to supply and fu
Read more…The Disappearing Panyards of New York - Who is Responsible? - The Reshaping of New York by Bloomberg
A WST Opinion
Here is a reality check on what the New York steelband franchises are up against.
After years of poor, vision-less, spineless and/or corrupt leadership - particularly in the NY Caribbean communities the great steel orchestras of Brook
Read more…Palm Beach Steel Drums and Pans – featuring the only-one-of-its-kind 46" Pan - World’s Largest Steel Drum
Palm Beach Steel Drums and Pans
Florida, USA - Reel Ting rolled out its version of the “Terminator,” a massive 46" Steel Drum that can be heard...! This impressive musical instrument has been submitted to the Guinness Book of World records as the Wor
Meet Pepe Francis, Chairman of the British Association of Steelbands & Ebony Steelband Trust Director - UpClose!
Global - Panman and Masman Pepe Francis – a man who has dedicated more than fifty years to the steelband art form, wears multiple hats including those as director of the Ebony Steelband Trust in London, and chairman of the British Association of Stee
George Ng Wai dies of cancer (Dixieland Steel Orchestra)
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Manager of the popular band, Imij and Company, George Ng Wai has passed away after battling cancer for almost three years.
....Aside from his role as manager of Imij and Company, George would als
Read more…Couva Joylanders in Ghana - ‘Iron Boy’ meets steel band at +233
Accra, Ghana - It would be a ‘serious’ affair at the +233 Jazz Bar and Grill at North Ridge in Accra next Friday, September 13 when ‘Iron Boy’ Amakye Dede plays with the Couva Joylanders Steel Band from Trinidad and Tobago.
The highlife superstar is
Read more…British and Trinidad artists team up to spur interest in steel band music
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - British artist Jeremy Deller teamed up with Michelle Huggins-Watts, Trinidad's “First Lady” of the steel pan, on a project to bring more young people into steel band music. Their collaboration combined their very different s
N.Y.P.D. = New York Pan Destruction
New York, USA - After reading Pantonic captain, Wayne Bernard’s, post about this topic, I felt the need to address the same issue. It’s no secret that the majority of the Brooklyn pan scene is comprised of young adults and teenagers who anxiously wai
