Interview by Caroline Rees
"I went to Grenada a week or so after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
GETTING THE BEAT: Musician Ted Canning leads a group of Byron-Bergen fifth-graders in a traditional Trinidadian steel drum song as part of a grant-funded Artists in Education project.
Bergen - NY, USA — Trinidad and Tobago may be a long way from B
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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - Robert Greenidge took Caribbean Night to another level last Thursday night. Initiated over two decades ago at Upper Level Club in West Mall, the weekly Thursday night special is being reprised at Wood
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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - Music lovers across T&T can look forward to May 25, for the launch of Imbizo Moyenne, the new album from Moyenne, touted as one of the best Caribbean jazz bands to come along in many years.
The band,
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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - "At age 11, Ishmael Williams is one of the youngest participants to be selected as Most Outstanding Student in the annual series of pan construction and tuning courses offered by Pan Development Unli
NEW YORK, United States, Friday May 17, 2013 - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), has placed Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago on a watch list of countries that have failed to make the adequate copyright payments for U.S. musical comp
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Circa 1934 in Trinidad, when only rhythms were being beaten on the "tamboo bamboo", bottle and spoon, etc. - (the British having banned outright the beating of African drums in 1931), and the Steelpan had not yet come into being, Neville Jules was
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to panist, arranger and educator Salah Wilson.
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to the great Neville Jules of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra. Click for more on this music legend
by Jessica Joseph
TheHuffingtonPost.com
"The devil's music!"
That was the European, Christian take on the pagan, pulsating, infectious beat of the African drum. Its primal edge scared the living daylights out of them. It unleashed sensuality, social
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - After government intervention, the 2013 edition of Trinidad and Tobago’s annual cultural festival ‘WeBeat - St. James Live’ is back on track; this coming after the host committee St. James Community Improvement Committee (St
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British Virgin Islands - Although plans are still in the early stages for the 2013 Emancipation festival, both the Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee, Marvin Blyden and Di
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New York, USA - Quiet, unassuming and intense – you won’t even know he’s in the room. But don’t be fooled by his quiet demean
Happy Mother's Day to all.
Happy Mother's Day to all the Steelpan & Steelband Music Moms
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When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings Glenda Gamory president of Pantonic Steel Orchestra.
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Youth Today
New York, USA - A shabby community center on the first floor of one of the 12 buildings that make up the vast Gov. Alfred E. Smith public houses is where social workers and teachers are hoping music can break down cultural barriers.
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Grand Cayman - The National Children’s Festival of the Arts took a tuneful turn on 29 April with a special steel pan competition.
The Mary Miller Hall in Red Bay hosted the contest, which was of a high standard.
Cayman Prep and Hi
Read more…The following is a message from Mike who has an awesome Steelband and Calypso collection.
Read more…...thanks for the msg and a great subject!
I suppose it depends on whether you mean what song was first recorded or what was first published on record? Also,
Global - Eduardo “Lalo” Tellez is a music Bachelor and a Percussion Professor in the Superior Institute of Music in Veracruz, Mexico. He first encountered the steelpan instrument four years ago in 2009, and began to e
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all the pan playing graduates all over the world. We are proud of you!!
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Mia Gormandy (Masters - FSU), Kendall Williams (Masters - NYU), Khion Khadence De Las (NIU),
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