Brooklyn, New York - In an unprecedented and rare display of unity, members of the steelpan fraternity came together under a single performance op at the conclusion of Despers USA’s Rhythm and Blues/Reggae N
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Jefferson Morris. He passed away on Thursday. He is the brother of arranger Clarence Morris. Jefferson was a member of Tropical Angel Harps from it inception. He was 62.
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The funeral of
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Teddy Belgrave on his passing.
click for WSTinterview with Teddy Belgrave
Guests collect £1,800 for hospice in memory of four-year-old Ellie Gordon
Surrey, England, U.K. - A concert held in memory of a four-year-old girl who died earlier this year smashed its fundraising target.
The handbell team at St Lawrence Church i
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday greetings to panorama champion arranger Steve Achaiba, .
Read more…The Trinidad & Tobago National Music Festival – Pan Is Beautiful XII will be held later this year under the banner “Respect The Steelpan… Play It With Pride”.
Produced by Pan Trinbago Inc., the Festival is divided into four (4) categories ie Soloists
New York's 2013 Panorama...
WIADCA reports that a live stream will be available for tonight's New York panorama competition. http://wiadcacarnival.org/wiadca-carnival-2013-live-stream/
Basement 2013 Panyard Recordings
Wednesday August 28:
When Steel Talks extends birthday greeting to journalist Jared McCallister of the New York Daily News.
Read more…Launch of first Steelband in Western Australia:
‘Perth Pandemix’
Australia - After rehearsals began on February 9, 2013, the first steelband in Western Australia, led by Larry Carvalho, a businessman based in Perth, launched with its inaugural public
Read more…Harmonites Steel Orchestra captures three in a row in ‘Small Band Category’
Gros Islet, St. Lucia, W.I. - Who said “13” was an unlucky number? If you ask Pantime Steel Orchestra of St. Lucia, the 2013 National Steelband Panorama champs, you’ll get
By Colville Mounsey
Renowned pannist, Len “Boogsie” Sharpe presenting CDs to (from right) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, Minister of Culture for Trinidad and Tobago, Lincoln Douglas; and Barbados’ Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley.
Barbados - A
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New York, USA - As fate would have it, or simply scheduling - to this point in the New York steel orchestras’ Summer performing series of launches and panyard openings, When Steel Talks (WST) has not seen or heard the mighty Sonatas Steel Orchestra.
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Pantime Steel Orchestra & Harmonites Steel Orchestra - 2013 large and small band St. Lucia steelband panorama champions!
Read more…North London Today
SINGING, storytelling and steel bands all featured on Thursday afternoon as Honilands Primary School celebrated its 60th birthday.
Current and former pupils were present at the jubilee party which included a spec
The sweet sounds of the steel pan will float across Barbados this weekend starting tomorrow night with First Citizens Pan Fusion at Ilaro Court.
Then there will be pan in two cities when the National Cultural Foundation/Caribbean Broadcasting Corpora
Read more…Antigua Observer
ST JOHN’S, Antigua- He is not calling it a controversy but member of the Pan Association Kuma Rodney has been defending a decision to allow foreign judges at this year’s panorama competition.
Rodney who is also owner of the Roots Ste
Read more…Read more…Now the thing is WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A T&T SHOWCASE NEXT YEAR ON BET- BUT IT ENT GO LOOK ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE NAIEVELY THINK IT SHOULD. IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
· The artist will be: Nicki Minaj; Heather Headley; Trinidad
St. Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Atlanta Networks, Inc. presents “Panwomen is Boss,” an All-Female Pan Jazz Concert, on Sunday, July 28, 2013, at the La Joya Auditorium (opposite the Jinnah Memorial Mosque), Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Tr
Read more…The Trinidad Guardian
Laventille, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It was in 1999 that the Eastern Main Road in Success Village, Laventille, got its first taste of an Emancipation celebration.
This took the form of a steelband parade with a dozen bands bei
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Tuner Andy Neils.
