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Oakdale, California, USA - Oakdale’s got talent. In fact, a bit of the island calypso sound performed by young Oakdale musicians will soon be featured on the Gallo Center for the Arts stage.
....“The kids played well and handled th
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San Fernando, Trinidad, West Indies - Despite whatever odds irresponsible adults in society may visit upon our young people, engaging them in the national instrument in a meaningful and structured manner from both the pre-teen and t
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The following are the results of the "Bomb Tune Competition" stage at the Grenada National Stadium on Sunday July 7th, 2013
1st - Coyaba New Dimension - “That’s The Way It Is” - 253 pts
2nd - Republic Bank Angel Harps - “N
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Prieto: Recipients are models for others in their sector
by Joan Rampersad Saturday, July 6, 2013
Paris, France - At a Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony held in the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile at Palais de Congress de
Read more…Read more…Earl Lovelace, I’m happy to report, is very much still with us, and he’s writing with as much verve and rhapsodic wonder as ever. Is Just a Movie is the story of two friends, Kangkala, an out-of-fashion calypsonian, and Sonnyboy, a badjohn turned rad
Musician standout Leon Foster Thomas says:
It's nice to see that pan is reaching places like the Vatican and such but, why is it so poorly supported? 1 soca and chutney singer gets 2 mil and a steel band of 120 players get the same 2 mil. Does that m
Images from: REUTERS/Gabriel Bouys/Pool
Above: Holding his own tenor sticks, Pope Francis looks at the President of Trinidad & Tobago Anthony Carmona (left) playing a tenor pan, during a private audience at the Vatican July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gabriel
Read more…St. Vincent & the Grenadines 2013 Panorama Results - Five back-to-back Championships for Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra
Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - Five in a row! Holding fast to the National Steelband Panorama title are 2013 cha
The Trinidad Guardian
Global - For many in T&T and the US, the name Mannette is synonymous with pan and steelband. As the Kennedys are to American politics, so are the Mannettes to steelband. It is no surprise, then, that in Barry Mannette a new gene
Pan, powder and fog in de place!
New York, USA - In concert with the band, the crowd spontaneously and enthusiastically shouted - “Spread yuh hands and leh go - Spread yuh hands in the air everybody - Spread yuh hands and leh go - Hand in the air...
When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to arranger, panist and composer Amrit Samaroo.
Ace panist and arranger Duvone Stewart says
After watching BET AWARDS i must say BIG BIG THUMBS UP TO JAMAICA and its MUSIC, REGGAE/DANCEHALL , that is why i would always keep saying IF STEELPAN AND CALYPSO/SOCA WAS A JAMAICAN INVENTION AND CREATION,
Condolences are being extended to the family and friends of Gerald Logie of Tripoli Steel Band, who passed on June 30, 2013.
He was one of the original panmen who came from Trinidad touring with the Tripoli Steel Band many years ago.
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Ontario, Canada - The sound of Kenrick Dookie's steel drumming was a new addition at this year's Canada Day celebration.
Dookie, 28, is a member of the Cambridge-based Pan Waves Steel Band that played at Sarnia's Canada Day bash
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Steeltown’s steelpan player
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - ....Wherever he was — at home on Francis Street or in class at Bennetto Elementary School — Dejehan "Lucky" Hamilton tapped on surfaces, kept a beat, made a racket.
His
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - Maybe it was the fact that it was the first official day of Summer and technically the longest day of the year. Or maybe it was because there was a brilliant full moon glowing o
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Illinois, Chicago, USA - NIU’s Cliff Alexis, steel drum builder and tuner and co-director of the world-renowned NIU Steel Band, is among four prominent percussionists chosen for induction to the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.
The in
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Accomplishments of Anthony Williams by David Maunday
Scientific
Anthony Williams involved in putting pan on wheels in the late 1950s.
The placement of notes on the tenor pan in the 4th and 5th formation.
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Jamaica Observer
Jamaica, W.I. - In a culture dominated by hardcore reggae and dancehall rhythms, St Vincent and the Grenadines steel pan players Reajhaun Baptiste and Rodney Small said it took some convincing to win over the local audiences.
Bapti
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Bayelsa State, Nigeria - Bayelsa State, Nigeria, home state of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan - has keyed into the country’s steelpan art form development with the formation of the Bayelsa State Junior Steel Orchestra, whose players are draw
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