National Carnival Commission chairman Allison Demas last night said the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) will be broadcasting this year’s major Carnival events. In a statement, Demas said CNMG had been granted exclusive rights for TV broadcast of maj
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What's your musical take on the competition?
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Unlike the violence between North Stand patrons and the police at last year’s National Panorama semi-finals at the Greens in the Queen's Park Savannah, in Port-of-Spain, yesterday’s Panorama semis s
Gayelle TV is reporting that calypsonian Sedley Joseph aka Penguin has died. When Steel Talks extends condolences to the friends and family of Sedley Joseph.
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Global - ....While it is true that beggars cannot be choosers, in this case when the two stations overlapped in coverage there was only one real choice. That was Vibe CT 105.1 FM which was clearly superior. For reasons unknown to us i95.5 FM’s broadc
Pan stigma
They were from a generation that did not fully embrace the steelpan, its history and significance to the country, and like many in their social standing in the community, they applied a stigma to this beautiful instrument.
Learning the
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Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Of all the early films involving calypso, Windjammer is perhaps the strangest and rarest of the lot.
....The scenes in Windjammer filmed in Trinidad offer a fascinating glimpse into the early deve
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At just 36, she is the youngest & first female Captain of the world famous BP Renegades. Even at her young age, she already has 21 years with Renegades under her belt. Her status in the band has cl
by Stokely Carmichael
Sometime in the late 1930′s, the government in another of its persistent and futile attempts to suppress African cultural survivals, decided that the colony would more easily be governable if drums and other traditional musical
The results from the preliminary rounds are in. Big Up to all the panorama participants...
Trinidad Guardian
The management of four-time National Panorama champion Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra does not take the commitment of its members who represent the brand lightly, says operations manager Owen Serrette.
He said the band, in spite of
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In years gone by, the stage stood in the middle of the field, facing the stands.
However, the new stage is now on the western end of the field, facing east. This means patrons in the pavilions would get mostly a distant left-side
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - While the national Panorama competitions continue to flourish in Port-of-Spain, steelbands in San Fernando are struggling to find players to launch a big challenge. The present situation is not ov
Trinidad Express Newspapers
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago was yesterday ordered by a High Court judge to pay $10,000 to two steelband members who were seeking positions on the committee of the governing body for pan and steelband music.
Jus
Read more…In his composition for Panorama 2013, arranger and songwriter Curtis Edwards ask the question "Are We Better?"
Some 50 panorama competitions later - are we better? And what are your most memorable panorama experiences?
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, says Government will keep supporting the growth of the steelband in order to strengthen the cultural sector.
On Tuesday, the Ministry distributed
