New York, USA - A kaleidoscope of colors and a cacophony of adrenaline pumping soca rhythms are at the core of the West Indian American Day Carnival (WIADC) parade held on Labor Day along a several mile stretch of Eastern Parkway in the
Brooklyn, New York, USA - The steel drums may have been born in Trinidad — but for this island-born tinkerer, it took a move to Brooklyn to find the pan's perfect pitch.
Clement Franklin, 54, of Canarsie, began banging out steel drums i
Read more…Congratulations to Bertram “Birch” Kelman—Pan Maker/Tuner—(Culture); Renowned panist, member of the National Steel Band which performed at Expo ’67 in Montreal, Canada and Anthony Emrold Phillip aka Brother Valentino— Calypsonian—(Culture) in each be
Read more…UPDATE 5:
“New York Panorama” is in the air once again, and the finest steel orchestras are readying their performances coming up this weekend for the greatest musical contest in the region.
The 2012 Pan Yard recording season is in session, Basement
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Reel Steel winners of the 2012 UK Panorama
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Global - Six of the UK’s most noted steel orchestras will put their best musical notes forward, in the annual tournament of bands coming together in their efforts to cop the prestigious title of Panorama champs. Five will endeavor to wrest the title
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New York Steelband music Panorama 2012 Info |
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NY Panorama 2012 - Panorama Arrangers Profiles
NY Panorama 2012 - Pan Sonatas - Yohan Popwell - Arranger -
www.panonthenet.com/tnt/2012/arrangers/yohan-popwell.htm
NY Panorama 2012 - Pantonic - Keith Roberts - Arranger -
http://www.panonthenet.com/tn
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago’s Youth Rally carded for Saturday 18th August 2012, has been postponed.
Pan Trinbago apologizes for the inconvenience caused by the postponement but this is due to the unavailability of the venue which has be
Read more…| Bands | Order of Appearance |
| Pan Sonatas | 1 |
| Pantonic | 2 |
| Metro | 3 |
| Sesame Flyers | 4 |
| ADLIB | 5 |
| USA Eastside Symphony | 6 |
| Harmony | 7 |
| CrossFire | 8 |
| Despers USA | 9 |
| D’Radoes | 10 |
New York Carib News
New York, USA - At Last!
It may have taken them almost a year to receive their performance fees and prize money but the Caribbean steelbands have finally been paid the $52,000 owed to them by the West Indian American Day Carnival
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Global - “We go be dangerous, when we come back” – and the band was indeed the ‘comeback kid’ of the 2012 season. Like the lyrics of their Panorama song, When We Come Back, Grenada’s New Dimension Steel Orchestra triumphed and did just that, turning
“Chinee music” was a derisive characterization some wiseacre came up with as a putdown
Global- One of the Trinidad and Tobago dailies a few days ago carried a report about pan visionary Bertie Marshall being hospitalized, supposedly because of issues
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to 2012 Grenada Steelband Panorama Champions - New Dimension Steel Orchestra -- with David "Peck" Edwards as arranger!!
Congratulations to all the participating Grenada steel orchestras: 2nd: Angel Harps; and
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Brooklyn, New York, USA - It was another hot Summer night, and a very humid one at that - for the 2012 Pantonic Band Launch. Combine the entertaining and sultry steel band sounds of Pantonic a
Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....I was embarrassed last weekend when a group of young people from Finland and Denmark were asked to contact me to find out where they could go in Port-of-Spain on a Friday evening to hear live p
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Rain may have delayed the start of the 14th Annual Emancipation Street Parade on the Eastern Main Road, Laventille on Sunday but it didn’t dampen the spirit of performers or spectators.
The 4 pm s
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Hollywood, California, USA - Richmond Street Boys’ Steelband and Fire in the South tassa group from Iere High School represented T&T [Trinidad & Tobago] at the 16th Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) l |
Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Kadeem Alleyne
New York, USA - Greetings to all: I currently am a songwriter and producer. I’m one of the only YOUTH artists coming out of New York writing songs for the steelpan instrument, but to add seas
