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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
Desmond Chase speaks on WIADCA and NY Steelband Panorama IssuesOpen letter to the Caribbean Community from Desmond Chase |
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New York, USA - While a large portion of the world was focused on the first day of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London - Brooklyn, New York was gearing up for its own ‘Olympic’ affair of the music kind. It’s “Steelband Music Time” and band launches ar
New Rochelle, New York, USA - The large Summer evening crowd sang, clapped, danced and rocked to the unmistakable music, sounds and rhythm of Pantonic Steel Orchestra. And when it
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Global - While their senior compatriots flex their musical muscles in the second week of August, it will be the turn of Grenada's junior steel pan players one week earlier, when steel orchestras fielding multitudes of the country's younger steel pan
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Grenada's David Seals of Angel Harps Steel Orchestra.
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Global - Robert W. Cadet, Jr. better known as Junior Cadet started playing Pan at the age of 10 in New York. The first band he played for is now known as Harmony Music Makers; he then moved on to Metro and other bands. In 1997 when his father, Robert
Grenada’s Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra goes with “Music Man” for 2012 Junior National Panorama
Global - Music Man by Ajamu (pictured) is the tune of choice for Pan Ossia Junior Steel Orchestra. For several weeks, it has been the task of arrange
Congrats to 2012 Antigua/Barbuda Panorama champs Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra and arranger Khan Cordice!
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago is celebrating Steelband Month in August. This year’s program will coincide with the celebration of the Golden Anniversary of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago’s Independence.
In this regard, a number of events
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New Rochelle, New York, USA - The 16-piece steelband orchestra, five-time champion of the prestigious Panorama competition, performs an astounding array of musical selections – from Caribbean to jazz, R&B, popular and rap on steel
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Tortola, British Virgin Islands - A night that was scheduled to feature several local and regional steel bands was a bust, where there were no performances by any steel bands and no announcement from the festival committee
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Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - A showdown is brewing between communications giants Digicel and LIME as the latter contests Digicel’s title sponsorship of the newly renamed Digicel Halcyon Steel Orchestra.
On Monday, LIME, the title spons
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Global - It’s time once more for the annual Antigua & Barbuda National Panorama competition, and six steel orchestras will vie for the 2012 championship title on August 2 at Carnival City in St. John’s. East Vibes Steel Orchestra is expected to throw
Global - For Antigua & Barbuda’s 2012 Panorama season, ace musician Khan Cordice has arranged the legendary King Short Shirt’s 1987 Road March, J’Ouvert Rhythm. It is now the tune of choice for Cordice’s band Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra, in the 2012
Global - The National Panorama in Grenada comes off August 11 in St. George’s, the country’s capital. Eight of the country’s most notable steel orchestras will meet once more as they match musical wits in this major annual steelband competition.
The
Read more…When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Mr. Mac Scott of Sonatas Steel Orchestra.
Read more…The following interview was published in the newspaper of the Committee for Labour Solidarity: HOLD THE FORT ((Vol. 3 no. 4 June 1985). This website thinks the interview is worth reproducing for its historical and cultural value.
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Open letter to the Caribbean Community from Anthony “Ike” Hinds of Dem Stars Steel Orchestra and National Alliance of Steelbands (NAS)
New York, USA - ...For nearly 40 years, on the Saturday before Labor Day nearly a thousand of our family, friends
