Happy Birthday to panist Robert Greenidge 4-28-20
When Steel Talks extends birthday greetings to Champion Panorama arranger and performing artist Robert Greenidge.
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Dismantling the Pan In The Classroom Unit Is Tantamount to Turning Back The Hands Of The Clock
written by Andre Moses President, Pan in Schools Coordinating Council
In so many cases the right and wrong of a situation has little to do with the arguments in themselves, but has all to do with how the framework for the discussion is presented. Th
Read more…Secretary-General Salutes Steelpan Music in Video Message
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) tries his hand at a steelpan drum alongside professional Curt Rogers, during the recording of a video message for the upcoming Steelpan Festival in Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Ban describe
Read more…Pan Masters’ 14th Annual Pan Jamboree is on track
Maryland, USA - Join Pan Masters Steel Orchestra (PMSO) on Sunday May 27th for an evening of treasured music on The Steel Pan by some of the top bands on the east coast. The lime starts at 2:00 p.m. The venue will complement a traditional outdoor set
Read more…Unity Christian School “Lions of Steel” Perform at the Southeast Steel Carnival in Alabama
Alabama, USA - Unity students got a real taste of the source waters for steel drumming when they performed at the first annual Southeast Steel Band Carnival Saturday April 14th. This was the renaissance concert event for Alabama’s famed Montieth Ampi
Rudy Bishop a musical visionary in his own right (CASSO of Guyana)
Guyana Chronicle:
Guyana, SA - Rudy Bishop born on February 6, 1945, shares the same birthday with the greatest reggae legend in history, Jamaican Robert Nesta “Bob” Marley, is a musical visionary in his own right.
When the Skylarks, a Kitty-based ban
Remembering the Steelband Raids of Brooklyn
Chapter 35 - Giuliani Declares War on Carnival
Why Blacks Fear 'America's Mayor'
Reporting Police Brutality and Black Activist Politics
Under Rudy Giuliani
by Peter Noel
This chapter appeared in a different format in the Village Voice. Republishe
When Record Store Day Meets Earth Day, it’s time for The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
When Record Store Day Meets Earth Day, it’s time for The Esso Trinidad Steel Band
by Denise Sullivan
In honor of this weekend’s most auspicious collision of Record Store Day and Earth Day, Saturday and Sunday respectively, I decided to reprise a sto
Read more…Was the Pan Community Sold Out & Betrayed? -- Pan party earns $5M
Pan party earns $5M
By Lara Pickford-Gordon Saturday, April 21 2012 - Newsday
Pan Trinbago’s revenue from Carnival 2012 has doubled to $5 million. The increased earning was generated from the party held on the Greens, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-S
Read more…2012 D.C. Caribbean Carnival in doubt
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The annual D.C. Caribbean Carnival is in serious financial trouble and may not occur this year, organizers say.
City officials say they will not sign off on the Caribbean Car
Read more…THE SAGA OF THE STEELPAN
THE SAGA OF THE STEELPAN
Trinidad & Tobago - The Steel Pan Instrument is celebrating over seventy five years of evolution in Trinidad and Tobago; yet it still faces an uphill battle for survival even though dubbed the National Instrument.
The steel p
Read more…Steel bands will converge at Sugarloaf for annual festival
Sun Journal:
Maine, USA - The 22nd annual Pan NE Steelband Festival will be held Sunday, May 6, starting at 10 a.m. under the tent in front of the Sugarloaf Inn.
Among the bands from throughout New England that will play are the Western Mountain Tra
Read more…Above all, the steelpan
Above all, the steelpan
By Sunity Maharaj
Re-published with the expressed permission of the author
Read more…"... Why do we need to plan our lives and educational strategies around a divisive concept like multiculturalism which, contrary to its benign 'many c
The Foundry Ensemble Showcases with Andy Akiho on Steelpan - Princeton University the backdrop of Pan
The Foundry Ensemble Showcases with Andy Akiho on Steelpan
Princeton University the backdrop of Pan
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - It’s intense, yet relaxed; the familiarity of the players in the practice room in the Woolworth Music Center, just next
Read more…Andy Akiho is Busting Out... Taking the Steelpan Instrument to Uncharted Zones New Stories and Conversations for Pan
Andy Akiho is Busting Out... Taking the Steelpan Instrument to Uncharted Zones
New Stories and Conversations for Pan
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - On a cool and crisp spring Friday evening, When Steel Talks (WST) finds itself at the prestigious Pri
Read more…A historical look at Steelpan In Guyana - Down Steelpan Memory Lane With Rudy Bishop
In A 2001 article, Guyanese Godfrey Chin writes, “On February 6, 1945, there were born two boys, different parents, different countries – one in Nine Miles, St. Ann, Jamaica – the other, David St. Kitty, Guyana. And JA, the great African God of Music
Happy Birthday to Hueloy - April 5
When Steel Talks extends a very special Happy Birthday to one of the great people in pan - Hueloy Lila Yip Young.
Hueloy is one of the founding members of Harmonites Steel Orchestra.Hueloy Lila Yip Young
New York Panorama Champions in Steel Concert - A Despers USA Production...
In a few weeks New York's Despers USA will host a concert called Champions in Steel. New York has had no shortage of great champion steel orchestra franchises and panorama music arrangements that are now classics. Who can forget those classic panora
Read more…Steelband fraternity says farewell to Junior Pouchet
Trinidad Express
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The steelband fraternity yesterday came out to the St Finbar's RC Church in Morne Coco Road, Diego Martin, to bid farewell to founding member of the Silver Stars Steel Orchestra Junior Edgar Francis Pouchet.
Funeral Service set for Steelband Stalwart Junior Pouchet
Funeral Service set for Steelband Stalwart Junior Pouchet
Pan Trinbago closes offices in observance of the association's past president
Global - The funeral service of Edgar “Junior” Pouchet will take place at St. Finbar’s Roman Catholic Church, Mo
