Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician, adjudicator, arranger and educator, Dr. Jeannine Remy—the 2012 arranger for Hatters Steel Orchestra—shares her overall thoughts on Panorama...
“I love to modulate and cha
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Global - Ray Holman - esteemed composer, arranger, and steel pan player, who holds the distinction for writing the first-own composition for the steelband in the National Steelband Panorama competition, will be taking you down memory lane with his h
Global - Pan Trinbago has commissioned popular local cartoonist Keith “Keithos” Anderson to illustrate it’s first-ever calendar.
The months of the year depict milestones along the way in the development of the steel pan. These include the famous riot
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Global - As the 2012 Carnival waxes warm the steelband fraternity has lost yet another stalwart.
Robert “Miguel” Gonzales, the captain of Marsicans Steel Orchestra of D’arceuil Lane, Cocoa, Mausica Old Road, Arima, died around 3.00 a.m. on
Read more…“...sometimes describing oneself as a Panist can be met with disgust and even discrimination. The question which follows is “What else do you do?” ...the area from which you have come also sometimes brings discrimination.” Merle Albino-de Coteau.
Guyanese social history icon and culture enthusiast Godfrey Chin has passed away. He was 74.
click for the rise of the steelband by Godfrey Chin
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, FBE (Full Blown Entertainment)—brothers Kevon and Kory Hart—highlights the journey to their now-established position as a successful, in-demand songwriting duo on the Trinidad & Tobago music s
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Another chapter in the colourful history of the steelband was written at 9.35 pm on Friday when the Lydian Singers mounted a stage in the panyard of Petrotrin Phase II Pan Groove Steel Orchestra
Anyone who plays the steelpan instrument is a ‘PANIST’ (with one ‘N’) according to Dalton Narine, the man who originally coined the word years ago.
The international and highly-respected, award-winning journalist and film maker explains that ‘PANIST
Read more…In a fire in at the Noodweg, Loosdrecht premises that housed the uniforms and musical instruments of the Dutch Police Orchestra, all was lost. Police suspect that arson was the cause of the fire. The Wednesday January 4, 2012 blaze completely destr
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, Shenelle Abraham, current arranger for Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra, talks about Panorama 2012, her first time out as an arranger for a large steel orchestra, and much more. Shenelle is known
It has been brought to our attention that at this late date there is reportedly still no budget in place for the 2012 Junior Panorama in Trinidad and Tobago. The abandoning of the youth will comeback to bite all those who have dropped the ball.
Read more…Trinidad, W.I.- The band is captained by Pete Braxton, 22, who has been with the band for the past ten years, with Marchan and Bailey and as first and second vice captains respectively.
But while winning Panorama is the band’s focus, “because everybod
St. Lucia, W.I.- With its history spanning much farther back than that of independence, pan music in St. Lucia has long struggled to remain firmly on the cultural calendar.
After a five year stump, Junior Panorama has returned. Throughout the month
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, steelpan musician and composer Cheo Cato shares his overall thoughts on Panorama and introduces himself to the global steelband community. Cheo is currently the arranger for Pamberi Steel Orch
Global- There were many highlights, high points, low points and things that were straight up strange in the realm of Pan in 2011. Pepe Francis, director of Ebony Steelband Trust and chairman of the BAS received MBE honors for services to Steel Pan Mu
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks, the prolific steelpan artist, educator and composer speaks about Panorama 2012 and more. Liam Teague is currently the arranger for Starlift Steel Orchestra...
Address by the Hon. Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston Peters at the launch of Panorama 2012
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - With the Christmas season over, the Carnival bacchanal has reared its ugly head, resulting in police raiding the home of a steelband leader in East Trinidad and seizing several pans.
The steelband in question is Brazil Rhyth
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Members of Koskeros Steel Orchestra are worried about the 2k12 Carnival season since they might not have anywhere to call home.
Leader/arranger the orchestra, Kenny “Boy Boy” Pascal told TnT Mirror that he was told that ther
