The steelpan music movement has connected whole generations of players and the community with love, passion and commitment. In fact, it is not uncommon to find grandma or granddad, child and grandchild playing together in one steel orchestra in New
When Steel Talks joins Despers USA and the global steelpan community in sending prayers and love to Despers USA Steel Orchestra’s member, 18 year-old Latavia Deane who has been valiantly battling cancer for most of her life. She is now in a coma. L
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USA - Last February, MakeMusic, the American Composer’s Forum, and the Grammy-winning ensemble eighth blackbird announced three finalists in the Finale National Composition Contest. All three were asked to submit final scores by October 1, 2011, and
Has Panorama music lost it's ability to make people dance and be happy?
WST member BigMac recently posted:
Panorama I have said before somewhere at this forum has lost it’s musicality. Back in the Genesis of Panorama, (in Trinidad that is) the finals
Sagicor Life Inc and Exodus
Steel Orchestra have concluded their sponsorship agreement after six years of
partnership.
Sagicor’s General Manager, Robert Trestrial, said via a press
release that the relationship between Sagic
Hells Gate confident of holding on to pan title
St. John’s, Antigua, W.I. - St. John’s Antigua Representative of LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra Stafford Joseph expects the band to hold onto the 2011 Panorama championship title after, he said, in
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San Fernando, Trinidad, W.I. - Vanessa Headley continues her high-profile rise to music fame with the steelpan instrument as her 'vehicle' of choice. A few weeks ago Headley completed the Five-Week Summer Performance Programme at the Berklee College
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New York 2011 Steel Orchestra Panorama in REVIEW
New York, USA - The good, the bad, the ugly and things that leave me SMH & LMAO about 2011 New York Panorama. When Steel Talks reviews the 2011 New York panorama season in total.
The week leading
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The Tobago Region, Northern Region, Eastern Region and South Central Region of Pan Trinbago, wish to express congratulations to Mr. Louis Patrick Arnold on receiving The Chaconia Medal (Gold) at the National Awards Ceremony
Chairman of the Pan Trinbago Eastern Region, Mr. Vernon Morancie, will be hosting a media briefing at its office, 133 Eastern Main Road, Tacarigua, Monday 12th September, 2011 at 11:00am to highlight the plight of one of its members, Arima Golden Sym
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Global - He is immensely talented, intelligent, unpretentious, thankful, hard-working and focused. In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks (WST) - champion steelband panorama arranger Andre White - fresh from his victories in the UK Panorama
Montreal, Canada - There are times in history when certain moments and/or events are so pivotal to the future developments and accomplishments of a movement and culture, that they can actually dwarf the moment. Liken this instant to a star that has g
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago has announced its decision to indefinitely postpone the Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Music Festival (Pan Is Beautiful XII).
While agonizing over the inconvenience, emotional distress and financial loss
Read more…We have Steelpan, We have Art, We have Music, We have High Culture - We Exist!
Ole Mas, Oil, Paint, Powder and PAN - again King in Brooklyn for J’Ouvert
New York, USA - This was indeed a very special J’Ouvert morning in New York as I was rudely awak
Read more…Grenada, W.I. - They are seen night and day in and around the steel orchestras of Grenada; and, for the most part, they do not and cannot play any instrument – even the most basic two-note “doo-doop.’’ However, steelband leaders admit that their o
Read more…NY Panorama Insult
What came out of the loud speakers at the 2011 panorama was an insult to the pan community and to any rational music listening person. The sound of sweet pan and great musical arrangements were turned into a "heavy metal" assault w
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to arranger Andre White and ADLIB Steel Orchestra on the capturing of the 2011 New York Panorama title.
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