Pan Royal is in the house!
New York, USA - Along with the powerhouse steel orchestras that are in full Panorama mode for the annual New York pan season, there are a few much smaller steelbands and single-pan bands that have their own music busines
Read more…Sonatas’ 2011 Band Launch - Good Pan Music for All
New York, USA - This New York Pan season has seen a bumper crop of steelpan events including several ‘band launches’ - more so than in past years. D’Radoes, Harmony, New York Pan Stars, Despers USA,
Read more…2011 UK National Panorama
1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 27 August
Horniman’s Pleasance Park, Kensal Road, London W10
The Bands, the Tunes, the Arrangers
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United Kingdom - This year’s Notting Hill Panorama will be held on Saturday 27th August 2011 at the Horniman’s Pleasance, Kensal Road off Ladbroke Grove. The event is scheduled to be hosted between 3:00-7:30 p.m. The ‘Drag’ where the bands practice o
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - well-known steelband panorama arranger Terrance “BJ” Marcelle - no stranger to winner’s row in the small conventional steel orchestra category in Trinidad & Tobago - speaks about his present
Steelband Music Festival (Pan is Beautiful XII) cancelled
Trinidad and Tobago - Pan Trinbago Inc. T.C. advises its membership and the general public that the Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Music Festival (Pan is Beautiful XII) scheduled to be
Read more…Reading All Steel Percussion Orchestra (RASPO) is busy preparing for Notting Hill Carnival’s National ‘Panorama’ UK Steelband Championship taking place this weekend on Saturday 27 August 2011.
Sixteen players from Pandemic Steel Band based at Aberd
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – LIME Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra – the 2011 Panorama champion – said it would not be swayed by talk of legal action over the results of the Carnival show, following concerns over the points’ distribution.
The matter has been deba
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Global - He is meticulous, hard-working and leaves nothing to chance. Yohan Popwell knows that you’re “only as good as your last outing” and within the steelband arranging arena, it is a real case of “what have you done for me lately?”.
In an exclu
What has been called a “limited state of emergency” has been issued in the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday August 22, 2011. It gives the authorities special, temporary, legal powers to arrest and search citizens without a warrant.
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Mark Loquan on Pat Bishop
Global - It is with a heavy heart that I write of Pat Bishop’s passing, as she is someone that became a true and close friend of mine over the last decade, short by comparison to many others. But she touched my life. She wa
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Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - educator, champion steelband panorama arranger and steelpan performing artist Seion Gomez talks about his musical path to becoming one the respected young arrangers for the steelband art form
A short look at some of the achievements of the great Pat Bishop.
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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the great Dr. Pat Bishop. She was a true champion of the steelpan instrument, its music and of culture in general. Dr. Bishop passed away on Saturday August 20 after col
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Arima, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Young panists will have their very own day as Pan Trinbago continues Pan Month celebrations throughout Trinidad & Tobago.
The activity on Saturday 20th August is the Pan Trinbago Youth Rally at the Larry Gomes Stadium
Meet Leon “Foster” Thomas - Arranger for CrossFire Steel Orchestra - Up close!
Global - In an exclusive interview with When Steel Talks - composer, steelband panorama arranger and steelpan performing and recording artist Leon “Foster” Thomas talks
Afropan returns as country’s top steelband
Leader disappointed, however, that there’s no prize money
Ontario, Canada - ....While elated with regaining the title, LaPierre is disappointed that prize money was not at stake in the competition.
“When yo
Ban on steelbands in Leeds West Indian Carnival parade EXCLUSIVE
England, U.K. - Traditional Caribbean steelband music has been banned from the 44th Leeds West Indian Carnival parade.
The carnival committee of 13 members took the unanimous decisio
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Last Saturday, Pan Trinbago hosted its Diamond Jubilee Awards Ceremony at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain. The event was attended by a number of dignitaries, including Minister of Arts a
