Global - ....I returned to Trinidad in October 2000, specifically to play tenor with Skiffle Bunch, but I had only a week to learn the two pieces “In the Rainforest” and “Pan By Storm” before the finals. What a monumental effort. I remember learning
Although they only cover a very small segment, some Musikmesse exhibitors are nevertheless the leaders there. Panland, one of the world’s leading steeldrum manufacturers, is one of them. Based in Trinidad & Tobago in the sunny Caribbean, the company
Of the seven steel drum bands performing at the 10th Baltimore County Public Schools Panorama ev
Read more…Just before the Water Sports activities come to an exciting end, the sound of steelband music begins to pulsate through the air. This is the event that the lovers of steelband music look forward to each year. This is the Steelband
Global - ....The Pan movement utterly lacks humility amongst its peers and supporters; conversely, it lacks audacity and a sense of community against its offenders.
....Boogsie”had it right ... “Do something for Pan”. Not for your ego. Not for the
Read more…Panorama 2011 in Living Color "When SteelPan Pictures Talk"
Global - When Steel Talks has had both the good fortune of having within our organization (C.Phillips, R. Pope), and/or being associated with the finest steelpan
The following was forwarded to When Steel Talks by veteran arranger Pelham Goddard
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Pelham Goddard challenges the qu
Read more…IT COMES as no surprise to me that the recent revelations about the record collection of the late Queen Mum has indicated the royals spend their evenings behind palace doors dancing to black music.
Your record collection says a lot about who you ar
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Global - Okay folks, now that the dust has settled from Panorama 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago, it is time for When Steel Talks (WST) to officially thank everyone for a fantas
New York - When Steel Talks continues its exclusive series of interviews with the legendary Ray Holman who visited WST studios on a cool 2004 Autumn afternoon. There was much to hear from this well-re
Read more…Steel Drum Festival this weekend in Kemah
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Texas, USA - The Kemah Lighthouse District comes alive with the beat of steel drums, fire dancers, exotic bird shows, a |
Toronto police mark day to eliminate racial discrimination
Toronto Community News
Toronto, Canada - The North Albion Collegiate Institute Steel Band performed at 23 Division headquarters in north Etobicoke Thursday morning to celebrate the Toronto
Steel Pan Blueprint For Success
(Rough Draft Edit)
by George D Goddard
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Recently, a pan colleague asked me what were my ideas on what needs to be done to “revive the pan movement...” (as he put it). In relation to that que
2011-03-23
Pan in danger, sang Merchant in 1985. Today, 26 Panoramas later, it seems danger still exists.
Apparently panmen in Trinidad are fuming over being drowned out by the big music trucks in the recently concluded Carni
Read more…Vanessa Alexandra Headley - Steelpan Gem
A When Steel Talks Spotlight
Celebration of Women and the Steelpan Art Form
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Vanessa Alexandra Headley has been playing the steelpan, the national instrument of her native Trinidad
A British Pan Woman
by Rachel Hayward
United Kingdom - This March marks the 25th anniversary of my involvement with pan. Forty years ago pans were introduced into British schools through the efforts of renowned pan pioneers such as Gerald Forsyth a
The late Jomo Wahtuse was awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest steelpan in the world - the Jomoline. His claim for the Largest steel pan / steel drum - Claim Number: 313592 with the Guinness Book for Records has been successful and confi
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to our fellow panman Ralph Davis and his family on the passing of his son, Jamal. Ralph is a founding member of Pantonic Steel Orchestra and an original member of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra.
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Read more…Michelle Huggins-Watts
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - She is one of the world's foremost experts, educators and promoters of the steelpan instrument. Her name is synonymous with inspiring and guiding young musicians to achievement, greatn
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