One great global steelpan music family and experience under an internet pan groove
Global - Hi WST family: We have some good news. You are about to get an additional 6000 steelpan music loving brothers an
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Global -The steelpan instrument, Christmas and Robert Greenidge = “A Coral Reefer Christmas.” What more could one ask for in terms of a special music item for the season? And if that’s not enough, Robert brings a star musical cast to the table on th
Barbados, W.I. - Well-known Mosaic Steel Orchestra from Barbados in the Caribbean is an active music organization that delivers premier pan performances throughout Barbados, and has also performed in Antigua and England. Late last month, Tropical Sto
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. - With a focus on southern Trinidad where he and his band, Southern Marines Steelband Foundation, are based, columnist Michael Joseph expresses his dismay about the treatment of the steelband community with respect to the fi
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Global - Colorful, charismatic and talented, the legendary Geoffrey Holder took time out of his extremely busy schedule to share a few minutes with When Steel Talks about the two steelband firsts’ for which he was solely responsible. An insight int
Happy Holidays to all those who celebrate the Thanksgiving season, in the USA and worldwide, from When Steel Talks. Pan-4-Life!
Read more…Minister knocks Panorama: It has killed pan
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston Peters, says Panorama, the annual national steelband competition, has "killed" the steelpan and its scope needs to be broadened.
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Indiana Steel Pan Association up and running
The steelpan community in the state of Indiana has representation in its newly-formed Indiana Steelpan Association. Co-founders are Eric Mannweiler, David Chase and Tom Berich.
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The Illustrated Story of Pan brings together the results of Kim Johnson’s two decades of research into the oral, documentary and pictorial history of the steelband movement. It combines the intellectual rigour of a leading Caribbean researcher with t
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Trinidad & Tobago. W.I. - Southern Marines Steelband Foundation in Marabella, Trinidad has declared that in homage to their slain pan player, twenty-year old Petra Abraham - this weekend's upcoming finals of their annual Talent Expression competitio
Paris Pan Jam was recorded in France in 2009 when the band did a five-week tour of Europe, and originally released in France this year when the band returned to Europe for two months from May through July.
Last year Pamberi was offered the opportunit
Read more…WST member Joel Augustin asks
Can someone explain to me what exactly is a "Panorama Tune". For the
better part of the last 70 years all types of tunes were played by pan
sides. The calypsonians sang tunes of humour, social commentary, love
etc and t
Global - It was 'Live' Pan on the net for almost two hours. WST (When Steel Talks) just completed taking in a portion of the NIU (Northern Illinois University) steelband concert from DeKalb, Illinois, through the NIU School of Music’s web broadcasti
Read more…Much thanks folks. Recently WST ning network went over 6500 members. We
are looking forward to increasing global steelpan music experience of the WST family..
Pan 4 Life!!
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Columnist Michael Joseph shares his opinion about Trinidad and Tobago’s planned introduction of the People’s Band on the streets of Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2011 as announced by that country’s Minister of Arts and Mu
Read more…Pan gorn clear!
Ontario, Canada - Oh goooode! I get christen over again! Dem pan jumbie hole me in a full Nelson and douse my head in holy water till ah ketch de power an bawl for murderation. Hear nuh man. Talk bout bess? Steupse....it was more dan
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Global - When Steel Talks (WST) is committed to ensuring that the global steelpan music community remains a dynamic environm
Global - This collection of music pieces is called “Open Window” and it is quite appropriately so named. You, the listener, are afforded the unique position as an interested, or possibly even originally dispassionate viewer - through this ‘open windo
