Bertie Marshall - The Steel Pan Visionary - The Film
Global - Steelpan pioneer and visionary Bertie Marshall is the subject of this film production by film maker, producer, director, pan man and steelpan historian Dalton Narine. This is a fifty-minute
The best of the best, New York Panorama Drummers
New York, USA - The man who anchors a New York steelband panorama performance is of a special breed. He is not just a drummer. The fortunes of up to ninety-nine other performing musicians (or in the
A Very Real Possibility - Sometime in the very near future...
New York, USA - A very likely scenario, based on recent events at the pan yards in New York, and an ever-present possibility of a steelband pan yard 'shut down' gone horribly wrong. A Steel
New York Mayor Bloomberg and New Pioneers Terrorize Steelband Youth
A clear case of reckless endangerment of youth, family and community... The terror, that terror wants...
New York, USA - ....Close your eyes and envision over one hundred people with
New York, USA - The Board of Directors of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA) extend sincere gratitude to ALL our “partners” and those who assisted in making New York’s 2010 Labor Day Carnival Festival a resounding success.
When Steel Talks extends our condolences to Franklin Gerald and family.
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When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Arrow. His calypso "Hot, Hot, Hot" is one of the all time greats out of the Caribbean.
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Steelband Music Panyard Panorama Recordings
Basement Recordings captures “Pan in New York” 2010
New York, USA - With the continued objective of providing the New York steel orchestras with the finest recordings ever - Basement Recordings again capt
Panorama And The Power Of Context
A steelband panorama special to When Steel Talks
New York, USA - In the parking lot of the Brooklyn Museum, WIADCA’s red, white and blue corporate logo featuring a humming bird and an eagle, loomed large at the cen
Meet Stanley Joseph - Captain of Sonatas Steel Orchestra
Panist set to move from steelpan ‘Battle Zone’ to real life Zone
Captain of Sonatas Steel Orchestra, Stanley JosephNew York, USA - Stanley Joseph, the young but very capable captain of the 2010
Sonatas Steel Orchestra Repeats as Panorama Champions for 2010 - And Own New York
Epic musical fight in the ‘Battle Zone’ for Steelpan music supremacy
New York, USA - Field Marshall Yohan Popwell - otherwise known as the panorama arranger for champi
New York, USA - It’s 4:30 a.m. in the morning and the 1-mile Flatbush Avenue stretch between Grand Army Plaza and Empire Boulevard is packed with bands filling the air with a percussive symphony of rhythm and soul. It is Labor Day, and it’s J’Ouvert
Read more…Sonatas - 1st - 472 points
ADLIB - 2nd - 457 points
CASYM - 3rd - 448 points
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Read more…According to recent reports, the 2010 NY panorama will be available over the internet for a fee. New York steelband leaders claim they were unaware of the situation. Moreover, no agreement was setup for the bands to share in potential lucrative fina
Read more…New York, USA - Today all roads lead to the 2010 New York Panorama behind the Brooklyn museum, as the lights come up on some of the premier steel orchestras in North America in the annual competition known as Panorama. But one week ago, many steelban
Read more…The Saga Begins - The Road to the NY Panorama Championship
A WST special to the NY Daily News
Sonatas practices for 2009 PanoramaNew York, USA - The grand event known as “Panorama” commences on its traditional date - the last Saturday before Labor
New York, USA - As the sun sets over a string of tire repair and auto body shops in Brooklyn, the first jaunty notes of a jangly symphony ring out. The roar of Atlantic Avenue subsides as the music floods these ragged blocks, filling the grease-soake
Read more…BAS congratulates all participants on their outstanding performances and unique contributions to the success of the 2010 Notting Hill Carnival and its associated events. We thank our partners for their support of our work, and everyone who attended f
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