Panmen reject $2m Panorama first prize
Trinidad & Tobago - Pan Trinbago's membership has moved a resolution blanking Government's $2 million first prize for this year's Panorama winners in the large band category.
The members are also calling on the
Read more…The Spirit of Fela! lives on
Members of the cast of Fela! at the celebration held at the Players ClubNew York, USA - The hit Broadway play and Tony Award-winning production of Fela! has had a successful, memorable and ground-breaking run and comes
Happy New Years to all the members of the WST family.
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Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. -....It was just one week prior at Parang and Steel that cheers rung out with news that Battle Zone – Silver Stars’ tune-of-choice for Panorama 2010 – won the Soca Pan Song of the Year prize at the International Soca Awards.
Connecticut, USA - In his latest work, featured as one of four composers premiering their music at Yale School of Music’s Sprague Hall earlier this month, Andy Akiho took those within earshot on a journey that was limited potentially by only the list
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Cabinet agreed yesterday that panmen will now each be paid $800 instead of$1,000, amounting to just over $6 million to perform at the national Panorama preliminaries.
Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Wi
Canada - Alton C. Clarke, or “Clarky” as he is known to all pan players and pan lovers in the Canadian Midwest, brought an awareness and appreciation of the steelpan instrument and its music to the province of Manitoba between the years 1971 to 198
Read more…Travis (Captain of CASYM Steel Orchestra):
Please accept the condolences and thoughts on the passing of your Father, from the When Steel Talks & Basement Recordings staff, and convey same to the rest of your family.
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - The celebrated music showcase staged by reigning National Panorama champion PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars Steel Orchestra called “Parang and Steel” is all grown up.
Scores of pan lovers converged on the band’s Tragarete Road, Newtow
Read more…Last evening the Music Literacy Trust honored Bobby Mohammed of Guinness Cavaliers, Professor Ken Philmore and Mark Loquan for their work in composing and/or arranging some of the nation's finest pieces of music.
The Trust donated to all tertiary le
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Pan Trinbago appears to be heading into a “steelband war” with Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Winston “Gypsy” Peters, accusing him of saying pan players may not receive a $1,000 performanc
Read more…The Greatness that greatness demands - The Prodigal Prince Returns with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Geoffrey Holder and Judith Jamison
New York, USA - ....There are moments in time and performances that just command attention and demand
The Prodigal Prince comes to life
Alvin Ailey dancers showcase Geoffrey Holder’s grand vision
New York, USA - The arresting presentation of Geoffrey Holder’s The Prodigal Prince unfolds in full flight during the 2010 New York Alvin Ailey American D
Panman/Film maker Dalton Narine picks up Award
California, USA - Dalton Narine, producer/director of “Mas Man Peter Minshall,” recently picked up his fourth award for Best Documentary at the New York International Film Festival Award Ceremony in Be
The British Association of Steelbands 12th Annual Awards
London, ENGLAND - The BAS (British Association of Steelbands) Awards Dinner event celebrated its 12th year in existence on Saturday 4th December 2010, since its initiation in 1999 in the humb
Andy Akiho takes the steelpan to the Yale School of Music
with Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra
Connecticut, USA - With the world watching literally from every corner of the globe through a live streaming internet broadcast, musician and compose
When Steel Talks extends well wishes to arranger Pelham Goddard on his birthday. Few have impacted the Carribean music landscape as Pelham Goddard. He has penned or co-written some of the greatest tunes in Caribbean music history.
The Hammer, Calaba
Read more…Minister raps Pan Trinbago
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Describing the skeletal structure as a “white elephant,” a visibly irate Peters said: “Pan Trinbago has been constructing this headquarters since God knows when. They got the land for free; they go
Performing for Trinidad & Tobago's 2010 Junior Steelband FestivalTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Results are available for the 14th Biennial National Junior Steelband Music Festival held at the Jean Pierre Complex in Port-of-Spain and the Rudranath Capilde
Yesterday evening, Merv was shot and killed in front of his home on Brooklyn Avenue. We often lament the levels of violence that our society has come to. The anger in the streets, in particular among our youth is palpable and we have reached a point
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