Nigeria - That the second annual Secondary School Steel Band Competition in Lagos, Nigeria came off at all, is itself testimony to a love of the steelband culture and art form, embodied in the personage of Nigerian Bowie Sonnie Bowei. Exactly four ye
Nigeria - The second annual Secondary School Steel Band Competition was held in Lagos, Nigeria on November 23 and featured steel orchestras from seven schools. The brainchild of steelpan entrepreneur Chief Bowie Sonnie Bowei, the steelband competitio
Five-time Panorama champion, Phase II Pan Groove, must vacate its Hamilton Street home before year's end in order to make way for the completion of the One Woodbrook Place Project.
Port of Spain Mayor, Louis Lee Sing, advised the band's manager, Err
| Steelband | Wins | Years |
| Desperadoes | 10 | 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2000 |
| Renegades | 9 | 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 |
| Trinidad All Stars | 6 | 1973, 1980, 1981, 1986, 2002, 2007 |
| Phase II Pan Groove | 5 | 1987, 1 |
When Steel Talks extends congratulations to all the finalist of the Trinidad and Tobago 2010 National Junior Steelband Festival.
The Ministry of Education’s Pan in the Classroom Unit, in
collaboration with the Pan in Schools Coordinating Council hosts
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 and Tobago since the age of four (4). She placed first in the Caribbean Se
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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
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