New Rule Change for Panorama 2010
Global - Pan Trinbago has announced an increase in the number of bands qualifying for the National Panorama Finals 2010. Visit When Steel Talks As a result there will be ten (10) finalists in each of the three cate
Global - For 2010, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra is going into the ‘Big Yard’ with music written by arranger, world-renowned musician and performing artist in his own right, Robert Greenidge. Determined to be once again a force to be reckoned with on
Global - The long-awaited 2010 panorama music release from Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, steelband arranger, composer and legendary musician extraordinaire, is finally here. Going into the annual panorama battle, Boogsie has called his Phase II music troops
United States Steelband Association - USSA: New Beginning, New Direction, New Promise
New York, USA - A new beginning, era and focus were ushered into the steelband movement as a new administration took the helm of the North American-based steelband
Global - Steelband Tunes as selected by conventional small, medium and large steel orchestras for the Trinidad & Tobago 2010 Steelband Music Panorama competition.
We will add more info as the bands check in.
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Global - Veteran songwriter and steelband music arranger Pelham Goddard continues to set the pace. He has now made publicly available the full lead sheet to "Roaming," the tune of choice performed by Exodus Steel Orchestra for the 2008 National Steel
The event takes place in front of City Hall, Knox Street, Port of Spain, on Sunday 17th January 2010 from 5:00 pm. Limited seating.is available.
Bands will parade from St. Vincent Street & Independence Square, up Frederick Street to Knox Street whe
Trinidad Express
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI - Diehard pan followers who love to listen to pan on ‘de track’ during Panorama competitions, will have to pay $60 and $80 for the privilege at the semi-finals and finals on January 24 and 31 respectively,
Global - His name is Winston Scarborough - but to most of the world he is known as “DeFosto” the steelband panorama music songwriter master. The exact moniker preferred by Scarborough is “The Original DeFosto Himself.”
For over three decades, songw
The Winds of Change - New York Steelband Association set to Alter Course
New York - With only a week into the 2010 season the winds of change have propelled themselves into the consciousness of the steelpan music world. When Steel Talks News has bee
Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI - If focus, sacrifice and determination are what it takes to succeed, then 20-year-old Kerri-Ann Chandler will continue to be a force to be reckoned with in the music world. Just out of her teens, the p
Trinidad Guardian
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI - It seems so long that our griots (calypsonians) have been singing the demise of our national instrument. The portents have been there for some time, as elucidated by the likes of Merchant (Pan in Danger
South Florida Times
Miami, Florida - Steel pan music, renown for taking center stage during carnivals and other Caribbean music festivities, will get an extra boost of attention at Florida Memorial University, South Florida’s only historically black
Official Calendar of Steelband Panorama Events for Carnival 2010
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI - Pan Trinbago Inc. has released the official calendar of Panorama events for Carnival 2010.
Several changes have been made amongst which are the return o
Global - Destra Garcia of Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most successful and popular SOCA music artists in the world. Like Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Mary J and others, Destra has cultivated and maintained a special bond with her adoring young fans who
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, WI - While adults can take claim for the eventual reunification of the legendary Solo Harmonites Steel Orchestra, youths are getting the credit for making it work. The impact of their innocence binds the band as was clearly r
Guyana, SA - The steel band community was thrown into deep mourning following the death of one of their own, Winston Roberts, who departed this life on Saturday last. He was 70.
Mr. Roberts worked at the Guyana National Newspapers Ltd. and would als
Global - For over a decade, songwriter Mark Loquan has been applying the craft successfully to the steelband music genre. In addition Mr. Loquan has been a champion of music literacy and the documentation of the music works of the steelbands of Trini
Global - In virtually little over a year, songwriter Miguel Reyes has gone from unknown to one of the most promising members of the upcoming new class of writers for the steelband music genre. Indeed, 2009 was an outstanding year for Miguel, with ste