Global - The irrepressible steelband arranger Carlton ‘Zanda’ Alexander is once again at the helm of Siparia Deltones, taking the spirited and daring steel orchestra into the large band category of Trinidad & Tobago’s national Panorama with one of th
Read more…Trinidad and Tobago - Small steel orchestras will be the first category to be judged as the National Panorama Semi Finals gets on the way on Sunday 31 January at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, from 9:00 am
Fourteen (14) Small bands will
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Semi-final Steel Orchestra Line-up set for the ‘the Big Yard’ - Steelband Panorama 2010
Trinidad and Tobago - Seven (7) steel orchestras from the sister isle of Tobago are among the forty-five (45) bands taking the stage in the bmobile National Pan
Global - Avis Bruce is a professional steelpan musician, arranger, composer and music tutor. She has been a member of the present Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Symphony Orchestra from its inception; in addition she was a member of the former Tri
Read more…Brooklyn’s Caribbean -American Community Responds to the Disaster in Haiti
Brookly, New York - Aimed at coordinating a united community effort in response to the destruction in Haiti, the West Indian American Day Carnival Association has put out a c
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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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. click for more
Read more…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
Read more…Global - Music material for the 2010 Steelband listing is still arriving. When Steel Talks has just added four more tracks to the listing of selections: Steel Slingaz, Pan Infekshun, Cat In Bag and Panman’s Story. click for full list
Read more…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
Read more…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,
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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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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Panorama - Tunes for 2010