Netherlands - After months of planning and laborious work by their pannists, CSI Steelband Trust was ready for their Festival performance in Almere, Netherlands. On Saturday the 4th July 2009 all twenty four members of CSI arrived at their panyard ba
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - The Steel Pan was in the spotlight last Saturday as a very exciting weekend of sweet pan music started the build up to Spicemas and Panorama 2009. The 2009 Bomb Tune competition that formed part of the Panorama Launch p
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. – The Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra will perform for audiences totaling approximately 40,000 in Canada next month. They will perform at the Barrie Caribbean Festival (Caribfest) and will also be the featured guests at the O
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New York, USA - The bake and salt fish (another great Caribbean dish) was simply awesome. Just writing about it - is making me yearn for some more right now. The weather and ambiance were spectacular. Location - central Brooklyn, New York outside Uto
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - The steelpan music movement - or the world for that matter - has never had a shortage of dreamers and procrastinators who can always find a reason why something ‘cannot happen.’ However, there are a distinct few individuals
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - The 2009 Summer steelpan music events continue to roll on with a bang. Recently When Steel Talks found itself in Montréal, Quebec, Canada to cover the annual Montreal International Steelpan Festival. Now in its 9th year - t
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Panorama in Montreal is like that of no other place in the world. As the main event of the two-day Montreal International Steelpan Festival, now in its ninth year, the competition brings a unique brand and style to a city a
Michael Jackson was one of the finest artists of this age. As a legit triple threat and more - he could, dance, sing , compose, produce and act. To call him a superstar would be an understatement and an insult to his impact on the music of the world.
Registration for Panorama 2010 has begun Steelbands interested in participating in the National Panorama 2010 competitions are reminded that they have until Saturday 11 July 2009 to register. Registration commenced on Monday June 15 2009 at all Pa
Read more…When Steel Talks extends congratulations to Khan Cordice. According to the Antigua Observer, Cordice was awarded Antigua's first pan scholarship. When Steel Talks had the opportunity to meet and interview Khan this past Fall at the Moods of Pan Festi
Read more…WST Special Certainly every Trinidad and Tobago national panorama is wrapped in drama, intrigue and controversy. Such is the nature and culture of panorama. But 2003 will be remembered as one of the most surprising competitions ever. It spawned music
Read more…Brooklyn, New York - The US President (Barack Obama) was not there. The New York Governor (David Patterson) was not there. Nor was the New York City mayor (Michael Bloomberg). Nor were they missed by the hundreds who were there. With the backdrop of
Read more…Invaders wins BIG for TnT at Bajan Pan Competition Port-of-Spain, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines Invaders Steel Orchestra proudly represented Trinidad & Tobago by winning the May 31, 2009 inaugural installment of the “Pan in de Oval” competition held
Read more…Australia - ‘What part of Jamaica is Trinidad?’ This was the question which was repeatedly being asked wherever and whenever Alvin Rostant played his steelpan in Australia. This drove him to set the record straight. In so doing he established his ow
Read more…St. Lucia, W.I. - In response to a query addressed to Mr. Antonius “Nikki” Calderon, president of the St. Lucia National Steelband Association (SLNSA) - When Steel Talks has been informed that there will indeed be no panorama this year. In the statem
Read more…United Kingdom - On a bright and warm summer’s evening on Saturday May 30th the premises of the UKCCA in Luton was filled with the sweet strains of steelband music emitted from the seven steelbands dotted around their grounds running their last pract
Read more…Caribbean Steel International was originally formed in 2004 with three members. After obtaining invaluable experience from working with some of the top steel bands in the UK, Trinidad and Japan, they decided it would be a great idea to form a small g
Read more…Global - Exactly eleven years ago (June 7, 2008) the steelpan music community lost one its finest musicians. Frank “Crawl” Findley of Desperadoes in Trinidad and D'Radoes in New York was simply poetry in motion. When Steel Talks remembers and salutes
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Global - Ray Holman is one of the pivotal figures in the history of the steelpan movement. This legendary stalwart has left his extraordinary mark as an arranger, writer, and performing and recording artist. When Steel Talks had the pleasure of inter
New York -As daylight dimmed, on Saturday May 30, the half-moon showered a bright silver glow over the Premier Baptist Church (PBC) at the corner of Tilden and Utica Avenues in Brooklyn, where the Rev. Robert Watler pastors. Inside, parishioners wait
