Grenada Panorama - Order of Appearance at Panorama 2009
1. Rainbow City All Stars, 2.Commancheroes, 3. New Dimensions, 4 Grand Roy Pan Angels, 5. Pan Wizards, 6 Westside Symphony, 7. Angel Harps, 8. Pan Lovers.
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The Bradley Years: A Fine Sampler From the BOSS
Global - I don’t know how smart a move it was to request a review of The Bradley Years CD by someone who, in the “Brados” composition a couple of years ago wrote lines like, “Major force/You really was de boss” and “Gifted for days/So deserving of pr
Read more…President Richards and First Lady host Panorama Winners
St. Ann’s, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Panorama winners, finalists, members and officers of the steelband fraternity were hosted by Their Excellencies, Professor George Maxwell Richards and First Lady Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards, at President’s House, St
Read more…Kadeem Alleyne in the Spotlight A Steelpan man - and more...
New York, USA - Meet Kadeem Alleyne - this 19 year-old Berklee College of Music student is perched to add his name to the growing list of under-thirty steelpan musicians who have expanded their outlook and focus to incorporate multiple aspects of the
Read more…Grenada 2009 Junior National Panorama Results
Congratulations to Commancheros Juniors on their winning the 2009 Grenada Junior Panorama Title. The Following are the results of Junior Panorama held at the Children Carnival Frolic at the National Stadium. 1st Commancheroes - 244 points 2nd WizK
Read more…Salah's Steelpan Academy Wins Toronto's 2009 Panorama!
Toronto, Canada - Congratulations are in order for Salah's Steelpan Academy which won its third consecutive title at the annual Pan Alive Competition held last night at the Lamport Stadium. The Montreal-based steelpan music organization edged out New
Read more…Hell’s Steel Orchestra Wins Antigua & Barbuda 2009 National Panorama Title Khan Cordice is winning arranger!
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - Hell’s Gate Steel Orchestra - the oldest band in Antigua & Barbuda, made history again for 2009 by copping Panorama championship honors, beating out four other competitors. And they did this with the youngest arranger in the
Read more…What the Bands are Playing, and Who’s Arranging
New York - Nine New York Steel Orchestras are cracking up nightly as they prepare for the biggest night on their annual calendar - the Steelband Music Panorama competition, scheduled this year for Saturday September 5, 2009 behind the Brooklyn Museum
Read more…Revisited -- A Trinidad and Tobago Philharmonic Orchestra?
It is now five years later since the original opinion essay below was written by Mr. Nestor Sullivan. WST member Marcus Ash ask -- What are your thoughts and feeling on the subject today?
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Read more…Pan Fraternity Get Early Bonus Start for August Pan Month
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. – On August 30th 1991, Steelband was officially declared the National Instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, and rightly so I may say. Any other Instrument indigenous to TnT and wish to lay claim, must be able to stand up on its o
Read more…Condolences to the family of Ulric Joseph
New York - Panman Ulric Joseph has passed. When Steel Talks extends condolences to his family and friends. Ulric was the father of Tony Joseph (Metro Steel Orchestra) and Brian Joseph (Pantonic Steel Orchestra). ______________________________________
Read more…Grenada 2009 Steelband Panorama Selections/Arrangers
This is the line up of Steel Orchestras, tunes, and arrangers for both the National Steelband Panorama, and the Junior National Panorama competitions in Grenada, W.I. for 2009. click for full line up
Read more…Pan Revolution - Women Take Over
St. George’s, Grenada, W.I. - "It's a revolution in pan, understand, we woman take over steelband". That's the refrain in the last lines of the chorus of "Pan Revolution" a song that was written in tribute to the vast number of young women who are no
Read more…Desperadoes Steel Orchestra puts spotlight on Laventille Community
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - In 2008, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra hosted a series of community concerts in Laventille, Trinidad, as phase one of its on-going programme in the role of change champions for the community utilizing the medium of music. This
Read more…A humiliation of its own making | The Trinidad Guardian
Source: guardian.co.tt The embarrassment that Pan Trinbago’s executive suffered when the Sunday evening instalment of Pan in the Communities collapsed at Williams Bay, Chaguaramas, is only the latest indicator of the failings that the steelband’s le
Read more…Panorama around the Globe - Still Time to Join a Band
All the bands are now up and cracking. 2009 should be a great year for the panorama scene. There is still a lot of time join a band and play for panorama. St. Lucia - Panorama has been cancelled this year. The pan folks of St. Lucia have taken a sta
Read more…Condolences to the family and friends of Jay Mckenzie
When Steel Talks extends our condolences to the family and friends of Jay Mckenzie of Sesame Flyers Steel Orchestra. R.I.P.
CSI Steelband Trust appears at the 5th Afrique-Carib Festival
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
BOMB Competition precedes 2009 Grenada Steelband Panorama - Angel Harps come out tops
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
Taking Pan from Siparia, Trinidad to Ontario, Canada
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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