Vanguard News Nigeria
By Evelyn Usman
In a bid to elevate its practice to conform to international best practices, the Nigerian Navy has begun moves to infuse technology into its Music School through steel pan production.
As the first step towards
Read more…From the news desk of:: Robert Hernandez
To: Leaders of the Steelband Movement
Steel Pan Players and Supporters.
The recent announcement by the Central Executive Committee of Pan Trinbago that the “2021 Convention & Annual General Meeting
Read more…Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has emerged among the top 1.5 per cent elite universities in the world, according to the latest ranking results for 2022, in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking system.
Acc
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Nigeria - An Associate Professor of Music at the Lagos State University, Isaac Yekini-Ajenifuja, has challenged the Nigeria Navy Music School (NNMS), Ota, Ogun State to create a global unbeatable identity for itself with its knowledge o
Read more…For decades before the rise of the great Brooklyn steel orchestras, outstanding large drum and bugle corps were an integral part of all black neighborhoods and the black musical experience, particularly in Brooklyn. The late Max Roach (Brooklyn), and
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Officially, it was Steel the Show. Unofficially, it was a blockorama. And in reality, it was a bit of a tight squeeze. No dispute, though, about the outcome: great fun.
It was an inspired thought to give us some glistening, ringing steelpan to chee
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BLUE HILL — A sprawling network of steel drum performers, collaborations and bands on the Blue Hill Peninsula brings live music to nearly all corners of Hancock County and beyond
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of Gillian Balintulo and the Trinidad All Stars family...
Gillian Balintulo, celebrated pianist & former musical director and conductor of Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra, passes
Read more…Steelbands in NYC deserve competitive access to real-estate dedicated solely to preservation and advocacy of their culture and art-form. places to rehearse. places to store instruments. places for tuners to tune those instruments. places for teachers
Read more…From the news desk of:: Robert Hernandez
1 September 2021
To: ALL MEMBER BANDS OF PAN TRINBAGO
ALL BAND MEMBERS AND PLAYERS
Ref: “Illegal postponement of Pan Trinbago’s constitutionally mandated elections”
We write to you with grave concern regard
Read more…NEWSFLASH!! THE SELF-PROCLAIMED QUEEN OF PAN STRIKES AGAIN
A Central Executive meeting held on Friday 17th Sept morphed into the role of a Kangaroo Court led by Judge Beverley Ramsey-Moore and preferred TRUMPED up charges against Dane Gulston and Ger
Read more…Is it jazz, or just fusion? As though labels really matter. Recent albums by Dr. Mike Bogle and Charged Particles show the question is trivial at best, and ultimately irrelevant.
These two outings offer contrasting styles with some key commonalities
Read more…By Nick Fulton
Getting a royalty check is always a win. It means you successfully released music or contributed compositionally to a recording and that all your hard work paid off. It’s also likely not a one-off payment but part of a recurring revenu
Read more…Trinidad Express Newspapers
Global - The steelpan will take centre stage at the upcoming Dubai Expo 2020 carded to run from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022.
Both the tenor pan and the PHI electronic steel pan will be featured at the event. The s
Read more…Kristen Bell and Amazon Prime Spread the Gospel of Music Education in the New Animated Series Do, Re & Mi
Courtesy of Amazon Prime
Music video by Jennifer Lopez performing "Jenny From The Block". (C) 2002 Epic
Sample appears at 0:37 (and throughout)
Listen to sampled 20th Century Steel Band's Heaven and Hell Is on Earth: Sample appears at 0:00
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Music video by Salt-N-Pepa performing Heaven 'n Hell. (C) 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Sample appears at 1:40 (and throughout)
Listen to sampled 20th Century Steel Band's Heaven and Hell Is on Earth: Sample appears at 0:11
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Would you believe Kanye West’s latest album ‘Donda’ features a piano interlude by a New York boy Zen who is merely a sixth grader?
The album Donda features a ton of samples from artists famous and otherwise. These include Fugees member Lauryn Hill t
Read more…The Jamaica Observer
Renowned percussionist Gay Magnus has been appointed band master at the Alpha School of Music in Kingston.
As the institution's first band master, she will be leading the music curriculum as it expands to offer vocational traini
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