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
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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
Read more…by Jonathan P-Wright
Thousands of people risk their lives daily crossing
Read more…BlackRock Center for the Arts will once again be filled with the sounds of families attending performances and classes this Saturday, Sept. 18. After more than a year of virtual programm
Read more…For the Michigan Philharmonic this year will be a "Take2 Celebration," a series of concerts dedicated to the community and honoring its 76th birthday season that includes world premieres, exciting concerts designed for unique instruments like mandoli
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
