San Diego, California, USA - The Island Steel Drum Band comprised of students from Southwest Middle School and Southwest High School in South Bay San Diego will perform together for the last time Monday [May 24]. After 22 years, the steel
Congratulations to PanoGrama founder and event producer Nevin Roach on a job well done, buttressed by always current and timely event information. He upped his game all round this year, and with his team, delivered an even better virtual product tha
Global - After three rounds of intense competition over several weeks, displaying scintillating, sometimes creative performances - Trinidad & Tobago′s own Keishaun Julien vanquished his nine musical contenders on this May 22 PanoGrama 2021 final ni
When Steel Talks extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Joey Horsford. He was an awesome bass player and an even greater person. His leadership, organizational skills and know-how are irreplaceable.
In speaking with Dr. Batson—Professor of Music, and Chair of Visual and Performing Arts, Florida Memorial University—about the NYU Steel/New York Theatre Ballet collaboration, she noted in part that “Pan music like the music of the ancestors, has nev
Global - The ten panists who made the cut for the final round of PanoGrama 2021 on Saturday May 22, now have their appearance order revealed. Event producer and host Nevin Roach unveiled th
Exploring how music impacts Caribbean, Indian, and American culture
Global - ....Since then, the people of Trinidad and Tobago have developed the steel pan, which is now their national instrument. What once was music from car parts
Global - The NLCB PanoGrama international steelpan competition, which kicked off on May 7 with 30 panists from around the world, is now down to 10. This comes after 20 creative and talented panists showcased their musical prowess through nail-biti
Five judges - Liam Teague, Ojay Richards, Andy Chichester, David ZigE Walcott and Victor Provost - deliberated over the participants' respective presentations, with the successful set returning for the finals come May 22.
Check out the order of appearance and tune selections for the semifinals of the NLCB #PanoGrama carded for Thursday, May 13 at 8:00pm AST. The stream starts at 7:45pm AST and you can watch it on PanoGrama YouTube, Fac
Out of an abundance of caution the Republic Bank Exodus postpones the 2021 International Pan Ramajay for an initial period of two months. In the mean while - Let Us All Be Safe...
Global - A quick look at the steelpan instrument tuners and pan makers the contestants are using for this PanoGrama 2021 competition. Range of instrument and year made is listed when provided.
Global - The top twenty of the thirty panists who competed in the PanoGrama 2021 Preliminaries are on the move - to the semi-final phase of this year's event. Over three nights, May 7, 8 and 9, the musicians, ten at a time, had their performances br