Global - “...There is only one Clive Bradley who gave us exceptional music. Clive is my friend... He was a very sharing man and a very private man. It is a great, great loss. I have lost my friend... for me he used to create magic... ” –– Ella Andall
Read more…“...I wish I would have understood fuller it would be people’s unwillingness to accept that change is coming. As a woman I’ve had to fight a lot of misogyny and sexism throughout my entire musical career and that’s just to have a spot at the table. I
Read more…Panist Mia Gormandy from Trinidad & Tobago performs the Jan Bach Steel Pan Concerto with the NIU Philharmonic at the Concerto Competition Winners Concert - February 2, 2009... Mia is currently studying with Liam Teague and Cliff Alexis at Northern Il
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Mia Gormandy, Jan Bach and Allan O’Connor
When Steel Talks extends condolences to the family and friends of composer and educator Dr. Jan Bach of Northern Illinois University (NIU). The first concerto ever written for steelpan and orchestra was wr
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After being forced to remain closed for months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Panache Pan Academy will be reopening its doors at the end of the month.
The pan academy, an initiative of Panache Steel Orchestra, was launched in 20
Read more…Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, W.I. - Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves named panist Rodney Small among Four Vincentian Musicians on Tuesday (Oct. 27) to received the honour of becoming Cultural Ambassadors for St. Vincent and the Grenadines with
Read more…Kaiso Blues Café welcomes Caribbean Steelpan Connextion and Carlton Zanda Alexander to Virtual Artistes Series
Port-of-Spain --- Caribbean Steelpan Connextion is pleased to announce its performance alongside the legendary Carlton Zanda Alexander at
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“...Time has come that the drums or barrels be standardized so that the texture and thickness of the metal along with the other materials used to make the drums are all one thing. I believe that this will help with creating a uniformed sound. ” ––
Read more…The APA Pan Fellowship is a ground-breaking programme offering participants a culturally immersive and practical learning environment, infused with the traditions of steelpan in the wider context of indigenous percussion and pan-Caribbean music. The
London, United Kingdom - Sterling Betancourt MBE talks about his experience of performing at the 1951 Festival of Britain with Trinid
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You can’t stop the music! Education Africa is forging ahead with its International Marimba and Steelpan Festival, but for the first time in a virtual format. Schools, universities colleges and institutions with Marimba and Steelpanbands from
Read more…When Steel Talks extends Birthday Greetings to composer, panist, arranger, performing artist and now-Dr. Kendall K. Williams
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Kendall Williams in action...
When Steel Talks - Feel the Music - Live the Experience - Reboot
“Goddammit! God-dam y′all bad...”
These words, an emphatic and joyous declaration from the elderly Black American, heard shouting at the end of this recording, in a spontaneous outbur
TUNE IN TO STEELPAN MELEE WITH PETRA WILLIAMS & KHAN KC CORDICE
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Listen to the late iconic steelpan pioneer, tuner and panist Mikey Enoch in his own voice.
This seminar was captured at a When Steel Talks/Basement Recordings pan class in the early 1990s.
Tuner Mikey Enoch was unequivocally one of the pillars of the
Global - “If I do have a blueprint, it is embedded in my head. The younger tuners today have a more systematic approach with actual measurements. Older tuners still eyeball a lot of the steps. In today’s world, we have a lot of specialization where
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