Following is a listing, by category, of the steelband musicians participating in the 2020 Pan Ramajay Competition, organized by Exodus Steel Orchestra. The panists, who are representing multiple c
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Before he suddenly passed away on May 24, Anthony Rouff, who relished the style of injecting searing “picong” into conversation and polemic writing, was looking forward to celebrating 2022: this would be the 50th anniversary of the publication of hi
Read more…Get up and Watch... It's Showtime! NY Pan Stars performs a slamming Marc Brooks arrangement of "Finesse" by Bruno Mars
"New York Pan Stars - performed a Marc Brooks-arrangement of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” that skillfully traversed the decades of music
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The aftermath of all of this is protests that have turned into chaos. People are outraged. When will it be enough? When will the time come that black Americans either minding their own business or even those accused of minor infracti
New York, USA - He is one of the most well-known and well-liked people in that ‘next generation’ of performing artists involved in the New York pan scene. Thoughtful, multi-talented and a natural-born percussionist with world-class abilities, he’s
Read more…When Steel Talks extends condolences to family and friends of Beverly Fonrose of Starlift Steel Orchestra. You will be missed.
Through the establishment of the Pan Trinbago Social Prosperity Fund, the
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Carnival is the season of steelpan. But behind the Panorama stage, the future of T&T’s national musical instrument will be shaped by administrators, craftspeople, arrangers, and educators — like these men and women profiled by writer S
Read more…Global - Rebecca – A Carnival Symphony
Listening to Desperadoes perform Clive Bradley’s arrangement of “Rebecca” never gets stale. The opening statement continues to capture the soul. That spellbinding run at the end of the introduction is always ex
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A BPTT Renegades pannist during the band's 2020 Panorama final performance at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain on February 22. PHOTO BY WARREN LE PLATTE. -
The covid19 pandemic has brought many challenges across the Ca
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Global - In the interest of clarifying questions/concerns raised, please note the following:
Preliminary
The same five (5) songs will be used in all categories and the duration will be:
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - THE STEEL PAN, forged in the fires of resistance and struggle, is still not fully accepted in the land that created it. After decades of innovation and global recognition we are yet to achieve what Pat Bis
Read more…“We’re dropping like flies around here.” 82-year-old Des is isolating after Covid-19 killed several of his friends. This is how he is coping with the lockdown.
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Jelani Cielto a special talent? Absolutely. He also has that type of gift that makes a very select few see partial differential equations as child’s play. Blessed with the innate ability of a photographic memory, he has
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Global - ....Grandfather was flown back to Venezuela, and later Trinidad, where they named Gonzales, Belmont, after him. Rudolph Charles [“Charlo”]
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