Web Posted - Saturday January 23, 2021
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Popular
panist Joshua Regrello teamed up with living music legend Len “Boogsie”
Sharpe to deliver a rousing steelpan cover of Farmer Nappy’s 2021 soca hit
‘Backyard Jam.’
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Web Posted - Friday January 22, 2021
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - US Senator Bernie Sanders is feeling the
cold and down spirits that Carnival attendees are feeling as COVID-19 restrictions cancel Carnivals all over the world.
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Web Posted - Thursday January 21, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - US-based Trinidadian broadcaster
extraordinaire, Von Martin, has written a book - ‘Voices of Pan Pioneers of
Trinidad and Tobago’ - about key people who contributed to the development of
the steelpan. And, no two ways about it, this should be compulsory reading for
anyone with a serious interest in the instrument and a solid sampling of some
of the more important men and women associated with it over the years.
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Web Posted - Wednesday January
20, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live the Experience
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
It’s Panorama Finals. Harmonites Steel Orchestra is playing “The
Wrecker” written by
“Lord Kitchener” - (born Aldwyn Roberts) and arranged by Earl Rodney for
Panorama 1968.
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Web Posted - Tuesday January 19, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live the Experience
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
It’s Panorama Finals. Exodus Steel Orchestra is playing “War 2004” written
by “The Original De Fosto Himself” and arranged by Pelham Goddard for
Panorama 2004.
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Web Posted - Monday
January 18, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - Over the last 10 years Music Haven and St. Luke’s Steelband, have come together on this special day to recognize and highlight the important work done by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the short time he spent with us.
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Web Posted - Sunday January 17, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live the Experience
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
It’s Panorama Finals. Phase II Pan Groove is playing “This
Feeling Nice” written and arranged by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe for
Panorama 1987.
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Web Posted - Saturday
January 16, 2021
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the economy, businesses, education and cultural festivities including Carnival and Panorama. It has also brought people together and demonstrated the importance of strength in unity and the resilience of humanity.
In its continuing response to provide assistance to band
members, the Northern Region of Pan Trinbago teamed up with the
TT Defence Force for the most successful food drive and food
distribution in the region’s history, the region said in a media
release. The Defence Force responded to a request for assistance
by Northern Region chairman Desiree Myers.
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Web Posted - Saturday
January 16, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - From Calypso to gospel and reggae, Franklyn McIntosh has worked his magic on music from every English-speaking Caribbean island. His work has been honoured with an induction into the Sunshine Awards Hall of Fame in New York (2015) and recognition by the Borough of Brooklyn, the City of New York and the United States Congress – House of Representatives.
Dr. McIntosh has appeared on a stamp in his native St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and is a diplomat
for his country.
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Web Posted - Friday
January 15, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It’s Panorama Finals. Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra is playing Scrunter’s “Woman On The Bass,” arranged by
Leon “Smooth” Edwards for Panorama 1980.
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Web Posted - Thursday
January 14, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - Read on for a brief history,
(Anthony “Benup” Kinsale) in his own words, of how he was instrumental in bringing an end to the steelband riots, how the former Vice-Captain of Desperadoes was a close ally of Charles and a community inspiration whose resilience created the Serenaders on the edge of the basketball court in St Barbs keeping Steelband alive on the hills...
-- Sharmain Baboolal
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Web Posted - Tuesday
January 12, 2021
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Michael Joseph,
or “Scobie” as he is popularly called was the leader of the Southern Marines Steelband Foundation, one of the oldest bands in Trinidad. He was a former Central Executive member and Chairman of the South Central Region of Pan Trinbago.
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Web Posted - Tuesday
January 12, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - It’s Panorama Finals. Nutones Steel Orchestra is playing David Rudder’s “High Mas,” arranged by Clive Bradley for Panorama 1998.
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Web Posted - Tuesday
January 12, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - Len Sharpe, better known as
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe is a very successful & popular player, arranger and composer of steelpan music from Trinidad and Tobago. As a soloist extraordinaire or as part of a group, he has amazed audiences in North America, Europe & Asia.
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Web Posted - Sunday
January 10, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA - ADLIB Steel Orchestra performs the classic “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye.
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Web Posted - Sunday
January 10, 2021
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....There will be no Carnival 2021. No physical events such as fetes, stick-fighting, ole mas, Dimanche Gras, J'Ouvert, parade of the bands, and Panorama.
The annual event has been cancelled this year as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
....Sunday Newsday caught up with members of the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra at their base on Tragarete Road in Port of Spain on Tuesday. A group of men sat under a tree in the panyard as they listened to the band on the radio and exchanged memories of Carnivals past.
Former trustee Glenford “House” Wallace said it was a sad moment for all its members, but they understood the need for the cancellation.
He said, “Playing pan at this time of the year was always
something we looked forward to. People feel like a piece of
their heart has been taken away.
“Some of us just come to the panyard, like today, and reminisce
about what was and what this year could have been like. They
bring a pan and knock a little thing.”
Desperadoes,
last year’s Panorama winner, has 12 titles in the
large band category.
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Web Posted - Wednesday
January 6, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - ....The year 2020 came to test pan, both as a musical instrument and as an agent of social cohesion and change, in ways not previously experienced or envisaged. Even in its manifestation as the best thing we do, tougher challenges would have been extremely hard to find.
A determined pandemic barely missed Panorama 2020, but its careful management has ensured that in 2021, the practice of pan will comprise invention and ingenuity – qualities that have given the instrument its true value both as creative platform and as largely unrealised economic prospect.
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more
Web Posted - Tuesday
January 5, 2021
When Steel Talks
Grenada - Albert “Doggie” Cox
was a Panman from Grenada who migrated to the USA and continue
to play his double second pan in the USA. He was a member of
Angel Harps Steel Orchestra and played double second on the
steel orchestra’s first album “Brighter out of Darkness,” which
was recorded in Barbados in the early 1970s.
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more
Web Posted - Tuesday
January 5, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot
Global - There was a cosmic shift in the world steelband music force and every person who has ever been remotely involved in steelband music felt it - such was the greatness and importance of Dr. Jit Samaroo.
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Web Posted - Monday
January 4, 2021
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
On January 3, 2021, Joshua Regrello, captain of Skiffle Steel
Orchestra which is located in San Fernando, south Trinidad,
posted: “Starting off 2021 right! #MrandMrsRegrello” -
announcing his marriage on social media, with images. Skiffle is
one of the nation’s premiere performing steel orchestra music
franchises.
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pics, video
Web Posted - Sunday
January 3, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot
Global - Just a single name encapsulates this slight man, what he became and the huge legacy he left pan and country.
Imagine a shy East Indian panman/arranger from Surrey, Lopinot, not your ordinary panist at all, being called upon by Renegades, a steelband from round the bridge, to arrange its music. Particularly Panorama fare.
This is a man who went on to win nine Panorama titles in 16
years. To understand the relevance of that milestone,
Desperadoes celebrated 10 Panorama wins among three arrangers.
If anybody in the world of Panoramania understood the depth of
one’s respect for his peers, it is the triumvirate crew of
Beverly Griffith, Robert Greenidge and Clive Bradley.
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Web Posted - Sunday
January 3, 2021
When Steel Talks Reboot
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The year is 1978, and the Samaroo Jets led by Jit Samaroo, (one
of the legends in the steelpan art form) are performing poolside
at the Trinidad Hilton. The versatility of the group is on full
display in these recordings as they perform the classical, pop
and calypso pieces of the day.”
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Web Posted - Friday
January 1, 2021
When Steel Talks
Global - When Steel Talks
extends New Year's greetings to all.
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Web Posted - Thursday
December 31, 2020
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Blessed with exceptional music talent, the late panman Andre Boldan was held in great regard by many; he was essentially the consummate self-taught community musician. He was born on July 12, 1960, in Central Trinidad but lived in Arima his whole life.
....Andre Boldan has a long list of bands for which he performed or captained. He has played with XY Cellotones, Heavens Super Panfere, Trinidad Nostalgic, Nuclear Symphonettes, Invaders (from age 15), Panvibes, Exodus, Tokyo, Arima Angel Harps, Simple Song, Melodians, and Opera Symphonic Sounds.
....As an arranger, he worked with Pan on the Move, Five Rivers
Junior Secondary, and Edinburgh 500 Steel Ensemble. Andre
credits Nervin “Teach” Saunders for making him a pan
player....As a competitor, he took 5th place as a soloist in the
Pan Is Beautiful III Musical Festival in 1984 where he
represented Arima Angel Harps.
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Web Posted - Tuesday
December 29, 2020
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The
sun has set on the physical presence of a Casablanca Icon. On
Christmas day Cyril Darceuil at 92 years quietly ceased to be
part of our physical space. He will be remembered by those who
knew him as a contributor to the musical experience of the
Casablanca Steelband.
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Web Posted - Sunday
December 27, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
New York, New York, USA -
A very special holiday music concert at the Manhattan Center in
New York, New York featuring - Moods Pan Groove, The Brooklyn
Philharmonic Chorus, with special guests - Anne Fridal, Earl
Brooks, Juliet Davilar, Robert Greenidge, Arddin Herbert, CASYM,
with Rennie Bishop the Master of Ceremony... Sunday December 3rd
1995.
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Web Posted - Saturday
December 26, 2020
When Steel Talks
England, UK - It’s Showtime! Ebony Steelband performs an awesome set for their
annual Christmas concert at THE TABERNACLE for 2020. The aim is
to lift up everyone’s spirit during these trying times with the
orchestra’s virtual performance.
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Web Posted - Saturday
December 26, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Carnival Messiah features a 25-player steelband performing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah
England, UK - Carnival Messiah, featuring a 25-player steelband playing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah, is a full-scale theatre production by Dr. Geraldine Connor.
Geraldine Connor was born in London, in 1952, to Trinidadian
parents and Caribbean cultural ambassadors Edric Connor, singer,
actor, folklorist and film-maker and Pearl Connor, cultural
activist, theatrical agent and black theatre consultant.
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Web Posted - Saturday
December 26, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Music and dance from the performing arts students. The
former was by the Meyer Levin 8th Grade Steel Orchestra playing
the Hallelujah Chorus. Spanning 6th, 7th and 8th grades -
the orchestras delivered credible performances to a capacity
crowd (standing room only) at the school’s auditorium.
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Web Posted - Friday
December 25, 2020
When Steel Talks
Ontario Steelpan Association (OSA) Press Release: President Terrence Wilson
Ontario, Canada - In the midst of these challenging times! It has been the most exploring year for PAN, the creative minds were at work taking the steelpan to the world and beyond VIRTUALLY.
It was a heartwarming experience for the many supporters/pan
lovers to see world pan-players coming together to show that PAN
is ALIVE.
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Web Posted - Friday
December 25, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
Despers USA Steel Orchestra performed a Wilfred
Kieal-arrangement of “We Three Kings” written by John Henry
Hopkins, Jr.
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Web Posted - Thursday
December 24, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
The Meyer Levin Advanced Steel Band took the spotlight - and
delivered some command performances on steel which included “We
Wish You A Merry Christmas,” one of the themes from the
Nutcracker Suite - “Nutcracker: The March,” and more. The
orchestra performed at the 2019 ‘We Three Kings concert’ under
the guidance of musical director Damany James.
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Web Posted - Wednesday
December 23, 2020
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - Considered a steelband warlord and a man with musical gifts, 79-year-old Milton “Wire” Austin received tributes from mourners on Wednesday.
The funeral for the founding member of the San Fernando-based NLCB Fonclaire Steel Orchestra took place at the St Paul’s Anglican Church at Harris Promenade in San Fernando.
City mayor
Junia Regrello said Austin was an unrivalled leader among
his peers Austin's determination and influence, he said, were
able to usher in the transformational evolution of the
instrument in San Fernando.
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Web Posted - Wednesday
December 23, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
The audience was treated to a special set by two exceptional
musicians, Khuent and André, who had the audience singing to
their songs in jubilant accompaniment, especially with an
impromptu collaboration with another musical ace, Marc Brooks.
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Web Posted - Wednesday
December 23, 2020
When Steel Talks
The steelpan music community mourns the passing of some of the stalwarts of the art form in 2020.
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Web Posted - Wednesday
December 23, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
A special performance by violist Asiah Wharton (who also plays
pan) and panist Khuent Rose on the double second pan.
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Web Posted - Tuesday
December 22, 2020
When Steel Talks Reboot - Feel the Music - Live
the Experience
Brooklyn, New York, USA -
At the 2019 “We Three Kings” concert CrossFire Steel Orchestra
delivered a beautiful medley rendition of the holiday classics - ‘We Three Kings’ and more.
Check out the one and only late Martin "Dougie" Douglas on
vocals on the last song at 11:27.
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Global
- PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks is Panorama
Central! Complete information on the 2020 season of the
Trinidad and Tobago National Panorama, and competitions:
Schedules, Orders of Appearance for preliminary,
semi-final and final phases for large, medium and small
conventional steel orchestras, and single pan bands;
arrangers’ bios, bios of steel orchestras; full results,
panyard addresses, history of previous Panoramas, and
much more!
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Web Posted - February
2020
When Steel Talks
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - At a glance and on a single page, access the comprehensive summary of results for the Small, Medium and Large conventional steel orchestras that participated in their respective categories in the 2020 Panorama.
Follow the musical journey of respective bands through all three
phases - compare side-by-side preliminaries, semi-finals and finals through data on
band info, scores, tunes of choice and arrangers - on one page.
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