Nostalgia Steelband, London’s Standard-bearer of ‘Pan-round-Neck’ celebrates 40 years on the Road. by Haroun Shah In 1969, Philmore Davidson coined the name ‘Nostalgia’ for a steelband whose roots are embedded in the history of the legendary Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra (TASPO). Its eminent founders, Sterling Betancourt and Russell Henderson arrived in England in 1951 […]
Steel Pan
Unheard Voices: The Rise of Steelband and Calypso
Unheard Voices: The Rise of Steelband and Calypso in the Caribbean and North America by A. Myrna Nurse The first scholarly work that offers a description of how the Steelband movement, which originated in Trinidad, West Indies. Unheard Voices will surely delight as well as inform you on facts about the movement revealed for the […]
Steelpan Talent Dariem Charles
Dariem Charles Young Talent Dariem Charles has just been awarded by the National Action Cultural Committee, NACC for his performance of ”Dem Blimpin Ting” which won him the Junior Calypso Monarch title 2006. The song is considered one of the top 20 songs by NACC for the year. Born in on Sept 25th 1990, Sangre […]
Ring of Steel
RING OF STEEL, ‘Pan sound and symbol’ A history of steel bands in Trinidad and worldwide RING OF STEEL, ‘Pan sound and symbol’ is a wonderful story of of ‘Pan’, Kaiso’ and ‘Mas’ by Cy Grant. The book takes an in depth look into the history and evolution of this Caribbean musical tradition, complimented by […]