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is considered to be the best steelband music
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by one of the finest steelbands in the world,
New York’s Pantonic Steel Orchestra. Clive Bradley
had a very special relationship with Pantonic.
This orchestra clinched the title of panorama
champions five times in seven years - performing
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and in one instance, mere moments before they
took the stage for the prestigious annual steelband
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Sunday September 30, 2018
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Grenada Steel Band Association Remembers Ken “Professor”
Philmore
The Passing of An
Icon |
Grenada,
W.I. - It is with
our deepest sympathy that we extend our prayers to the family and friends of
Steel pan icon, Mr. Ken “Professor” Philmore.
On behalf of the entire steel band fraternity of Grenada, we
pray that Almighty God will strengthen you in your time of grief.
The circumstances surrounding the passing of this icon can
only be viewed as unfortunate and untimely.
The footprints “Professor” left will always be recorded in
our history, they will always form part of the legacy and times of the global
steel pan movement and for this we are eternally grateful.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 30, 2018
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Condolences to The Family of Ken “Professor” Philmore -
from the Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago |
Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - It
is with deep sadness the Minister of
Communications, the Honourable Stuart Young
extends condolences to the family of ace panist,
Ken
“Professor” Philmore who died at the
Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General
Hospital earlier today.
....Minister Young
acknowledged Philmore’s invaluable contribution
to the musical landscape of Trinidad and Tobago.
“Through his music he did
this country proud wherever he played, bringing
recognition not only to our country but to our
beloved national instrument, the steelpan. He
showed us that through dedication and love for
the artform, it was possible to become one of
the best,” said Young.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 30, 2018
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New York Champion Arranger Ken “Professor” Philmore Dies
From Injuries Sustained In Vehicular Accident In Trinidad
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Global - Music
lovers are mourning the loss of steelband icon
Ken “Professor” Philmore who passed away
around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday 30, 2018. Philmore
had been badly injured in a vehicular
accident on September 24 in
his homeland of Trinidad.
....The talent and skill set
of Philmore as a performing artist, composer and
arranger have been utilized worldwide. As
arranger for New York’s Sonatas Steel Orchestra,
“Pro”—as he was affectionately known—took the
championship steel orchestra to six New York
steelband Panorama titles in the 1980s.
The
legendary steelpan performing artist was also
looked upon as an “Ambassador” of the steelband
art form, having been in continuous demand
around the world.
Accolades
and condolences continue to pour in from around
the globe as admirers and musicians learn of
Philmore’s passing.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 30, 2018
CNC3.C0.TT
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Ken “Professor” Philmore has died
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - Pan
extraordinaire
Ken
“Professor” Philmore, has
died.
Philmore was badly injured in
an accident along the Solomon Hochoy Highway on
Monday and was warded at the San Fernando
General Hospital in a serious condition.
He died at hospital just
after 9 a.m. today.
Philmore was one of the most
talented panists in T&T.
He was the third of five
children and got his early introduction into pan
through his cousins Ferdi and Barry Brathwaite.
He first played with Hatters.
Later, he moved to Kalomo
Kings in 1977 and then to Gay Hoytonians before
he finally settled with Fonclaire Steel
Orchestra in 1981.
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Web Posted -
Saturday September 29, 2018
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2018 New York Panorama - CASYM Steel
Orchestra - “Year For Love” - Video - Cool Down Version
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New York,
USA - In spite of
a very trying year for CASYM Steel Orchestra,
the band rallied its “troops” and put on an
impressive performance for the 2018 New York
Panorama - one that apparently almost got them
the championship (they went on to place second
in the competition). CASYM ‘brought the ‘Fire’’
- and ‘Love’ to Kendall Williams’ arrangement of
“Year For Love.” This is the ‘Cool Down’ version as
captured by Basement Recordings just days before
the Panorama.
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Web Posted -
Saturday September 29, 2018
Trinidad and
Tobago Newsday
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Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore
recuperating
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - As Ken “Professor” Philmore
lies on a bed in the San Fernando General
Hospital recovering from his injuries, his
friends and family as well as his colleagues are
all praying for a speedy recovery.
Some members of his “pan family” were hit very
hard with the news of his accident as they were
all enjoying Philmore’s playing prowess and his
company on Friday night (September 21) at BP
Renegades’ panyard on Charlotte Street, Port of
Spain.
Arranger Duvone Stewart was celebrating his 42nd
birthday where Philmore was a special guest, his
infectious spirit causing him to be hugging and
chatting with almost everyone in the yard.
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Web Posted -
Friday September 28, 2018
Trinidad and
Tobago Newsday
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Beloved pan found in bushes
Hours-long search |
Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - Tenor pan
which ace panist Ken “Professor” Philmore owns, loves and takes with him
whenever and wherever he performs, was found in bushes near the scene of an
accident which left Philmore warded at hospital.
Philmore suffered major injuries in the accident and his van
was badly damaged but his beloved tenor pan, which he has had for the past 28
years, was found without a scratch.
One of the first things Philmore asked loved ones when he
regained consciousness at San Fernando General Hospital was the fate of his pan
which was in his van during the accident. Told that his pan was safe and
undamaged, relatives said, Philmore smiled contentedly.
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Web Posted -
Thursday September 27, 2018
When Steel Talks
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2018 New York Panorama - CASYM Steel
Orchestra - “Year For Love” - Video - Tempo Version
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New York,
USA - In spite of
a very trying year for CASYM Steel Orchestra,
the band rallied its “troops” and put on an
impressive performance for the 2018 New York
Panorama - one that apparently almost got them
the championship (they went on to place second
in the competition). CASYM ‘brought the ‘Fire’’
- and ‘Love’ to Kendall Williams’ arrangement of
“Year For Love.” This is the ‘Tempo’ version as
captured by Basement Recordings just days before
the Panorama.
click for video |
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Web Posted -
Wednesday September 26, 2018
When Steel Talks
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2018 New York Panorama Champion - Despers USA Steel
Orchestra - “Year For Love” - Video - Tempo Version
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New York,
USA - Basement
Recordings captures the eventual 2018 New York
Panorama champions, as they prepare for the
competition just days before the event. Despers
USA Steel Orchestra performed an Odie
Franklin-arrangement of “Year For Love.” This is
the ‘Tempo’ version. New York Panorama is a
major highlight and precursor to the annual West
Indian American Day Parade. Despers USA took the
stage with over 80 players.
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Web Posted - Wednesday September
26, 2018
Trinidad and
Tobago Newsday
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Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore
recuperating
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - After being placed in an
induced coma yesterday Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore,
58, is today alert and recuperating. After a
24-hour period he is showing signs of
improvements. At ‘visiting hour’, his wife
Sophia Philmore stood with family and friends
outside the Intensive Care Unit at the San
Fernando General Hospital.
"He is on the way to recovery and his vital
organs are intact,” she said.
....“He told me he tried to avoid a speeding
vehicle that touched the back of his Toyota
Hilux,” she said, adding that the roads were not
wet at all. On Monday Philmore was involved in a
road accident on the Solomon Hochoy Highway.
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Web Posted -
Wednesday September 26, 2018
When Steel Talks
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2018 New York Panorama Champion - Despers USA Steel
Orchestra - “Year For Love” - Video - Cool Down Version
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New York,
USA - Basement
Recordings captures the eventual 2018 New York
Panorama champions, as they prepare for the
competition just days before the event. Despers
USA Steel Orchestra performed an Odie
Franklin-arrangement of “Year For Love.” This is
the ‘Cool Down’ version. New York Panorama is a
major highlight and precursor to the annual West
Indian American Day Parade. Despers USA took the
stage with over 80 players.
click for video |
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Web Posted -
Monday September 24, 2018
Trinidad Express Newspapers
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Ken “Professor”
Philmore injured in crash
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Trinidad & Tobago,
W.I. - Ace panist Ken “Professor”
Philmore was injured in a crash along the
Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Claxton Bay, on
Monday.
Philmore, of San Fernando, was driving along the
north bound lane of the highway when his Toyota
Hilux van skidded off the roadway.
The incident occurred at around 8.45 a.m.
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Web Posted -
Monday September 24, 2018
When Steel Talks
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THE MISSION (1968)
Behind the Bridge Bad John
in NAM
by Dalton Narine |
Global
- All night long, her flaxen
hair shimmying like disco lights in the full
moon, the river showered its blessings on our
predicament. In the pitch of the blackout, the
candle on the bamboo table flickered wanly; the
wick, ungraceful in the gluey wax, wasting away.
How grateful I was that a compassionate moon
loitered above the upstairs porch while we, the
matter and I, a Trini in Nam, deliberated over
an argument for spiritual mediation.
....The Saigon sun was
already rinsing its face in the river when my
girl and I tangled out of the sofa, bedraggled
like leftover trees in a storm. Like rubber
trees in the Michelin Plantation following a
napalm run by F-100 fighter jets slamming the VC
up and down the infamous Iron Triangle. I
nourish no suspicion toward occult lore (though
it grew up around me on Laventille hill, Belmont
and Behind the Bridge. So the bellwether might
well have been a nod to the order of the day. It
would take more than an omen, I swear, for me to
back out of the task at hand.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 23, 2018
Jamaica Gleaner
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Roxanne Fletcher: ‘Panning’ Between Banking And Music
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Jamaica, W.I. - When
Roxanne Fletcher plays pan, she goes into a
different plane.
As she rehearsed with the
UWI Panoridim Steel Orchestra recently, the
rhythm, created with every strike of the
contoured steel drums, seemed to electrify the
Miss Curvy Jamaica 2018 contestant.
"Pan music is unique and
beautiful. The sound is crisp, clean and is very
relaxing," Fletcher said as she performed an
interpretation of the jazzy Bob Marley hit, We
Jammin’, with the orchestra.
....A mobile teller at JN
Bank by day, many of Fletcher’s evenings are
spent playing music, which she says has captured
her heart.
"I was in my second year on
campus when I saw a flyer inviting persons to
join the orchestra. I turned up for the
rehearsal, liked what I saw, and I've been
hooked to the music since. It took her only two
quick weeks to learn the basic techniques, she
related, pointing out that it was always her
desire as a youngster to learn music.
....Now an accomplished panist, Fletcher plays
double seconds and tenor bass pans, which
produce the harmony and baseline.
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Web Posted -
Saturday September 22, 2018
News Post Leader
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Charity helps over 50s to play the pans
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Northumberland, England - People with a passion for trying something new have been learning to play pan drums with the Cramlington Caribbean Crew.
Twelve budding drummers were tutored in chords, scales and how to play tunes on the instruments by Claire Falcus, founder and musical director of the charity, music tutor Jenny Chan, and youth music leaders Jack and Rebecca.
The session was part of First Time for Everything, a programme
designed by the Royal Voluntary Service and
Prudential to give people over 50 in
Northumberland the opportunity to try something
new free in their community.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 9, 2018
When Steel Talks
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J’Ouvert City International, Inc. (JCI) - New York
J’Ouvert 2018 Results
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New York,
USA - J’Ouvert City
International kicked off its 2018 celebration by
honoring 25 individuals from our community who
have worked hard behind the scenes to ensure
that our culture is maintained in Central
Brooklyn. They were known as “J’Ouvert Cultural
Ambassadors”.
J’Ouvert 2018 will go down in
history as a splendid demonstration of heritage,
national pride and community cooperation. The
pre-dawn celebration which takes place in the
heart of Central Brooklyn was incident-free. The
participating bands of which there were more
than 25 displayed exotic themes...
read more, see
full results |
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Web Posted -
Monday September 3, 2018
When Steel Talks
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Despers USA Takes 2018 New York Panorama Championship
After Twenty Years - with Champion Arranger Odie Franklin
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New York,
USA -
As per the song, 2018
has been the Year For Love - and the year that
Despers USA Steel Orchestra ended nineteen
winless years of participating in the annual New
York Panorama, capturing its seventh
championship title in the process. Despers USA
came out swinging with a high-energy performance
that hugged now-newly-minted champion arranger Odie Franklin’s outstanding
musical blueprint. On a night laced with
credible performances of a high nature Despers
USA clearly made a statement. Playing in the
final position, number seven, the band was also
the fourth on this night to choose a song that
this year has become so very popular for its positivity while maintaining its stark
commentary on life.
The quiet storm known as Odie
Franklin hit New York on September 1, 2018 -
full blast, with full effect. No one can act
like they didn’t see it coming.
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Web Posted -
Monday September 3, 2018
When Steel Talks
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NCC: Official Statement on Disbursement of Outstanding
Payments to Steelband Players in Trinidad & Tobago |
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. -
The National Carnival
Commission (NCC) of Trinidad and Tobago and Pan
Trinbago continue to work together in the best
interest of resolving ongoing financial
challenges and, more specifically, toward
resolving the matter of the outstanding payments
due to several members within the Steel Pan
community.
As at this time, discussions
are currently taking place with respect to
identifying and accessing the funds and making
them available for disbursement to the community
as quickly and as accurately as possible.
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Web Posted -
Sunday September 2, 2018
When Steel Talks
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New York 2018 Panorama Results - Despers USA Steel
Orchestra Snags first Championship in Twenty Years!
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New York,
USA -
Despers USA last won
the New York Panorama back in 1998. In
2018, that all changed when the steel orchestra
snatched the crown of musical supremacy from six
other challengers. Odie Franklin became a
champion arranger when the band delivered the
winning performance of his vision for ‘Year For
Love.’
see
full results |
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2018 Trinidad and Tobago National Steelband
Panorama Info - Complete
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Trinidad
& Tobago, W.I. - PanOnTheNet/ WhenSteelTalks
is Panorama Central! Complete information
on the 2018 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!
see complete information index
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Web Posted -
September, 2017
When Steel Talks
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The Ugly, The Uglier and
The Ugliest - New York Panorama 2017
tag words for 2017
NY Panorama: Embarrassing, Shameful, Thoughtless,
Bandits
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New
York, USA - Well if you
haven’t heard already, New York’s 2017 Panorama
Steel Orchestra competition was an epic failure
for most. Unless you were the show’s promoters -
who got away as bandits in the night - except it
was a broad daylight-mugging with everyone watching.
Calling the promoters “bandits” is really a description
‘upgrade’ as they have been known as the original
Evil Empire to the Brooklyn Steelband community
for decades.
So in this
regard, let’s cut the crap! And the fake news from
those who are spreading alternative facts, about
how great New York 2017 Panorama was. In reality
it was jacked up.
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Early Trinidad and Tobago
Steelbands Names Associated with Hollywood Movies |
Global -
Within the historical context,
a look at the impact of American movies on the naming
of early steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago.
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