UK – Young people of Phoenix Rising/St Michael and All Angels Steel Orchestra (SMAA) were out before 8am last weekend armed with litter picks and bags. The clean up was part of the Great British September Clean. However, Pheonix Rising’s chief Patrick McKay said they hope to continue doing regular clean up activities in Harlesden

US – Brooklyn-based Casym Steel Orchestra is reputed to be one of North America’s leading steel orchestras, and in keeping with that reputation, the celebrated music outfit has participated in the first-ever global flag raising ceremony to commemorate Steelband Month in Trinidad and Tobago, dubbed “Flying High.” “Casym Steel Orchestra has affixed its brand to

US – Large crowds of mask-wearing, socially-distanced folks came together on Saturday to celebrate the reopening of Brooklyn Museum. The museum shuttered its doors six months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic and staff have been planning a safe reopening for months. To celebrate, food, music and family-friendly activities filled the museum’s plaza over the

UK – It goes without saying that this year’s Notting Hill Carnival will be a little different. For the first time since Claudia Jones began hosting Claudia’s Caribbean Carnival in 1959, there will be no street party – with the festivities taking place 100 per cent virtually instead. Fortunately, the line-up is still brilliant –

GP – Capesterre Belle Eau est le berceau du Steel Band. Nous nous sommes intéressés aux premières générations qui ont fait les beaux jours de cet instrument en Guadeloupe. Et à son avenir avec Yannis Roset et son Association Karukéra Stell Band. C’est à Capesterre Belle Eau, ville à vocation agricole, que la pratique du

US – North America’s biggest Caribbean carnival is also going virtual this year, just like London’s Notting Hill Carnival. COVID-19 has also forced the West Indian American Day Carnival on line and off the streets of Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, NY. Festivities will kick off on August 28 with the International Youth Fest from 6