UK – Notting Hill Carnival will kick-off with a countdown on the big screen at Piccadilly Circus before Europe’s biggest street party goes digital for 2020. Organisers have lined up a host of video and music to celebrate carnival’s 54-year history, which will be streamed online in place of the traditional parties across the August

TT – My name is Liam Teague and the steelpan made me whatever I am today. I’m originally from San Fernando. I grew up in an extremely humble background in a very problematic area, Navet Road, near Pleasantville. Only as a teenager did I realise my family was “different’ from many others. Though we didn’t

TT – Election stories and information dominated the news on August 11. But an equally important happening on that day was World Steelpan Day. Pan Trinbago and the World Steelpan Thrust partnered to observe and celebrate the day. An event was held virtually and streamed on the thrust’s and Pan Trinbago’s Facebook pages at 4.30

UK – A steel band is being featured in a new series on National Lottery beneficiaries for its work during lockdown. Ladbroke Grove-based Metronomes Steel Orchestra will have its work highlighted by comedian Joe Wilkinson. The group has taken its steel pan lessons online and has also started a reading club encouraging people from around

MS – The BNTF Office received a shipment of pans from Pan Trinbago on Thursday the 30th of July. The pans were procured as training instruments for the Revival of Steel Pan Music in Montserrat, skills training project funded by the BNTF Under the 9th BNTF programme. The Project was requested by the Montserrat Arts