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  Encyclopedia: Pan music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Steelpan (also known as Pan or Steel drum, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a Steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad West Indies.
The pan is a chromatically pitched percussion intrument made from a 55 gallon drum of the type that stores oil, and is one of the most recently invented musical instruments.
Pans are constructed by pounding the top of the oil drum into a bowl-like shape, known as "sinking" the drum.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pan-music   (543 words)

  
 North Coast Journal - July 31, 2003: COVER STORY - Pan Man: Michael Skweir beats steel drums in more ways than one
The music is infectious -- fall under the spell of the tropical rhythms and it's hard to sit still.
They are also the co-founders of the Pan Action Network, a school for steel drummers that includes a pan manufacturing facility based in a couple of buildings in Arcata.
Of course, all Caribbean music has roots in African rhythms, and the story of the pan begins in the 19th century when Trinidad was still a British colony -- and when most of the people were former African slaves who celebrated holidays like Carnival with wild parades.
www.northcoastjournal.com /073103/cover0731.html   (3623 words)

  
 Black History & Classical Music
Classical music has been enriched by such contributions as long as it has existed.
CBMR is devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of Black music on a global scale.
The African American conductor Paul Freeman is Founding Musical Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta, an unusually inclusive orchestra whose mission is "Musical Excellence Through Diversity".
chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com /History.html   (501 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Pan'jabi MC
Music - Artists - Pan'jabi MC Monday, Nov 7, 2005
Get the inside scoop on the Canadian music industry with Karen Bliss.
Check out Clive, JAM Music's extensive Canadian concert listings.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/P/Panjabi_Mc   (54 words)

  
 Pan American Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Peter Pan - Peter Pan Cast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Peter Pan Fan.com - Celebrating 100 Years of Peter Pan
Biography of Mary Martin; musical theater singer, dancer, and mother of actor,
Small list of voiceography and bits of trivia on the voice cast.
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 Barbados nightlife: bands and entertainment
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REG = Reggae, CAL = Calypso, POP = Popular Music, PAN = Steel Pan Music
Listen to and buy Caribbean music CDs online from CRS music store.
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