Steelpan
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Sep 18, 2026
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
That's when I found my love and passion for music.
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
But not only with DJing, you know, I also fell in love with Steel Pan.
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
Hold on, you can play Steel Pan? Maybe I could do a little thing right now, but...
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
But yeah, I used to play steel pan for diamond steel for like maybe four, for about four years.
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
Yeah, I fell in love with the steel pan as well.
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
So I feel that's where I really developed knowing and learning music and how to play music and understanding music.
Andra Vince HenryGUEST
By ear or you can read the music? I'm not great at reading music, but I feel I have some, I think by now I have an ear for music because sometimes when we're in the studio, I would listen to certain things and I would tell the producer, yo, as if I ain't this instead, as if I ain't that instead, I really should do that.
Digga DHOST
Because there's more than four islands in the Caribbean.
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The percussion and the tenor pan car Break away From the conga drum to the iron man Pan pan play Thunder rolling from the bass man Break away Play pan man, play pan man Something with the rhythm and the harmony, the melody of pan Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Break away Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Pan man play Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Break away Play pan man, play pan man Like a lion out the cage, iron beating with rage Don't bother trying, stop it, take your time It's plenty reading for days, making carnival blaze No kind of water to pop the flame And you can feel it in the reading from the tender to the iron And you got me whining, so I'll tell you it's sweet, pan man I'll tell you it's sweet, pan man Like a double tonic, I got any base on a mission To come and take full control, they're making it roll They're making it roll, pan man The percussion and the tenor panca, break away From the conga drum to the iron man, play Thunder rolling from the bass man, break away Play pan man, play pan man Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Break away Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man Break away Play pan man, play pan man, play pan man
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She want me to beat it, beat it
Digga DHOST
I let it go for nothing.
Linda LopezHOST
The West Indian American Day Parade, still a few days away, but Carnival Week is already getting underway in Brooklyn.
Linda LopezHOST
Soka Music Fest is set for tonight, with more family events including the Junior Carnival, New York Panorama, and the annual Steel Pan competition coming Saturday.
Linda LopezHOST
Organizers are expecting 2 million people for Monday's parade.
Linda LopezHOST
Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch will hold a security briefing on that later this afternoon.
Bob PattersonHOST
Yeah.
Wayne CampbellGUEST
And I really wanted to create a buzz around the imagery, around the whole idea that this is not just a book about Carnival, but it's the 60th anniversary of Carnival, 75 anniversary of Steelpan.
Wayne CampbellGUEST
So there's a lot of history happening today, and to capture that in a limited edition variant covered book was, I think it's incredible.
Wayne CampbellGUEST
So if you see the books five years down the line selling for 10 grand each, you know why.
Jeff HovdenHOST
In 1947, they began using discarded 55-gallon oil drums from the island's U.S. naval base to make steel pans.
Jeff HovdenHOST
In 1992, the steel pan was declared Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument by Prime Minister Patrick Manning.
Jeff HovdenHOST
This helped turn the steel pan into a source of national pride and cultural identity.
Jeff HovdenHOST
As a source of my own pride, here's my son learning this podcast theme song on steel pan.
Jeff HovdenHOST
Yes! Robert Greenwich was born into this rich Trinidadian tradition in April of 1950.
Jeff HovdenHOST
Greenwich began performing as a panist at age eight and performed internationally beginning in his teens.
Jeff HovdenHOST
He represented Trinidad and Tobago as a soloist and a member of the Trinidad and Tobago National Steel Orchestra.
Jeff HovdenHOST
And with that, our journey is complete because this episode's album is the first appearance of Trinidad's own Robert Greenwich on steel pan in the Coral Reefer Band.