News — Author: Rudy Kendall

To date, the steelpan instrument as we know it has undergone full scale neo-colonization, where much proof of this fact lies in the numerous different names that have been coined for the instrument. The Pan has turned into everything but a Pan according to the colonizers, who have re-named the instrument everything from ''Bells'' to ''Harps''. Without a doubt, this ever constant flow of new names being attributed to the same old instrument is part of the tried and proven ''divide and conquer'' colonization tactic that has been used by Europeans throughout history in order to carve up the continents...

The steelpan has become huge force in Caribbean culture due in large part to the many calypsonians of Trinidad who have made the steelpan and the sub-culture surrounding it the topic of some of their legendary records. The most noteworthy and prolific calypsonian who simultaneously brought the steelpan to the forefront of Caribbean culture along with his anthems was the undisputed Grand Master of Calypso, Lord Kitchener. From road marches to party anthems, Lord Kitchener composed numerous gems of steelpan anthems consistently for decades. With this being the case, the majority of anthems listed here are composed by Kitch. Pan...

Over the past few months until this present moment in time, our exercises in decoding the rampant satanic/nazi/pagan symbolism within the handpan industry have become rather elementary. This is to say that once we removed the demonic veil of the handpan industry and exercised and exposed the many demons and devils that thrive within the industry, at this point, a casual observer can plainly see the satanic symbolism that is present everywhere one happens to look across the handpan landscape.  In part 2 of our ''High Falutin Flunkies of the Satanic Handpan Agenda'' series we are going to do another...

There is truly a high degree of irony in being a busking pannist and getting charged by the police with ''panhandling'' for such effort. What is even more ironic is the fact where one would think music is colorblind, as far as negro street performers are concerned, color like everything else in life, is usually the first thing that people see and actually recognize. Therefore, it is quite obvious that busking, despite its humble, stigmatized nature as a profession or way of life, is not an area of human activity that is exempt from racism by any means. As such,...

As a veteran steelpan enthusiast (23 years), it is disheartening to say the least, that there is apparently a Handpan Mafia in existence which collectively, whether willfully or not, has conspired to remove the handpan from the traditional steelpan family of which it is a descendant. In the process, they have essentially on the whole, emerged from out of the shadows and have now basically cornered the handpan market. They simultaneously charge exorbitant, over-inflated prices for instruments which only maintain their over-inflated valuation due to an essentially uninformed, easily led, and non-musically oriented buyers market.  Allow me to expand.  The...