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Vagabonds, Hooligans and Badjohns – The Violent Past of the Steel Bands

Posted on January 22, 2016 by nikitabudree

  The only acoustic musical instrument to be invented in the twentieth century was the steel pan. This instrument was invented in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1930s in the communities surrounding the city of Port of Spain. It was … Continue reading →

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Trinidad and Tobago has lost another of its cultural masters. Bertram “Bertie” Marshall has passed away on Wednesday 17th Ocober 2012. He was 76. Pan innovator Bertie Marshall is the inventor of the Double Tenor Steelpan.He was born in 1936 in Port of … Continue reading →

Posted on October 19, 2012 by national archives | Comments Off on Bertie Marshall – Icon of our culture