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Earl LaPierre Jr. has launched Steel Pan Music Radio,

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  Hammering home the hits! New Steel Pan Music Radio is Live and Online By Stephen Weir Heck no, don’t bother with Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Radiofor your Canadian pan music fix. As of this month, there’s a new online “radio” station delivering pan music commercial free from right here in Toronto! Well-known pannist Earl LaPierre Jr. has launched Steel Pan Music Radio, and although it’s a few months away from its official launch, the music is already streaming free of charge to pan fans across the nation. Right now, it’s wall-to-wall music when listeners log on to the station at https://steelpanmusicradio.com/_nowplaying/ . The site opens up with the sweet sound of steel, the radio site lists the currently playing tracks, along with the artists and their origins and what has already been played. While listening to the station on Wednesday, we enjoyed music from Canadian and Caribbean artists, including his his Trinidad-based brother Noel! The first song of the day for the p...

This Thursday morning Jane Finch Students Will Cheer From Balconies.

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                      7th Annual Walk of Excellence Pannist Will Perform at Jane/Finch This Thursday. Press Release What :  Jane & Finch graduates Walk With Excellence When  : June 18th., 2020, 10.00 am - 11.00 - Pannists play at designated spots throughout the community from Wilson/Keele to Shoreham and Jane. Earl LaPierre Jr. AfroPan Who  10.30 am - 11.00 am Earl LaPierre Jr. pannist travels from Westview Secondary home origins of Afro-Pan, Canada’s oldest steelband to the intersection of Jane & Finch. Where : 11.00 - 12.00 pm Pannists play at intersection York University Faculty Association gathers to symbolically mark the passage from high school to post secondary. 11.00 - 12.00 - Virtual Walk on Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, Youtube This year’s 7th annual Walk With Excellence parade, will be virtual with some physical elements. Steel Pannists will create a day...