On the island of Trinidad, a once-humble instrument has inspired an academic specialty Satanand Sharma’s voice never rises as he gently reprimands a pair of students, guiding and cajoling them through ...

Pan Arts is celebrating 20 years of bringing the sweet sounds of steel drum music to the North Coast, with a free open house and community workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Pan Arts ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Steel drum bands from throughout Maine and New Hampshire plan to gather to ...

Many Brooklyn residents say they're starting to hear Soca and Dancehall music blasting from cars or see Caribbean flags proudly hung. In Canarsie, the Pan Evolution Steel Orchestra is preparing to ...

Jonathan Scales has climbed many mountainous obstacles to become the steel pan composer he is today. An unconventional choice on an unconventional instrument — how could he know it would even work?

A deft musician and beloved mentor, he helped keep steel-pan music — his bridge to the Caribbean — a vibrant part of New York life. He had the coronavirus. By Sam Dolnick This obituary is part of a ...

Ellie Mannette, a Trinidadian musician known in the United States as the father of the modern steel drum, died Wednesday at a hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was 90. Ellie Mannette, a ...

A steel pan competition took place in the parking lot of Brooklyn Museum Saturday, celebrating an instrument that originated in Trinidad and Tobago and has become a staple of Caribbean culture.

The Miami University Steel Band was founded in 1994 with a complement of ten players and six instruments. Under the leadership of founder and director Chris Tanner, the program has grown to encompass ...