The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world. The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

During last month’s funeral service for Trinidad and Tobago-born steelpan musician Reynold Juan “Caldera” Caraballo at Brooklyn’s St. Francis of Assisi-St. Blaise Parish, longtime West Indian American ...

Andy Narell belongs to a pantheon of expatriate creatives who "belong" here in Trinidad and at the same time are aware of their difficulty of so belonging. American pannist (steel pan soloist) and ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — The steelpan, a percussion instrument created in Trinidad and Tobago in 1939, is making a comeback as a new generation embraces its bright, melodious sound on stage and on ...

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 ...

There is a saying in Trinidad: when steel talks, everybody listens. Peter Harris has had an audience for many years. The Trinidadian was 19 when he played the steel pans for the first time. “It was ...

Revered pannist, composer and steelpan arranger Earl Rodney died on December 3, 2023 — and even as news of his passing sent the local musical fraternity into mourning, he is being remembered as a ...

Just days away from the famous West Indian American Day Parade, Elected officials and West Indian cultural organization members rallied for new legislation that would bring steel pan music curriculums ...