EGG HARBOR – Hear the unmistakable sound of a steel pan, aka steel drum, and you must be listening to music of the Caribbean or South Pacific, right? Not necessarily so, says Liam Teague, and he plans ...

The steel pan’s cheerful yet melancholic chime has mesmerized Mike Kernahan since he was a young boy growing up near the oil fields of Palo Seco, Trinidad. It is in his blood, he says – his two uncles ...

Put on your Caribbean garb, it’s time for a vacation. The Eastern Kentucky University Steel Band is offering up a solution from winter humdrum with “A Steel Drum Celebration,” Tuesday at 8 p.m. in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leon Foster Thomas is a gifted international jazz musician and steel pan virtuoso. His music is a blend of his Caribbean roots with the harmonic and improvisational complexities of jazz, creating a ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Often, Lisa Lanza is a demure presence at the piano. Right about now, though, she’s stepping forward, ready to revel in an afternoon celebration of music, youth and cross-continental ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates steelpan music, and specifically the steelpan instrument. The percussion instrument was created by Trinbagonians (people from the Caribbean island country of Trinidad ...

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 ...