There are times when you have to admire an artistic effort for its sheer audacity if nothing else. Andy Narell's Tatoom is one such statement. Commercial considerations aside, Narell is doing nothing ...

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — In just days, steel pan bands in the city will face off in the annual New York Panorama competition — a cherished tradition leading up to the annual West Indian ...

The sounds of Caribbean music filled the site of an old car wash-turned-junkyard in East Flatbush on Wednesday. It is now what’s known as a panyard, where steel bands practice. Metro Steel Orchestra ...

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 ...

The EBO Steel Owls steel pan orchestra captured gold, as well as received highest honors from judges at the WorldStrides OnStage music competition, held Thursday through Saturday in Washington, D.C.

Bates College is launching a new advising partnership with Matriculate, a national nonprofit that connects high-achieving, low-income high school students with near-peer mentors to support their path ...

The steelpan, a percussion instrument created in Trinidad and Tobago in 1939, is making a comeback as a new generation ...

This week Bates President Garry W. Jenkins joined Stefanie Manning, Maine Trust for Local News’ managing director, for a public conversation about his leadership and journey to Bates. A scholar from ...