Marcus Rattler of Legerdemain. // photo by After an extremely intense weekend in Arkansas, emergencies, and mishaps, it was ...

Each year, New York Panorama, the highly popular musical event of the West Indian American Day Carnival, attracts multitudes to the Brooklyn Museum grounds for the one of the preeminent steelpan ...

NEW YORK -- Carnival events are taking place all weekend ahead of Monday's West Indian American Day Parade, including the steelpan competition, which returned Saturday for the first time since the ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Like the sound of heaven on a beach far away, the steel pan was the star of the show in Prospect Heights on Saturday. It was a special night or Anselma Joseph, ...

The steel pan is the only surviving instrument to have been invented in the 20th century. Created in the 1930s, it was the result of a unique cross between Trinidad and Tobago's energy industry (the ...

J’Ouvert, a traditional sunrise party that takes place in Caribbean islands during Carnival season, has made its way to Miami Carnival. This celebration, which will go strong until the early morning, ...

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 ...

Despers USA practices on a big parking lot off Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. Band members start wandering in around 6 or 7 p.m. and slowly take their places behind racks of steel drums. Like a ...

The rhythmic sounds of steel drums will fill the air at Miami Carnival, and this year, a band a long way from the Caribbean will be on hand to show their stuff. This weekend’s Miami Carnival is about ...

Virginia Beach – The Virginia Arts Festival and Beachevents are pleased to announce that Andy Narell will headline this year’s PANorama Caribbean Music Fest, May 9-11, 2008, at the Beachstreet Seaside ...