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?

In just days, steel pan bands in the city will face off in the annual New York Panorama competition — a cherished tradition ...

In a United Nations resolution adopted just last year, August 11 is officially World Steelpan Day. While citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan was born, have long regarded it as the country's ...