The steelpan has emerged as a powerful bridge between Caribbean heritage and Indian roots within the Indo-Caribbean diaspora. Through innovative performances, historical legacies, and evolving ...

Fondly known as “Papi,” Cape was a cultural institution. When Steel Talks, a website dedicated to steelpan music and history, once noted, “If you remove [Cape] from the time-line, his significant and ...

Trinidad and Tobago, a twin island nation in the Caribbean, is a small place with a big musical presence. It's the home of calypso and the steel pan and chutney but not the edible kind. Reporter Ike ...

Nicki Minaj may rep hard for Southside Jamaica Queens, New York, but the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper’s first home was the Caribbean country of Trinidad And Tobago. The record-holding recording artist ...

Parang music is a genre of folk music that is performed around Christmastime. Traditionally sung in Spanish, parang was introduced to Trinidad and Tobago from Venezuela, but the music has deeper roots ...

The Jacks of Steel at Stephen F. Austin Stage University will present the traditional soca and calypso music of Trinidad and Tobago, along with versions of rock and pop songs with an island twist, ...