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Steelpan/Calypso Books

Educational

  • Carnival Music in Trinidad by Shannon Dudley
  • The Steel Band Game Plan by Chris Tanner
  • Hal Leonard Steelpan Method by Liam Teague
  • Fast and Fun Steel Pan Method by John Hilton
  • Steelband in the Classroom by Mike Wendeln

Historical 

  • Music From Behind the Bridge: Steelband Spirit and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago by Shannon Dudley
  • Governing Sound by Jocelyne Guilbault
  • The Emergence of  the US School Steel Band Movement by Brandon Haskett
  • Calypso Calaloo by Donald Hill
  • From Tin Pan to TASPO: Steelband in Trinidad, 1939-1951 by Kim Johnson
  • If Yuh Iron Good You is King by Kim Johnson
  • The Illustrated Story of Pan by Kim Johnson
  • Rituals of Power and Rebellion by Hollis Liverpool (Mighty Chalkdust)
  • Caribbean Sounds by Peter Manuel with Kenneth Bilby and Michael Largey
  • Steelpan Ambassadors: the U.S. Navy Steel Band, 1957-1999 by Andrew Martin
  • Unheard Voices by Myrna Nurse
  • Steelpan in Education: A History of the Northern Illinois University Steelband by Andrew Martin, Ray Funk, Jeannine Remy 
  • Carnival: Culture in Action: The Trinidad Experience by Milla Cozart Riggio
  • Trinidad Carnival by Garth Green and Philip Scher
  • Steel Drums and Steelbands by Angela Smith
  • The Steelband Movement by Stephen Stuempfle