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Sista Dee, one half of the Dis-N-Dat reggae band, has been playing the steel pan drum for as long as she can remember. Growing up in a musical household, the steady beats of Afro-diasporic music were the soundtrack of Dee’s formative years. Now Dis-N-Dat is bringing danceable songs from their original catalog to Spectacle Island in an all-out celebration of Caribbean culture.

Dee met her husband, Rangotan, a four-time Grammy nominated Jamaican drummer, in 1997; in 1999 they formed Dis-N-Dat. They’ve now been performing in the Boston area for more than 25 years.

“We put those two different styles, both from the Caribbean with some of the American influence from living here for years to form the band,” Dee said. “And actually, that’s what

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