Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the heart of Port of Spain, capital of the island ...

Neville James Blackman is credited with being one of the key people who introduced the sound of the steel drum to Hamilton. So it was only fitting that those soothing, uplifting rhythms filled St.

The Oasis brings a bit of the beach to west Broward County by creating an indoor/outdoor retreat with live music Thursdays through Sundays, and more scheduled to begin shortly. One of the first ...

At his Detroit studio, Caribbean Mardi Gras Productions, Ralph Taylor has cleared away the giant Carnival costumes he designs and dusted off a dozen sets of steel drums he’d had in storage for years.

EL CERRITO — While its setting and mild climate may not resemble a Caribbean island in any way, the city has become a center for steel drum music, a style that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, ...

The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world. The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

ROGER McKENZIE asks whether the US’s shift to targeting everyone at once will instil greater co-operation among rising powers A TRUE jazz pioneer is the Port of Spain-born (in 1943) Rudy “Two left” ...

Vince Stout has been fascinated with steel drums ever since he was a child. "It all started when I was watching Sesame Street," Mr. Stout said from the garage of his Wilmington home that houses his ...

In the opening seconds of the Delays’ debut album, “Faded Seaside Glamour” (Rough Trade), the voice of Greg Gilbert emerges from a wash of electric guitar and the exotic chime of a Caribbean steel ...

Drummers perform during Carnival in Trinidad. Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the ...