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 ...

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 ...

MIDLAND, MI — With more than 40 years of experience and a 700-song repertoire, the members of CEYX were prepared to rock Midland's Fourth of July celebration at Chippewassee Park, Wednesday night. The ...

Amanda Kendal-Brown grew up in a Trinidadian family in which music and carnival were always a part of her life. When Kendal-Brown was 12, her mother, Yvette Kendal, introduced her to the steel band, ...

Eating dinner in an Ocean City restaurant eight years ago, James Wharton had an inspiration that would change Maryland high school music. “I was sitting listening to the Baltimore Trinidad and Tobago ...

2002-11-10 04:00:00 PDT New York-- The making of a steel drum is not for the weak. First there is the "sinking" of the drum, making the bowl-like indentation in which the drummer plays. Rudy King does ...

Steel drums turn out to vibrate with a wide range of subtle resonances that are captivating not only listeners but physicists who investigate how musical instruments cast their distinctive spells.

The sound of steel drums conjures images of an ocean, a beach and a tropical drink in hand. What surrounds this particular steel-drum band, however, are tubas, music stands and the grand piano that ...

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 ...