There are certain things associated with the ocean that you don’t expect to find in Southwestern Pennsylvania: the sound of ...

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 ...

Steel rhythms enliven rainy Bangor as the Pan New England Steel Band Festival celebrates Caribbean heritage with community ...

In the middle of December in Ohio, the Caribbean-infused melodies filling the music room at Franklinton Preparatory Academy seemed misplaced. But for students enrolled in a steel-drum band class at ...

Achievement First Brooklyn High School's steel pan band has become a symbol of unity and cultural representation for its students in just two short years. Pulse is the first high school steel pan band ...

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.

Once heavy with oil or chemicals, discarded steel drums often end up stuffed with garbage. But a few get to fill a lighter role: Jammin`, mon, with an island beat. The steel drum pan, fashioned from ...

A new animation, served to millions today on Google’s homepage, tells the fascinating history of a great percussion instrument – the steelpan. Today, Google has published a new Doodle (watch above) in ...