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 ...

What: The ensemble's 30th anniversary concert. When: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 10. Where: E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St., Akron. Tickets: $18, general ...

All that was missing was the beach and ocean waves as the sound of steel drums made the Catalina Foothills High School stadium feel like a tropical Caribbean night. More than 150 percussionists and ...

All that was missing was the beach and ocean waves as the sound of steel drums made the Catalina Foothills High School stadium feel like a tropical Caribbean night. More than 150 percussionists and ...

London-based Akram Khan Company blends classical Indian Kathak and contemporary dance in a reimagining of “The Jungle Book,” presented Dec. 2-3 at Stanford Live. Courtesy Camilla Greenwell. This week, ...

A couple years after Joel Smales heard Ithaca College's Steel Band, he bought a steel pan of his own to play along with Binghamton High School's Jazz Ensemble. "Everybody loved it," said Smales, a ...

Outside are puddles and the chill of Corvallis in February. But inside, the metallic beats rolling through Benton Hall ring with the warmth of a Caribbean summer. It’s Thursday rehearsal time for the ...

Composer Andy Akiho explains to host Scott Yoo why he loves the steelpan drum. Both then play his piece “Deciduous.” Speaking of found sounds like, I think the roots of this, you know, I'm not a ...

Close your eyes before the rows of deep, rounded steel drums at the Summit K-12 school, and the melodic rhythms could transport you to foreign lands. For a group of students in the North Seattle ...

A couple of weeks ago, Mari Herreras brought us a video interview with Tucson Meet Yourself co-founder and folklorist Big Jim Griffith. Here’s another part in that interview series, where we sit down ...

Greenwich native Vicky Linville is a woman of many interests. She has raised a family, become a consummate fly fisherman and is an avid gardener of exotic plants. But the list doesn't end there.

Residents at Coppice Court care home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, were treated to a lively musical experience when steel drum player Theo visited to perform for them.