Jonathan Scales has climbed many mountainous obstacles to become the steel pan composer he is today. An unconventional choice on an unconventional instrument — how could he know it would even work?

A steel pan competition took place in the parking lot of Brooklyn Museum Saturday, celebrating an instrument that originated in Trinidad and Tobago and has become a staple of Caribbean culture.

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 ...

As a young drummer fine tuning his skills in Trinidad, Salmon Cupid always wondered why the steel pan wasn’t electrified as the guitar and piano were. “I didn’t know how to do it. I just knew I had a ...

The traditional method of manufacturing the steel-pan included 'dishing out' a bowl from a 55 gallon oil drum and hammering out the notes. Notes are then marked and grooved out. To make a steel-pan ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Steel pan artist John Patti will present his annual “Calyp-Soul Christmas” concert, an island-infused take on Christmas classics now in its 13th year in Sarasota. The ...

The Englert Theatre opened its doors to welcome the public for the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra concert on Friday. The audience took their seats before a stage bathed in neon shades of pink and blue ...

Despers USA practices on a big parking lot off Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. Band members start wandering in around 6 or 7 p.m. and slowly take their places behind racks of steel drums. Like a ...

IOWA CITY - When her kids attended West High, Barbara DeGroot discovered the school's steel drum band. From that day forward, every time she saw Ginny Armstrong, the band's instructor, DeGroot would ...