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 ...

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 ...

Cruise ship work is a special type of education for a performer. The passengers are quite literally a captive audience. Where ...

A visit to Panyard Inc., one of the Kenmore neighborhood's burgeoning music businesses, is as much a lesson in the history of steel pan drums as a look inside the Akron company. Owner Ron Kerns is a ...

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 ...

The locally known community steel drum band Panstorm is getting ready to host the 33rd annual New England Steel Drum Festival ...

The IJ Lobby Lounge went on location for the first time to record our largest and most exotic group yet — Drums of Fire, the Davidson Middle School Steel Pan Band. More than 20 students from the San ...

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

Go to Amesbury Middle School after school and you might find yourself dreaming of swaying palm trees on a Caribbean island. It’s that calypso music you’re hearing, the music of steel drums. A new ...

Towards the end of the school year, teachers and students alike dream of a tropical summer vacation away from tests and grades. Randy Baez, music teacher at DeSoto Trail Elementary School, is in a ...

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 ...