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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

GRANVILLE - The Granville Music Boosters have announced a couple of special, upcoming steel drum band events. First up, is a concert: “We always have spring concert, but the reason this one is a ...

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 ...

A year-long, project-based learning unit at DuBose Middle School has landed more than 100 students on iTunes. DuBose’s steel drum program has successfully released a CD, titled “Momentum,” that is now ...

They’re often presumed to be safe because they’re empty, but steel drums with only a small amount of flammable residue or vapor inside have exploded, injuring and killing scores of people, a Milwaukee ...

Five years ago, Josh Quillen, a member of Sō Percussion, a Brooklyn-based music ensemble, spoke with a maker and tuner of steel drums named Kyle Dunleavy about building a potentially unworkable design ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’m not the kind of person who enjoys covers of video game songs. The Sonic The Hedgehog theme is just fine the way it is, thank you. But now I have ...