Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the heart of Port of Spain, capital of the island ...

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 ...

MIDLAND, MI — With more than 40 years of experience and a 700-song repertoire, the members of CEYX were prepared to rock Midland's Fourth of July celebration at Chippewassee Park, Wednesday night. The ...

Mickey Mills is a man of steel. Banging on a reconstituted 55-gallon drum is his main gig. But when he wants to communicate with children, he uses a different instrument. “I call ’em canophones,” he ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates steelpan music, and specifically the steelpan instrument. The percussion instrument was created by Trinbagonians (people from the Caribbean island country of Trinidad ...

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.

Pan Arts is celebrating 20 years of bringing the sweet sounds of steel drum music to the North Coast, with a free open house and community workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Pan Arts ...

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 ...

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 ...

Drummers perform during Carnival in Trinidad. Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the ...