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 ...

Steelpannist Tracy Thornton leads Canon-McMillan High School pan and percussion Ensemble through rehearsal for its "Pan-Demonium" concert scheduled for Wednesday at the high school. [Karen Mansfield] ...

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 ...

After two years of pandemic cancellations, the Toronto Caribbean Carnival returned this July, and the event — which is the largest of its kind in Canada — has its grand finale this weekend. For many ...

A Miramar class is exposing Caribbean steel pan drums to a new audience. Playing steel pan drums is second nature for instructor George Goddard, a musician originally from Trinidad. Goddard was ...

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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 ...

DRUM Online Media has said the Pan-Afrikan Drum Festival 2025 edition will inspire a better appreciation for the interconnectedness of people, history and creativity across continents. Publisher of ...