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 ...

The result of hitting steel to create sweet dulcet tones are a part of the Caribbean’s musical DNA. It’s the steel drum (aka “steel pan”) with its warm sounds now firmly associated with the warm ...

Miles away from the Caribbean, Elton Williams teaches lessons on the steel drum at the Caribbean Information Music Center in Hampton. Williams does not play music to win championships. He does not ...

Kathy Clarke still remembers, as a small girl, hearing the steel drums banging in Trinidad and Tobago as rival steel bands paraded through the village. This was the country’s Carnival festival in Port ...

EASTHAMPTON — If you are looking for a touch of the tropics on Cottage Street, just follow the musical notes on Monday night, down the stairs, to the basement of the Thread Arts Collective. There you ...

The Petoskey Steel Drum Band has been rocking through their holiday tour, stopping at places like Lansing all the way to Harbor Springs. This year the band has 36 students ranging from ninth to ...

In 19th-century Trinidad, drumming became so synonymous with gang warfare that the British colonial authorities outlawed hand drums altogether. Seeking an alternative, the island's denizens turned ...

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