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 ...

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 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 ...

The YMCA of the East Valley invites the community to a free concert of Caribbean steel drum music at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Redlands Bowl. The family night event will feature a mini circus show before ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — For the past few years, NewsChannel 5's done bell ringing events with the Salvation Army. Year after year, we've seen the same surprise guest. A man would show up and play ...

A couple years after Joel Smales heard Ithaca College's Steel Band, he bought a steel pan of his own to play along with Binghamton High School's Jazz Ensemble. "Everybody loved it," said Smales, a ...

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 ...

For the past few years, we've seen the same musician at NewsChannel 5's bell ringing events. He played the Caribbean steel drum. The music was beautiful, and it did help. We were just thinking; what's ...