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 ...
Eating dinner in an Ocean City restaurant eight years ago, James Wharton had an inspiration that would change Maryland high school music. “I was sitting listening to the Baltimore Trinidad and Tobago ...
The Summer Music Series swings through the Mount Washington Valley this week to visit the only music shop in New Hampshire that builds steel drums, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.
Steel drums turn out to vibrate with a wide range of subtle resonances that are captivating not only listeners but physicists who investigate how musical instruments cast their distinctive spells.
Steel pan, born on the island of Trinidad in the late 1930s, began as an outlaw instrument, hammered from milk tins, biscuit boxes, paint cans, brake drums, garbage cans -- and later, the oil barrels ...
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 ...