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 ...

All that was missing was the beach and ocean waves as the sound of steel drums made the Catalina Foothills High School stadium feel like a tropical Caribbean night. More than 150 percussionists and ...

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.

EL CERRITO — While its setting and mild climate may not resemble a Caribbean island in any way, the city has become a center for steel drum music, a style that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, ...

Vince Stout has been fascinated with steel drums ever since he was a child. "It all started when I was watching Sesame Street," Mr. Stout said from the garage of his Wilmington home that houses his ...