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 ...

Each year, New York Panorama, the highly popular musical event of the West Indian American Day Carnival, attracts multitudes to the Brooklyn Museum grounds for the one of the preeminent steelpan co… ...

The instrument’s street origins had given it a bad reputation, and though in-group fighting had ceased since its introduction in the 1930s, the instrument had already been marked.

Oahu locals and visitors will gather next month to enjoy the sounds of the steel guitar, one of Hawaii’s most-revered instruments. The Waikiki Steel Guitar Festival is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7 ...

Taking a chance on steel pans. The story of Klahowya's steel pan band — the largest in Washington State — begins and ends with Lee. Compared to many musicians, Lee got into music late in life.

In a United Nations resolution adopted just last year, August 11 is officially World Steelpan Day.While citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan was born, have long regarded it as the country's ...

The Republic Bank Pan Lime, boasting 16 performers playing a variety of musical genres for more than seven hours, was a steel pan music lover’s ...

A steel pan competition took place in the parking lot of Brooklyn Museum Saturday, celebrating an instrument that originated in Trinidad and Tobago and has become a staple of Caribbean culture.

This musical prodigy will blow you away with his pedal steel guitar skills! In this one-room sanctuary on a suburban New Jersey street, a rock-and-roll icon was born. 24/7 Live Philadelphia ...