The Caribbean Steel Drum band performed on the Peace Quad on Thursday, in an evening featuring musical talent and a welcoming ...

This past Thursday, Cuba mourned the loss of one of its most beloved cultural figures, Hermes Ramírez Silva, the esteemed ...

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.

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 ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - The Mosaic Steel Orchestra was founded 20 years ago by Dr. Anthony Hailey, an internationally-known percussionist. His goal was to bring Caribbean-style steel drum music to young ...

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 ...

DOVER — The Dover High School Steel Drum Band invites the public to break up the winter blues with the sounds of the Caribbean when the group holds its annual concert, “Pantasia,” on Feb. 20. The show ...

No time or money for a tropical destination wedding? When coconuts, palm trees, and umbrella drinks are in short supply, Pan Loco Steel Band comes to the rescue by spicing up your big day with the ...

The Caribbean sound of steel drums may have seemed exotic amid the steel guitars at this year’s San Jacinto Day Festival in La Porte, and that was part of the fun. Four years ago, when Garrett ...