The sound of steel drums conjures images of an ocean, a beach and a tropical drink in hand. What surrounds this particular steel-drum band, however, are tubas, music stands and the grand piano that ...

A visit to Panyard Inc., one of the Kenmore neighborhood's burgeoning music businesses, is as much a lesson in the history of steel pan drums as a look inside the Akron company. Owner Ron Kerns is a ...

In the middle of December in Ohio, the Caribbean-infused melodies filling the music room at Franklinton Preparatory Academy seemed misplaced. But for students enrolled in a steel-drum band class at ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Twins Antonio and Thalia Pitti prepare to play the steel pan drums. Credit: Allan Appel Photo ...

Reese Erlich reports on the Panorama Music Festival in Trinidad, which features the best steel or pan drummers in the country.