Michael Amos beats on the large steel round barrels. He is not alone as fellow student percussionists also take part in the Mentor High School Fine Arts Center. Michael and the others were being ...

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 ...

Five years ago, Josh Quillen, a member of Sō Percussion, a Brooklyn-based music ensemble, spoke with a maker and tuner of steel drums named Kyle Dunleavy about building a potentially unworkable design ...

For almost as far back as she can remember, Marta Wetzel had a passion for music. Born to a farming family in Pitsburg, Ohio, she first developed an interest in playing drums as a 5th grader at ...

If you'd like to take a load off your feet and bang on some steel drums for awhile, you can now do that — right on the 1400 block of Main Street downtown, in front of Drip Coffee in the Wells Fargo ...

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.

Drums of this build and expected longevity are costly but, you can be assured, nobody else will have a set like this one - and it will last you a lifetime. MusicRadar's got your back Our team of ...

Whether you are planning to learn a percussion instrument or want to switch from one to another, you need to check out some good percussion instruments for beginners. There are plenty of choices ...