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 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 ...

What: The ensemble's 30th anniversary concert. When: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 10. Where: E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, 198 Hill St., Akron. Tickets: $18, general ...

London-based Akram Khan Company blends classical Indian Kathak and contemporary dance in a reimagining of “The Jungle Book,” presented Dec. 2-3 at Stanford Live. Courtesy Camilla Greenwell. This week, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Outside are puddles and the chill of Corvallis in February. But inside, the metallic beats rolling through Benton Hall ring with the warmth of a Caribbean summer. It’s Thursday rehearsal time for the ...

All it took was a percussionist father and a natural curiosity for John Patti to begin playing the steel drums. As a 2- and 3-year-old, he began banging on his father's drums in their Baltimore home.

Close your eyes before the rows of deep, rounded steel drums at the Summit K-12 school, and the melodic rhythms could transport you to foreign lands. For a group of students in the North Seattle ...