University of Minnesota senior Bradford Olson from Minnetonka plays bass pans or steel drums for the U's "Panic" steel band, Dec. 9, 2014. Walk the halls at the University of Minnesota School of Music ...

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 ...

A look at the steel drum's infiltration into hip-hop production. The island vibes you associate with the instrument’s ethereal, hollow tones aren’t by mistake. Its roots can be traced back to late ...

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 ...

Sinori is a brand new instrument for percussionists made from a sheet of stainless steel. You can flex it, wobble it, or bash it with brushes, mallets or your hands, with - if played correctly as the ...

I’m not the kind of person who enjoys covers of video game songs. The Sonic The Hedgehog theme is just fine the way it is, thank you. But now I have encountered Steeldrumband’s reconfigurations of ...

You wouldn’t think that a type of steel drum was invented in Michigan, of all places. But it was. As the inventor of the “hank drum” (a combination of the words “hang” and “tank”), Havlena invented ...

Ellie Mannette, the father of the modern steel drum, has died at 90. While most people only hear a racket if you bang on a metal trash can, Mannette heard so much more. ELLIE MANNETTE: I listened to ...