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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A couple of weeks ago, Mari Herreras brought us a video interview with Tucson Meet Yourself co-founder and folklorist Big Jim Griffith. Here’s another part in that interview series, where we sit down ...
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 ...
Greenwich native Vicky Linville is a woman of many interests. She has raised a family, become a consummate fly fisherman and is an avid gardener of exotic plants. But the list doesn't end there.
PETOSKEY— The Petoskey Middle School auditorium was filled with the sound of jazz and steel drums Monday morning as the Petoskey High School bands rehearsed for the Band Aid concert coming up on ...