Composer Andy Akiho explains to host Scott Yoo why he loves the steelpan drum. Both then play his piece “Deciduous.” Speaking of found sounds like, I think the roots of this, you know, I'm not a ...

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 ...

Ellie Mannette, a Trinidadian musician known in the United States as the father of the modern steel drum, died Wednesday at a hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was 90. Ellie Mannette, a ...

Leroy Ali Williams, 69, of Allentown passed away Saturday, in the Inpatient Hospice Unit of Lehigh Valley Hospital. Leroy was a self employed maker of Steel Pan Drums. Making his first drum at the age ...

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — In just days, steel pan bands in the city will face off in the annual New York Panorama competition — a cherished tradition leading up to the annual West Indian ...

At the Miyamoto-Unosuke Drum Museum in Tokyo, visitors don’t just look, they make themselves heard. This museum allows you to beat drums from around the world and immerse yourself in the rich cultural ...