A TASTE OF THE Caribbean came to southeast middle schools Friday as the Catonsville High School Steel Drum Band performed at Sykesville and Oklahoma Road middle schools. In its first performance in ...
On Sunday, Nov. 16, the Susquehanna Symphony Society will present a 3 p.m. performance of The Juiceblenders, the Binghamton ...
Mickey Mills is a man of steel. Banging on a reconstituted 55-gallon drum is his main gig. But when he wants to communicate with children, he uses a different instrument. “I call ’em canophones,” he ...
"On the subject of calypso singers of Trinidad he was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The culture they sang about was tough, breezy, unsentimental. Vidia had written…'It is only in the calypso ...
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 ...
Trinidad has no concert hall and no symphony orchestra, and few visiting artists ever get to Port-of-Spain, its capital, just off the coast of Venezuela. But Trinidadians may well be the world’s most ...
The stage at Discovery Green was filled with African-inspired drums ready for wide-eyed children eager to test their musical coordination. Sam Dinkins III, the owner of Dinky Drum Company, beckoned ...
The steel drum musical instrument was first created in Trinidad, hammered from biscuit boxes, brake drums and oil barrels. One of the biggest "steel pan" bands of the 1960s was the Esso Trinidad ...
To mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush, Mixmag is launching an editorial series exploring the cultural impact and legacy of Windrush migration to the UK Today is Windrush Day. June 22, 2023, marks ...