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 ...

She says steel drum music chases the gray away. "When you go into rehearsals and you create music especially with the pans, and it's happy and it's upbeat," she says, "you sort of forget all your ...

Rollnick have been playing the instrument since he heard a steel band play at a festival in the 80s. But a steel drum that sounds just right can be hard to find in the U.S.