Though steel drum or "pan" drum bands play an assortment of music from across the lyrical spectrum, the roots of the instrument are firmly in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.

“I was sitting in my interview at DPS, and the supervisor of music and arts asked me about my goals,” Wetzel said. “I told him I saw a steel drum band play years before and thought that was ...

Waterfront Wednesdays continued with a performance by the Wheeling Park High School Variety Band. Attendees could listen to ...

Bonner said any genre of music can be played on a steel drum. “I’ve played Bach and ... people even if it’s just with Jimmy Buffet bands and stuff like that, I don’t care.