EL CERRITO — While its setting and mild climate may not resemble a Caribbean island in any way, the city has become a center for steel drum music, a style that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, ...

CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - Each note swirled like a tropical breeze as Amelia Bonner tapped the airy notes on the shimmering steel drum. “There’s just so much emotion that can be put into it when I play.

Go to Amesbury Middle School after school and you might find yourself dreaming of swaying palm trees on a Caribbean island. It’s that calypso music you’re hearing, the music of steel drums. A new ...