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steel drum

NOUN
percussion instrument
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Dreijer and a fellow electronic musician, Mount Sims, have collaborated on an album built from naturalistic and manipulated steel drum playing.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

Inside, guest steel drum players began to play “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” giving the tune known as the Black national anthem a steady beat reminiscent of the homelands of many congregants.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Identifying her work as “arquitectura povera” in homage to the radical art movement Arte Povera, she reconstructed the industrial shell of a former steel drum factory into a cultural arts and sports center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2019

A key part of the conversation had been drowned out by a steel drum.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2017

It came just before lunch, as he was standing at his locker, and flew in with such force it knocked him back, making the row of lockers resound like a steel drum.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman



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