steel drum
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Four-note and eight-note motifs appear, repeat and fall away; low chords and high countermelodies start to well up about halfway through, enfolded in turn by minimalistic, staccato, tuneful steel drum patterns.
From New York Times • May 5, 2023
At the sound of the sprightly steel drum opening, Lido Pimienta lit up with a playful grin and started vocalizing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022
Theory: Hoffa’s body was delivered to a Jersey City landfill in 1975, placed in a steel drum and buried about 100 yards away on state property that sits below an elevated highway.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
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
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
