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Definition of “steel band”

steel band

(music) a type of instrumental band, popular in the Caribbean Islands, consisting mainly of tuned percussion instruments made chiefly from the heads of oil drums, hammered or embossed to obtain different notes

After 20 years playing in a steel band , Ms Gardner is passionate about the Notting Hill Carnival.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

Do you remember how they always seemed to have a steel band on Blue Peter?

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

She slashed at his oily hands, her voice lost in the steel band below and the beat of the helicopter's fans as they cuffed the air.

Ballard, J. G. Rushing to Paradise

There were soul guitarists and singers, a steel band , a Bavarian oompah band, an Irish folk singer looking very lost.

Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)

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