KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

Conch shells wake up towns and herald voyages, drums punctuate whole stories told through intricate rhythmic patterns and dancing, and the unity fanning out to polyphony of voices sing a tropical ...

New Year’s Eve is a special time for Key West, with tens of thousands of people gathering in downtown each year to witness ...