Trinidad Carnival is a way of life steeped in history and fueled by an infectious energy that takes over the streets. If ...

The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago.

One of the best collegiate steel pan ensemble in America, the NIU Steelband returns to the Norris Cultural Arts Center for a concert on Friday, March 28. Led by steel pan superstar Liam Teague, the ...

By Sarah Huffman Staff Writer The Central Ohio PanFest 2025 is a celebration of steel pan music performed by eight local ...

While Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is largely focused on samba music, Trinidad and Tobago's is characterised by steel drums and a steel pan band competition, Calypso and Soca music - a style of music ...

Trinidad and Tobago's PM has said the new Coat of Arms with the Steelpan shows that the pan had reached the country’s “highest heights." STEELPAN HISTORY: The iconic Steelpan on the Coat of Arms.

AT 74, author, pan enthusiast and pan historian Ian Franklin is just as passionate about pan as he was when he first saw the Merry Makers Steel Orchestra ... each visit to Trinidad, the pan ...

A documentary film directed by French film-makers Daniel Verba and Jean-Jacques Mrejen on the history and development of the steel-drum, said to be the only ... and music festival in Port-of-Spain, ...

Though steel drum or "pan" drum bands play an assortment of music from across the lyrical spectrum, the roots of the instrument are firmly in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago.

featuring a gold steelpan and two pan sticks replacing Christopher Columbus’ three ships, is officially in use from today. Both the Office of the Prime Minister and the Trinidad and Tobago ...