(Trinidad Guardian) hen professional pan player Leslie Jordano and his band ... He even asked if the steel drum was patented. I told him it was patented in Trinidad, but he wanted to know if ...

PM of Trinidad and Tobago unveils new coat of arms after Columbus ships were replaced by the Steelpa, a symbol of national ...

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.

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 musical instrument to have been ...

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.