Created in the 1930s, the steel pan is the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago and has emerged as an important cultural representation in Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival.

One of the highlights of Trinidad and Tobago's annual Carnival celebrations is the Panorama competition. It's a musical contest that pits the country's best steel orchestras against one another as ...

“On this day in 1951, the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain, introducing the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.” ...

Imagine, as a kid, receiving the Guinness Book of World Records every year for Christmas — and then growing up to actually be in it. That's exactly what happened to Trinbagonian steel pan musician ...

They even came to the home of pan, Trinidad and Tobago. Terry Noel was recognised by The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima for promoting steelband music around the world. A street was named after him.

The instrument was created by Trinbagonians – people of Trinidad & Tobago – in the 1930s and is recognised today as one of the only major acoustic musical instruments to be invented in the 20th ...

Drummers perform during Carnival in Trinidad. Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the ...

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. It ...

The steel drum originated during the 1930’s in Trinidad and Tobago, where the pan takes pride of place as the national instrument. In the early days, Trinidadian musicians, not being able to afford ...

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 invented in ...

The Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner to Nigeria Wendell De Landro has said his country plans using its steel band music to boost cultural exchange between his country and Nigeria.