But in 1963, when Kernahan was just 14 years old, his mother, like most parents at the time in Trinidad, strictly forbade his playing the pan. He wasn't even allowed to listen to pan music.

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 ...

June 18 (UPI) --A musician from Trinidad and Tobago broke a Guinness World Record by playing steelpan for 31 consecutive hours. Joshua Regrello, 28, started playing steelpan, also known as a steel ...

The steel drum, also called the steel pan or just pan, is surely one of the most unusual and versatile musical instruments in the world. The clangy sound of a steel band performing during carnival in ...

Trinidad and Tobago panman Joshua Regrello says his Guinness World Record for the “longest marathon playing steel drums” is bigger than him.

There is a saying in Trinidad: when steel talks, everybody listens. Peter Harris has had an audience for many years. The Trinidadian was 19 when he played the steel pans for the first time.

The Skiffle Steel Orches­tra leader and digital crea­tor told the Express last week that he had not heard from Guinness World Records after successfully playing the pan for 31 hours last year.

He was skilled at playing every type of pan, and in 1962, enjoyed a short stint playing with the National Steelband of Trinidad and Tobago. He also learned to play the acoustic bass, and joined the ...

One of the biggest "steel pan" bands of the 1960s was the Esso Trinidad Tripoli Steelband, who gained worldwide fame when an unlikely patron heard their act and took them on tour.

The Brooklyn Museum came alive on Saturday night with sounds straight from Trinidad and Tobago. Roughly a dozen, mostly local bands took part in the Brooklyn Panorama Competition - including Steel ...