American Legion Park was feeling more tropical this summer season thanks to the Caribbean sounds of the Minnesota’s premier steel drum band, the Pan-handlers. Three musicians out of the 20-member ...

Regrello, who is now a full-time musician and online content creator, broke the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon playing steelpan/steel drums by playing for 31 hours straight.

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 ...

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 ...

A racial justice advocate and early member of the Progressive Group in the 1950s was an originator in Bermuda of steel pan, the classic Trinidadian music that helped drive the craze for calypso as ...

Trinidad and Tobago is known for its white sandy beaches, mountainous rainforests and steel pan drums. But its economy depends on oil and natural gas, not tourism.

Today, the steel pan is at the center of Trinidad's renowned Panorama competition, where steel bands face off and trade intricate, multi-part compositions.

The steelpan is a phenomenon since it is music created by recycling or repurposing steel drums. The instrument itself is circular in shape. To the creative, the circle is nurturing and self ...

Drums that are marked with an eighth note can be played, which is encouraged by the staff. Visitors can play these steel pan drums from Trinidad at the Miyamoto-Unosuke Drum Museum in Tokyo.

Poet Eintou Springer helps pupils create masks, floats and costumes to take part in the Commonwealth Institute’s school carnival competition.