Young people are being encouraged to take up the traditional art of playing the steel pan musical instrument. CultureMix Arts ...

A steel pan competition took place in the parking lot of Brooklyn Museum Saturday, celebrating an instrument that originated in Trinidad and Tobago and has become a staple of Caribbean culture.

SIMON PARSONS applauds an outstanding one woman show that weaves real poems and narratives into the story of one girl’s flight MUSICAL snobbery has often consigned the beauty and melodism of steel pan ...

The steel pan’s history began thousands of miles away from Austin. The instrument originated in Trinidad, where French plantation owners landed in the 18th century, bringing African slaves with them.

Tuesday's Google Doodle honors the steelpan, the national instrument of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The steelpan is a 55-gallon steel freight drum-based percussion instrument, which was ...

The Englert Theatre opened its doors to welcome the public for the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra concert on Friday. The audience took their seats before a stage bathed in neon shades of pink and blue ...

The traditional method of manufacturing the steel-pan included 'dishing out' a bowl from a 55 gallon oil drum and hammering out the notes. Notes are then marked and grooved out. To make a steel-pan ...

A new animation, served to millions today on Google’s homepage, tells the fascinating history of a great percussion instrument – the steelpan. Today, Google has published a new Doodle (watch above) in ...