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 ... and music festival in Port-of-Spain, ...
Their success is such that they’re even selling the instruments in the drum’s traditional home, Trinidad ... the sound of the steel drums. There are more than 200 steel pan orchestras in ...
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.
It started in 2000 with a couple of bands playing a unique brand of music in front of a handful of friends and relatives.
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.
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 music ...