For the first time in the history of Trinidad and Tobago, specially written music literature is being produced on a large scale for the national musical instrument, the steelpan. Eddie Wade Scores Ltd, owned and operated ...

According to Pan Trinbago’s Foundation Board, Trinidad and Tobago could lose its position as the knowledge centre of pan if pannists do not become musically literate and if they do not achieve that quickly. The organisation ...

Shell Invaders Steel Orchestra, one of the country's most popular steelbands, has added another big achievement to their long list. The band has cut a long playing stereo record which is guaranteed to be in the top selling ...

The 1988 Panorama champions, Phase II Pan Groove and the Noble Douglas Dance Company (NDDC) who will perform separately and together in a production titled, "Music and the Dance". Phase II will perform Boogsie's "Dance of ...

This article comments on the development of the steelpan, the only new musical instrument of the century. The contribution that black people (Africa's descendants) made towards the development of the steelpan are discussed. ...

The author shares her account of the Panorama experience and declares it the greatest day of pan music for the whole year.

A couple men playing steel pans on the street at Carnival time. The steel pans used here as a musical instrument were made from old oil drums. On the reverse side of the postcard is a hand written explanation of steel pan music.

Pan Flute with nine tubes.

Two of Carnival's best shows, Champs in Concert and Pan Explosion were both staged by Pan Trinbago in honour of retired executive director of Angostura Ltd, Nicholas (Nicky) Inniss. Pan Trinbago says that the firm has ...

This article is a reprint of a front page piece in the New York Times, Friday September 3, 1999, written on pan maestro, Len Boogsie Sharpe as a salute to steelband.