Today's Google Doodle celebrates steelpan music, and specifically the steelpan instrument. The percussion instrument was created by Trinbagonians (people from the Caribbean island country of Trinidad ...

On the island of Trinidad, a once-humble instrument has inspired an academic specialty Satanand Sharma’s voice never rises as he gently reprimands a pair of students, guiding and cajoling them through ...

The steel pan’s cheerful yet melancholic chime has mesmerized Mike Kernahan since he was a young boy growing up near the oil fields of Palo Seco, Trinidad. It is in his blood, he says – his two uncles ...

DE KALB, Ill. (AP) -- Cliff Alexis grasps a wooden beam by two small handlebars sticking out of the sides, raises the pogo-stick-shaped piece of wood above a 55-gallon oil barrel and drives the bottom ...

At first glance, the connection between drumming on a steel pan and doing well on a science project might not seem clear. But 10-year-old Gordon Marshall is sure the two are linked. Gordon spends his ...

The steel pan is a Caribbean musical staple hailing from Trinidad, and it is the only acoustic instrument to be created in the 20th century. Updated 715 days ago ...

Thundering. Clangoring. The air around me throbs and shatters with the sound of steel pans. I'm in Queen's Park Savannah, a big patch of green in the heart of Port of Spain, capital of the island ...