Steel pan music came to UK in 1951 when a band from Trinidad and Tobago performed at the Festival of Britain.Steel bands developed during the Second World War in Trinidad in the Caribbean ...

New Zealand's only high school steel band is winning fans with a genre-defying repertoire, ranging from pure 1970s pop to hard rock. The Panimals - who take their name from the steel pans they ...

Each dent creates a different note. To make a sound, the musician hits the dents with a wooden beater. The most well-known style of music played by steel pans is calypso music.

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.