If countries had national instruments, then the steelpan would be Trinidad's. In an island nation of just 1.5 million people, there are about 70 steel bands registered to compete in the annual ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Recognized as the pre-eminent steel band competition in the world, Panorama is an annual Carnival music competition open to both conventional and single pan steel bands in ...

Trinidad Carnival is a way of life steeped in history and fueled by an infectious energy that takes over the streets. If you’re planning to experience it for the first time, a little preparation will ...

Drummers perform during Carnival in Trinidad. 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 ...

Henry Potter directing Tamboo Bamboo as they rehearse for the annual "Panorama" steel band competition before the Miami Broward Carnival. Henry Potter was a 10-year-old in the Virgin Islands when he ...

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

I am about to do something sacrilegious: offer up reasons to not go to Trinidad for Carnival. Number one reason—well, the only reason: your bank account. The Caribbean’s biggest, brashest bacchanal, ...

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 ...