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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Carnival Commission shares the lineup for its first “Taste of Carnival,” a mix of virtual and in-person events.

It is rejuvenation and political expression, an explosion of color and costumes moving to the pulsating rhythms of steel pan drums and Calypso and soca rhymes as people across the Caribbean celebrate ...