In the vibrant arena of Guyanese soca music, Vinel Hinds stands as a rising star, her melodies weaving through the colourful tapestry of Caribbean rhythms Now just 20 years old, Hinds’ journey in the ...

Machel Montano has been performing soca music since he was nine-years-old. But when he began his career, he was one of the ...

The entrée and dessert — New York’s annual West Indian American Day Carnival Parade — is weeks away, but Everybody’s magazine’s Calypso-Soca Festival & Tent is an impressive appetizer leading up the ...

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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 ...

“OUT of the mouths of babes and sucklings”...and so it is that at just 11 years old, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s rising superstars is calling on the nation to sing less dancehall and trinibad music, ...

Two weeks ago when we mulled over the comments made by the lady at Bourda Market, while reflecting on the run up to Mashramani, we had an overall look at the local music scene. We came away with the ...

Earlier this year, David Rudder, one of the most loved and respected voices in calypso and soca, turned 70. He celebrated with a massive concert in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago, but the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Caribbean marks the birthplace of tons of cultural fixtures that are widely enjoyed around the world, and one of its most ...

“Now is always the right time”. That was the cheeky response from calypso songstress Karene Asche about the timing of her first solo soca release “Over Dey”. Asche, a former National Calypso Monarch ...

If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of Caribbean music, it’s probably reggae, dancehall and soca. Between Buju Banton’s Stateside return and Vybz Kartel’s release from ...

Carnival season on the Caribbean island of Trinidad boils down to one thing: fresh soca music. Consider it Red Bull for your ears, or music with a purpose. "The intention of the energy of soca music ...