By the time Kees Dieffenthaller, better known simply as Kes, and his bandmates step onto the stage of Frederick P. Rose Hall ...

DJ Mario Focused is gearing up for one of the biggest events of his career. He is among the line-up of DJs set to provide the musical thrills on night one of the two-day Soca Plus Festival. Soca Plus ...

“It’s all about unity, togetherness” — these are the opening lyrics to one of Caribbean Soca sensation Destra Garcia‘s most recognizable hits, “ Fly,” and they perfectly signify the energy her music ...

The just-concluded soca season has been a good one for in-demand soca disc jock, DJ Kevy. The university student played at several events, among them Touchdown Jamaica, Final Fete at the University of ...

From Dash's Road March victory to a gorgeous steelpan showcase at Panorama, here are the five best music moments of Spicemas 2024 By Kyle Denis Music is more globalized than ever, which means cultural ...

Some artists break through with their very first single; others go their entire careers unheard. Trinidad Killa, who’s been in the music industry for a quarter-century now, got his long-overdue break ...

For those who couldn't make it to carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, VP Records has once again performed a public service by collecting all the soca (soul-calypso) hits from carnival season in a two-CD… ...

If it sounds like soca, and makes you dance like soca – is it still definitely soca music? The success of the carnival song, Differentology, by the artist Bunji Garlin has spurred public debate about ...

An uptempo style of music influenced by British, French and native Caribbean tribal rhythms, soca features rhythms deeply rooted in Asia and Africa. It was created especially for Carnival and played ...

Public Service Announcement: Check on your Trininadian friends. Check on all of your Caribbean friends. They're not OK. Because for perhaps the first time in Caribbean history, that time of year has ...