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 ...

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 ...

When Drupatee Ramgoonai stepped into the national spotlight in the mid-1980s, there was no language for what she was doing. Hindi lyrics were unheard of in soca music. East Indian women did not ...

Known as one of the Caribbean’s purest carnivals, Grenada’s renowned Spicemas is a global and local preserver of carnival tradition, history and music in the wider West Indian region. Primarily ...

With lockdowns and travel bans devastating the live music industry last year, musicians across the world turned to online performances and streaming platforms to make up the numbers. But for soca, a ...