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 ...

On a Friday night last February, a singer in a gold lamé suit and matching kufi stepped off a throne to pounding drums and a loud chanting of his name. As Olatunji performed his single “Ola,” dancers ...

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 ...

Despite the opening-night interruption, Village events are set to continue Tuesday night with the Soca Monarch competition.

Soca Goes Gold 7, held last Saturday night, delivered exactly what its name promised: a golden night of sweet soca. From as early as 8 p.m., the crowd filled into Carifesta House in St Michael, eager ...

Right on the heels of Trinidad Carnival - where she mounted the sixth iteration of her own Sokah Origins concert - Caribbean ...

The first-ever Ultimate Soca Champion (USC) title may be heading to Grenada. Performing fourth in the lineup, Blaka Dan (Wrenroy Ogiste) turned back the clock with a masterful, high-energy performance ...

IT was all-out war at Sunday's semifinal of the 2011 International Power Soca Monarch competition, which took place at the Arima Velodrome. Destra Garcia proved the bitterest act of the night when she ...

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 ...

Celebrity choreographer and dancer, Shakira Marshall has taken her talents from the dance studios of Brooklyn all the way to Broadway. The Queens, New York native has been making waves on the ...