Hailing from the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago, the hub of carnival in the Caribbean, the band breathes new life into a culture that has been largely sidelined due to the pandemic. We Home ...

Long live soca! Celebrating 50 years of Trinidad's soundtrack to carnival By Patricia Meschino Published February 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM CST Bennett Raglin / Getty Images for Essence ...

The first soca artist to headline Toronto’s Budweiser Stage, Kes the Band is paying homage to Toronto for helping him reach the height of his musical career.

US-based soca artiste Rae has found a new way to share and receive love—through the power of a good fete.Born Rachell Purcell ...

Trinidad and Haiti were truly represented at the ESSENCE Festival this year. Machel Montano, Kes The Band, and Wyclef Jean had some amazing sets that were full of surprises.

As a teenager in the early-to-mid '90s, motivated by the success of Barbadian artists at carnival and with the intention to make T&T's soca more appealing to his peers, Machel and his band Xtatik ...

Long live soca! Celebrating 50 years of Trinidad's soundtrack to carnival by Patricia Meschino Feb, 24 2023 Machel Montano, onstage at the Essence Festival on July 1, 2022 in New Orleans.

2013 – Blaxx, "Leh Go" While EDM's impact has since receded, Afrobeats now exerts an even stronger sway. Olatunji Yearwood's tuneful Afro-soca "Oh Yay" embodies the reciprocal influences between ...