Camille “Ranji Baby” Ranjitsingh’s “Sweet Ranji Wine” is a chutney soca parang ode to the most important element of a Trini ...
A quarter century ago, a young singer from Curepe walked onto the Chutney Brass stage and set a crowd into a frenzy. The band ...
Consisting of over 350 paintings depicting the venues, artists and figures that made Birmingham's rock & roll scene, the new book will be available for a limited time starting in mid-November—just in ...
Andy Butler is back with a new Hercules & Love Affair EP titled Someone Else Is Calling which teams him with Quinn Whalley of ...
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 ...
As the Latin trap anthem “Singamo” rings over the speakers at the Echo in Echo Park, more than 50 people sing along and twerk onstage. Dina Ben-Nissan and Courtney Hollinquest take turns spinning ...
In the dynamic tapestry of Caribbean music, soca endures as the heartbeat of Trinidad and Tobago's world-famous Carnival celebrations, infusing the festival with joy, energy and infectious rhythm.
Go anywhere in the United States and odds are somebody, somewhere is doing a celebration for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The art form that was born in the Bronx, however, is not the only ...
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 ...
What began with Lord Shorty's song "Indrani" in 1973 has evolved considerably since – to follow along, here's a playlist with a song for every... Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating ...