A quarter century ago, a young singer from Curepe walked onto the Chutney Brass stage and set a crowd into a frenzy. The band ...
A devastating new-ball burst from Terrance Hinds fired the Soca Strikers to a crushing nine-wicket win over the Cocrico Warriors in the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) 50-Over Cup final at ...
Soca icon Machel Montano says it may take some time for soca music to become as widespread as reggae and dancehall, but he hopes to help lead the way. He also discusses his upcoming "Planet Brooklyn" ...
When Kees Dieffenthaller was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1980s, the lively rhythms of soca and its predecessor calypso were the island’s sound — although they were usually exclusive to ...
Like the fuzzy little regenerating legs of the tarantulas that call southern Colorado home, when the City of Trinidad loses something, it almost always finds a way to grow it back. After taking heavy ...
Every good party has three things: food, drinks and music. But Food, Wine and Fête isn’t just another party, it’s a cultural celebration that’s cooking up something special in SoFlo! Soca ’bout a fun ...
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 ...
One of the Caribbean’s greatest cultural exports to the rest of the world has been its music. From the relaxed grooves of reggae to the infectious rhythms of soca, the high-energy beats from dancehall ...
Machel Montano is ready to make us dance with new music. On Wednesday, the Trinidadian soca musician announced his album One Degree Hotter, out later this month, as he released the high-energy music ...
The first law of soca music, according to Machel Montano, is: "it's dancing time all the time." And in his Tiny Desk Concert, the "King of Soca" provides irrefutable evidence to support that statement ...
Hearing a good beat just makes you want to get out and dance! People who can’t dance can just bop their heads. Food, Wine, and Fete this Saturday promise to bring out party vibes. The moves will come ...
I am about to do something sacrilegious: offer up reasons to not go to Trinidad for Carnival. Number one reason—well, the only reason: your bank account. The Caribbean’s biggest, brashest bacchanal, ...