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 ...

By the time Kees Dieffenthaller, better known simply as Kes, and his bandmates step onto the stage of Frederick P. Rose Hall ...

Singer Ricardo Drue, a star in the world of soca music, has died. He was 38. Drue's death was confirmed in a post on the singer's official Instagram page Tuesday. A cause of death was not given.

GUYANESE soca artiste, Omaiah Hall, has released her latest power soca single, “Foreva,” a timeless Caribbean anthem celebrating culture, unity, and the ...

If you haven’t heard of soca music by now, you’re about to get a full dose of it in 2020 and beyond! This electrifying genre of music can be described as “jump-up music.” It combines East Indian and ...

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

Ricardo Drue, a soca singer renowned in his native Antigua and Barbuda and among the Caribbean community around the world, died Tuesday. He was 38. “On behalf of Ricardo Drue’s fiancé, children, ...

In this informative Q&A, we will dive into the origins and growth of the UberSoca Cruise and learn about the challenges and triumphs faced by its organizers. We will explore how this floating festival ...

Soca has always been a forceful presence in my life. As a child of parents who were born and raised in Trinidad, the island of this musical genre’s birth, its enchanting rhythms have turned my frowns ...

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 ...