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 ...

Machel Montano has been performing soca music since he was nine-years-old. But when he began his career, he was one of the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2025, Machel Montano helped kick off a whirlwind year for Caribbean music and culture with NPR Tiny Desk’s first-ever soca set; ...

Celebrity choreographer and dancer, Shakira Marshall has taken her talents from the dance studios of Brooklyn all the way to Broadway. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

The leading Caribbean food and rum event in New York will be rocking under the power of Skinny Fabulous, the leading Vincentian soca artiste and Trinidad carnival 2019 road march winner, during ...

Roddy Nesbitt wears many faces. His alias, Rowdy Piper stars in an energetic, workout-inspired video for CrossFit Riddim, the artist’s first soca track. Fittingly, it was shot on location at Derek ...

Trinidad and Tobago rock and roll legend Nigel Rojas has released his first-ever soca track—not as a genre pivot, but as a public act of gratitude to orthopaedic surgeon Dr David Toby, whose care ...

Parade crowns winners: Luv Lux Mas won Best Troupe and Secrets Mas took top cultural honors in the Grand Parade, drawing large crowds through Philipsburg. Fresh soca releases: Artists including Blaze, ...