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 ...

I used to hate soca music. I've been into dancehall music a long time but it took me so long to warm to soca. I grew up on the east end of Toronto where there is a big West Indian community, so I've ...

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 ...

Known as one of the Caribbean’s purest carnivals, Grenada’s renowned Spicemas is a global and local preserver of carnival tradition, history and music in the wider West Indian region. Primarily ...

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.

With lockdowns and travel bans devastating the live music industry last year, musicians across the world turned to online performances and streaming platforms to make up the numbers. But for soca, a ...

A performer poses for photos during Miami Carnival at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo in Miami, Florida on Sunday, October 9, 2022. Sydney Walsh swalsh@miamiherald.com Go anywhere in the United States ...