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 ...

“I'm happy to finally see that the Caribbean culture and the American culture—where music is concerned—is coming together." Just in time for the West Indian Labor Day weekend festivities in New York ...

As part of the Music Series held at the Kraine Theater, Salli Squitieri founded and implemented a Caribbean Nights Segment as a means to create a new forum enabling Caribbean (and neighboring) voices ...

"Vagabond" singer Ricardo Drue, who died Tuesday, previously opened for fellow vocalists Sean Kingston and Fat Joe. (Arturo Holmes / Getty Images) Ricardo Drue, a soca singer renowned in his native ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Machel Montano has definitely earned the recognition as one of—if not THE—most well known modern-day Soca artists. Indeed, the Trinidadian performer has put more than 30 years work and dedication into ...

When I think about how soca music makes me feel, I beam from the inside. Charge it to my Trinidadian roots, but whenever a big “chune” plays (old or new) my eyes close, hands go up, head tilts back ...

Three of Trinidad's buzziest soca acts chat with Billboard about the genre's future ahead of 2025 Carnival. By Kyle Denis If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of ...