Five years ago, in "Machel... Spreading the Gospel of Soca", one of my regular columns in a local Sunday newspaper, I advanced the position that Machel Montano was not maximising his full musical ...

Jadee (Jerry Dane Sellier) has always been a man in motion. Whether on stage, behind the mic, or deep in the digital trenches of podcasting and broadcasting, the soca star turned gospel artiste’s ...

A comprehensive history of calypso and soca competition winners at Trinidad Carnival has been created in the book “The Finalists: A Graphical Look Back at Trinidad & Tobago’s Calypso and Soca Monarch ...

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 ...

As Nigel Lewis soared in the world of Caribbean entertainment, he made a deal with God. “If I get to do well with the music that I like, then I’ll come into the kingdom and serve you,” he said. That ...

Carnival season on the Caribbean island of Trinidad boils down to one thing: fresh soca music. Consider it Red Bull for your ears, or music with a purpose. "The intention of the energy of soca music ...

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 ...