Music from all over the Caribbean is gaining international recognition ... In this first programme, Gemma Cairney looks at the new sounds of Soca in Trinidad and Barbados, which is a blend of ...
Naturally, Billboard’s monthly Reggae/Dancehall Fresh Picks column will not cover every last track, but our Spotify playlist — which is linked below — will expand on the 10 highlighted songs. So, ...
Montano's performance is the first to bring soca, the high energy dance music of the Caribbean, to the Tiny Desk. The genre was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s when calypso artist ...
Caribbean people have always proudly crafted costumes, attended lively music and color-filled costume competitions, and produced the sounds of soca — the soundtrack of Carnival derived from ...
By seamlessly blending hip-hop, Caribbean vibes, and R&B, Funk Flex reminded us that in a time of divisions of all kinds, music can unite us. For those lucky enough to attend, the event was a ...
Jab Djab’s debut album “Jump Up and Jam” was nominated for an ADISQ award in the World Beat category, and they’re featured on the Putumayo World Music compilation “The Caribbean”. The band’s singular ...