An uptempo style of music influenced by British, French and native Caribbean tribal rhythms, soca features rhythms deeply rooted in Asia and Africa. It was created especially for Carnival and played ...

Soca music fans subsist in a feast-or-famine world. Feasts come during Carnival — especially Trinidad Carnival, king of them all — when the exuberant, dance-driven tunes are released faster than soca ...

In a move meant to delight mothers of all ages, the 2007 edition of the popular Mother’s Day Caribbean All-Stars Festival has been spiced up with the addition of several “hot, hot, hot” soca music ...

Every year, social media pages are splashed with colorful images of feathers, powder and bacchanal–which could only mean one thing: Carnival has arrived. I’ve traveled to over eight Caribbean ...

Celebrity choreographer and dancer, Shakira Marshall has taken her talents from the dance studios of Brooklyn all the way to Broadway. The Queens, New York native has been making waves on the ...

The Caribbean Art Jazz Ensemble returns to the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel to perform its eclectic mix of Caribbean jazz on Friday.The Annapolis-based group has been playing as part of the ...

It's no secret that Kitty Cash can assemble a mix. The groggy, forward-looking R&B songs that populate her recently-released Love the Free II mixtape are some of the summer's most crucial sounds. So ...

His fans have a hard time coming to terms with his death. "I am trying here to contain myself because he was the humblest of kings that you could bump into," one man told BBC Caribbean. Soca musician ...