Barbados was a site of uninhibited fetes during its CropOver 2022 festival. The “sound of Soca” ran all up and through the streets everyday leading up to Grand Kadooment Day which rhapsodizes the end ...

Well, it took us a while to get there, but we're smack dab in the middle of summer. And for Torontonians, particularly its Caribbean-lineaged residents, one of the most prominent signs of summer is ...

From its opening line — “Doh worry lover, doh worry ‘fren, doh worry pardna, yuh go see ‘ting again …” — this one gives you all the feels. You can just envision what the streets of Port of Spain will ...

For those who couldn't make it to carnival in Trinidad and Tobago, VP Records has once again performed a public service by collecting all the soca (soul-calypso) hits from carnival season in a two-CD… ...

Soca has always been a forceful presence in my life. As a child of parents who were born and raised in Trinidad, the island of this musical genre’s birth, its enchanting rhythms have turned my frowns ...

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 ...