Public Service Announcement: Check on your Trininadian friends. Check on all of your Caribbean friends. They're not OK. Because for perhaps the first time in Caribbean history, that time of year has ...

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 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first edition of Brunch and Soca at the Police Officers Club in St Andrew on Friday was a big success. It was a great way to start off the Jamaica carnival weekend, with many ...

On the eve of Toronto's annual Caribbean Carnival parade, renowned soca deejay, Dr. Jay de Soca Prince, stops by q to talk about the evolution of the city's soca scene, and why his love for the genre ...

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 ...

With lyrics like ‘shake your bum-bum’, it’s no surprise that Soca celebrates the backside. It’s a form of dance music from the Caribbean with moves that focus on the hips, waist and bottom. Victoria ...

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What began with Lord Shorty's song "Indrani" in 1973 has evolved considerably since – to follow along, here's a playlist with a song for every... Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating ...