Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month in June, Garcia recently spoke with In The Know about her humble beginnings, ...

With a new documentary and a new tour underway, Machel Montano's fifth decade as soca powerhouse is off to an incredible start. Read the full Billboard interview. By Kyle Denis Sometimes, the universe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Caribbean marks the birthplace of tons of cultural fixtures that are widely enjoyed around the world, and one of its most ...

Every year, Cup Match has a sound. Long before the first ball is bowled or the first order of fish is served, music begins to ...

In our newly minted FADER Five column, we ask the artists and producers orbiting our universe to riff on a theme and serve up five gems of their choosing. Former FADER cover star Machel Montano has ...

If it sounds like soca, and makes you dance like soca – is it still definitely soca music? The success of the carnival song, Differentology, by the artist Bunji Garlin has spurred public debate about ...

On a normal day in early February, Trinidad and Tobago’s Queen’s Park Savannah would be bustling in preparation for Carnival. Vendors would be constructing their stalls, covering tables with water and ...

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 ...

Over the last year and a half, Trinidad’s Bunji Garlin has become soca music’s most visible ambassador. It’s been a long time coming but also an unlikely development considering how coolly his rugged, ...

Private grouses have a funny way of becoming public feuds — especially in the music industry. From high-profile beefs like the ones between Kanye West and Taylor Swift and Jamaica's Mavado and Vybz ...

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 ...