In 2006, a young student named Ryan Alexander uploaded a mix of soca tunes to Facebook from his dorm room in Miami, Florida. Today, the 33-year-old is known as Private Ryan to the global soca ...

This is the time of year that Trinidad and Tobago Carnival masquerade bands typically introduce their costume designs for the upcoming season to the thousands of people who participate in what has ...

Every year, millions of ecstatic people fill the streets of cities like Rio de Janeiro, Barranquilla, New Orleans, and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to celebrate Carnival. Traditionally, the public parties ...

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I competed every year for the venerated title of “Junior Queen of Carnival”. Of all my portrayals—and I was ...