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Refurbished Skinner Park ready for Calypso Fiesta

Skinner Park San Fernando, Trinidad, now boasts a new and improved look; the newly refurbished venue was handed over to the City of San...

Latoya Jones - Wed 08 Feb 2023

Feature News

Come Home for Trinidad Road March 2023

Responding to rampant speculation that the song does not have the required percentage of Trinbagonian input to qualify for Trinidad's Road March registration, it...

Overtime Media - Wed 08 Feb 2023

News

Grenada is 49 today

Grenada is a tri-island destination made up of Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique and is located in the eastern Caribbean. Just like many Caribbean...

Radeya Osman - Tue 07 Feb 2023

News

3canal comes ‘Outta The Darkness’ for 2023

Trinidadian band and leading proponent of rapso, 3canal are revving up to give their fans and followers an experience at their Outta The Darkness...

Radeya Osman - Tue 07 Feb 2023

News

Reinvent and Redesign Soca Monarch, says Kes

2011 Groovy Soca and 2020 Joint Power Soca Monarch, Kees Dieffenthaller says that the now cancelled Soca Monarch competition is a cultural staple, and...

Overtime Media - Mon 06 Feb 2023

News Review

Cash delivered on stage to Bunji for ‘Hard Fete’ repeats

Caesar's Army patrons whipped out wet TT and USD bills to pay performer Bunji Garlin (Ian Alvarez) to pull up and restart his hit...

Overtime Media - Sun 05 Feb 2023

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Shaggy confirmed at IzWe and is working on a Soca EP

In a virtual press conference held last month, Kes The Band revealed the details surrounding the band's annual concert event, ‘IzWe’, scheduled this year...

Overtime Media - Sun 05 Feb 2023

News

Lord Kitchener Award for Steelbands

Pan Trinbago, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, for 2023 will host the second edition of the Lord Kitchener Award for Steelbands in...

Radeya Osman - Sat 04 Feb 2023

News

Beach House to pull out all the stops

Trinidad is fast becoming the proverbial flame surrounded by moths, as tourists and ex-pats fill the immigration hall daily in the approach to Carnival...

Radeya Osman - Sat 04 Feb 2023

News

Saint Lucia Carnival 2023 official calendar of events

Themed Nothing Sweeter Than That, Saint Lucia Carnival is promising a full schedule of events in July 2023. If you want to enjoy the full...

Radeya Osman - Thu 02 Feb 2023

News

A Team Band celebrates 10 years

In 2012, entrepreneur Zarin Morean and engineer Brennon ‘Val Musik’ Vergil came together to talk about possibly owning and managing a new live band....

Overtime Media - Thu 02 Feb 2023

News

DJ Spice pushing soca into the mainstream

It is no wonder that DJ Spice of TeamSoca intends to facilitate the inclusion of the soca music genre into the international music scene....

Radeya Osman - Wed 01 Feb 2023

News

International Soca Monarch 2023 in Trinidad cancelled

The directors of the Caribbean Prestige Foundation, Geoffrey Wharton-Lake and Ricky Ragoonanan, have announced that the International Soca Monarch competition has been cancelled this...

Radeya Osman - Fri 27 Jan 2023

Carnival News

Mas Domnik 2023 Opening Ceremony

Following the carnival launch on Friday 25 November, Mas Domnik held its opening ceremony, dubbed ‘Mas An Lawi’, a full-blown display of Dominican carnival...

Radeya Osman - Mon 23 Jan 2023

News

Blackman & Julius deliver ‘Song of the Decade’

Marge Blackman, daughter of the acclaimed father of soca music, Ras Shorty I, and aunt to soca songstress Nailah has written what has been...

Radeya Osman - Mon 23 Jan 2023

News Review

Love for Nailah at Sokah Origins Sokahchella event

Nailah Blackman is still reeling from the success of this year's staging of her Sokah Origins event. In its fourth year, the fete -...

Latoya Jones - Sun 22 Jan 2023

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St. Kitts Nostalgia – How a Three-Month break became a three-year...

My first visit to the island was to attend the St. Kitts Music Festival in 2017. Never has a place left such an impression...

Rachel Ritfeld - Sun 22 Jan 2023

News

Antigua’s Gaston Browne re-elected

Antigua and Barbuda’s general election was held on 18 January, where the citizens of the twin island state took to the polls to vote...

Radeya Osman - Sat 21 Jan 2023

News

General Grant wants his flowers now

General Grant, a Trinidad and Tobago dancehall veteran, has a career spanning more than four decades and made it to the billboard charts in...

Radeya Osman - Sat 21 Jan 2023

News

Trinidad Carnival 2023, get familiar with the music

With the Trinidad Carnival season now in full swing, there’s no shortage of new music to fuel the festival fun. The Spirit is one of...

Latoya Jones - Fri 20 Jan 2023

Carnival News

Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Band Launch Schedule

Yeah, yeah it's that time of the year and with Notting Hill Carnival just seven months away the band launches have begun. Here is...

Soca News Staff - Thu 19 Jan 2023

News

Countdown to St. Kitts Music Festival 2023: Begins Now

Three-quarters of the way down the chain of islands that separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean lies the Federation of St. Kitts...

Latoya Jones - Wed 18 Jan 2023

Carnival News

Carriacou Carnival 2023: What to expect

Carriacou Carnival, commonly known as Kayak Mas is presented this year with the theme, ‘Reminiscing on the past, savouring our moments and creating endless...

Radeya Osman - Wed 18 Jan 2023

News Soca People

Nadia Batson is aiming for the stars

Nadia Batson continues to grow as a soca songstress, and has slowly become a more prominent name this Trinidad carnival season with every performance...

Radeya Osman - Tue 17 Jan 2023

News

Shurwayne and Kernal Rumble together

Shurwayne Winchester and Kernal Roberts are proving they will not be left out of the ‘Mother of All Carnivals’ celebrations. The duo have teamed...

Joseph Charles - Mon 16 Jan 2023

News

Patrice Roberts has #1 Worldwide Soca Song

Patrice Roberts celebrated big, small and some in-between feats throughout 2022, but ended the year in grand style. Her song, Mind My Business, made...

Radeya Osman - Mon 16 Jan 2023

Carnival News

Tobago has a budget for Carnival 2023

The National Carnival Commission of Trinidad and Tobago (NCC), organisers of Trinidad Carnival 2023, have allotted money to the mas fraternity in Tobago for...

Joseph Charles - Sun 15 Jan 2023

News

Leah-Sophia releases Sumbaday

UK-based Tobagonian singer and songwriter Leah-Sophia Richards has released a new single, Sumbaday, a song that seeks to ignite the spirit of carnival in...

Radeya Osman - Sun 15 Jan 2023

News

Joocie and the Whining Parish

Triniboi Joocie has released a new single, just in time for Trinidad Carnival 2023. Whining Parish was released on 6 January, and the official...

Radeya Osman - Sat 14 Jan 2023

News Travel

Melé Cruise 2023 is off the table

After a successful first year, Melé Destinations, organiser of both Melé Cruise and Melé Destination, has scrapped the former from their 2023 calendar. The...

Radeya Osman - Sat 14 Jan 2023

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Junior Calypso Monarch Finalists Named for Tobago Carnival 2025

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Come Home for Trinidad Road March 2023

Grenada is 49 today

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Shaggy confirmed at IzWe and is working on a Soca EP

Lord Kitchener Award for Steelbands

Beach House to pull out all the stops

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A Team Band celebrates 10 years

DJ Spice pushing soca into the mainstream

International Soca Monarch 2023 in Trinidad cancelled

Mas Domnik 2023 Opening Ceremony

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Love for Nailah at Sokah Origins Sokahchella event

St. Kitts Nostalgia – How a Three-Month break became a three-year...

Antigua’s Gaston Browne re-elected

General Grant wants his flowers now

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Notting Hill Carnival 2023 Band Launch Schedule

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Carriacou Carnival 2023: What to expect

Nadia Batson is aiming for the stars

Shurwayne and Kernal Rumble together

Patrice Roberts has #1 Worldwide Soca Song

Tobago has a budget for Carnival 2023

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