News

Steelpan to play for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

One hundred steelpan players drawn from four of the UK’s top steel bands will play for Her Majesty at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations...

Stephen Spark - Sat 26 Mar 2022

Feature

London’s Calypso funding row continues

The recent trials and tribulations of calypso in London have been as much to do with money as with viral devastation. Attempts to hold...

Stephen Spark - Wed 23 Mar 2022

Feature Travel

Destination – Soca Holiday Packages

Before Covid-19 struck, locking down the entire world in the first quarter of 2020, travel and tourism was one of the most significant economic...

Radeya Osman - Tue 15 Mar 2022

Books Feature

A Quick Ting On Afrobeats

Billed as the first-ever book on the Afrobeats genre, Christian Adofo’s A Quick Ting on Afrobeats is his debut book. The title is part...

Dunstan Creavalle - Tue 15 Mar 2022

News

New Beacon Books receives new lifeline

As previously reported, North London’s iconic black bookshop New Beacon Books was forced to close its doors in the face of the challenges from...

Stephen Spark - Tue 15 Mar 2022

News

Lead Pipe & Saddis live in London

Bajan soca artists Lead Pipe (Osvaldo Reid) and Saddis (Reshawn Ince) will perform live at Fantasy this coming Friday 18 March. The event is...

Radeya Osman - Tue 15 Mar 2022

Carnival News

Island Mas UK presents for Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Luminous

Island Mas UK launched its 2022 Notting Hill Carnival presentation Luminous, on Sunday 13 March via their Instagram page, to an audience of just...

Joseph Charles - Sun 13 Mar 2022

Feature News

Chipping down Soca Street – how would you rename our roads?

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has backed a campaign to have Kensington Palace Gardens – home to the Russian Embassy - renamed Zelensky Avenue in...

Stephen Spark - Sat 12 Mar 2022

Carnival News

Notting Hill Carnival 2022 Band Launch Listing

It’s the question on everyone’s lips: is Notting Hill Carnival happening this year? We can’t say for sure, but at the time of publishing...

Soca News Staff - Fri 11 Mar 2022

Carnival News

A Reunited: Cape Town Carnival 2022

After being forced by the novel Covid-19 virus to close its doors to the world for two consecutive years, Cape Town’s carnival is back...

Radeya Osman - Fri 11 Mar 2022

News

Calypso is back in Town!

As Covid restrictions finally retreat from our lives, London’s calypso-lovers have reason to celebrate: ACASA’s fabled London Calypso Tent is ready to rise, Phoenix-like,...

Stephen Spark - Fri 11 Mar 2022

Food & Drink News

Grace Foods UK celebrates 100 years

Grace Foods UK celebrated its 100th year as the leading Caribbean foods supplier by partnering with British soul music radio station Mi-Soul. The anniversary...

Radeya Osman - Fri 11 Mar 2022

Carnival News

Martinique Carnival takes a new route in 2022

Martinique Carnival in Fort-de-France officially got underway on Sunday 27 February this year, and concluded on Ash Wednesday, 2 March. Although it was in the...

Soca News Staff - Sun 06 Mar 2022

News

Nadia Batson is the Coconut Girl

Trinbagonian soca artist Nadia Batson released her latest album, Coconut Girl, on 23 February. For Batson, the 14-track album “is a nice play on me...

Joseph Charles - Sun 06 Mar 2022

News

Kes “pushing soca’s sonic limits” in GRAMMYs Global Spin

KES has become the first soca act, and the first artistes from Trinidad & Tobago, to come on board the newest digital performance series...

Joseph Charles - Sat 05 Mar 2022

Carnival News

Spicemas makes a comeback

The Hon Yolande Bain-Horsford, Grenada’s Minister of Culture, made the welcome announcement on 22 February that Carnival will take place this year. Bain-Horsford declared that...

Radeya Osman - Fri 04 Mar 2022

News

Machel Montano thrills crowd at Maha Shivratri Festival 2022

Trinbagonian Machel Montano joined yogi, mystic and visionary Sadhguru to celebrate Maha Shivratri 2022. The festival welcomed millions to a spiritual experience that helped...

Radeya Osman - Thu 03 Mar 2022

Carnival News

Green light for Vincy Mas 2022

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Prime Minister Hon. Dr Ralph Gonsalves indicated on 26 January 2022 that the government is willing to go...

Radeya Osman - Mon 28 Feb 2022

News

Life Between Islands: celebrating Caribbean-British art

Curated by writer and photographer David A Bailey and Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson, Life Between Islands is a triumphant new exhibition at the...

Soca News Staff - Fri 25 Feb 2022

Carnival News

Antigua Carnival 2022

Antigua Carnival is scheduled to take place this year, after a two-year pandemic hiatus, but with revised mas routes and ‘full cultural infusion’. Michael Browne,...

Radeya Osman - Thu 24 Feb 2022

News

Carlyn XP and Bambi want you to ‘Sway’

The queen of bouyon and award-winning songstress Carlyn XP has released Sway, the track also features artist Bambi. The fast-paced bouyon single released on Monday...

Joseph Charles - Thu 24 Feb 2022

News

Baron is honoured

Soca legend Baron, aka Timothy Watkins, has received recognition for promoting the culture with his music: the Penal/Debe Regional Corporation has renamed Bay Road...

Radeya Osman - Wed 23 Feb 2022

Carnival News

Learn to sew for Notting Hill Carnival

Carnival Village Trust is hosting a Sewing 101 Carnival Arts Workshop, a free sewing course to equip all carnival designers with sewing skills. The workshop...

Soca News Staff - Tue 01 Feb 2022

Carnival News

Carriacou Mas 2022

The Carriacou Carnival Committee invited all local soca and calypso artists to attend a meeting earlier this month to discuss the organisation of a...

Radeya Osman - Mon 24 Jan 2022

News

Mia Mottley elected for a second term

Bajan Prime Minister Mia Mottley, known for her advocacy for climate change at Cop26 and for leading the break from Britain last year when...

Radeya Osman - Mon 24 Jan 2022

News

Darcus Howe receives a Blue Plaque

The Nubian Jak Community Trust (NJCT) has honoured the late Darcus Howe with a Blue Plaque. Black British Civil Rights leader, writer, broadcaster, activist...

Radeya Osman - Wed 12 Jan 2022

News Videos

Mind My Business

Soca News Music - Tue 11 Jan 2022

News

Open Road project opens up Carnival to all

The Open Road is an Arts Council England National Activities project, led by the New Carnival Company (NCC) from the Isle of Wight. NCC...

Joseph Charles - Mon 10 Jan 2022

News Videos

To the Moon

Soca News Music - Sun 02 Jan 2022

News

A new chapter for New Beacon Books

Book-lovers will be sad to learn that London's most iconic Black bookshop, New Beacon Books, is closing its doors for good. A pioneer in African...

Pelena Cosme - Sat 01 Jan 2022

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Junior Calypso Monarch Finalists Named for Tobago Carnival 2025

Steelpan to play for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

London’s Calypso funding row continues

Destination – Soca Holiday Packages

A Quick Ting On Afrobeats

New Beacon Books receives new lifeline

Lead Pipe & Saddis live in London

Island Mas UK presents for Notting Hill Carnival 2022 – Luminous

Chipping down Soca Street – how would you rename our roads?

Notting Hill Carnival 2022 Band Launch Listing

A Reunited: Cape Town Carnival 2022

Calypso is back in Town!

Grace Foods UK celebrates 100 years

Martinique Carnival takes a new route in 2022

Nadia Batson is the Coconut Girl

Kes “pushing soca’s sonic limits” in GRAMMYs Global Spin

Spicemas makes a comeback

Machel Montano thrills crowd at Maha Shivratri Festival 2022

Green light for Vincy Mas 2022

Life Between Islands: celebrating Caribbean-British art

Antigua Carnival 2022

Carlyn XP and Bambi want you to ‘Sway’

Baron is honoured

Learn to sew for Notting Hill Carnival

Carriacou Mas 2022

Mia Mottley elected for a second term

Darcus Howe receives a Blue Plaque

Mind My Business

Open Road project opens up Carnival to all

To the Moon

A new chapter for New Beacon Books

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