News

Melissa Simon-Harman, Sweet Love and a Little Mix

Melissa Simon-Hartman once again weaves her design magic as a couple of her designs adorn the dancers in the latest music video from Little...

Soca News Staff - Sun 05 Sep 2021

News Results

UK National Steelband Panorama 2021 results

The 2021 UK National Steelband Panorama Competition was held last night at the Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Park in London. Four bands competed for the...

Joseph Charles - Tue 31 Aug 2021

Celebrating excellence in Steel Pan

Two days after the official Notting Hill Carnival launch on 26 July, steelpan was the focus of an invitation-only function at The Tabernacle organised...

Stephen Spark - Mon 30 Aug 2021

Carnival Feature News

Notting Hill Carnival – a potted history

Where do you start when talking about the beginning of Notting Hill Carnival? Few events have such a disputed history. By the time the Second...

Soca News Staff - Sat 28 Aug 2021

Small in number, great in spirit – calypso returns to the...

It’s been a strange year, as if you hadn’t noticed. You know just how strange it is when Carnival Thursday is both the first...

Stephen Spark - Fri 27 Aug 2021

A tribute to Brother Resistance

On Thursday 29 July, Talk Yuh Talk in conjunction with Carnival Village hosted a tribute show for the late Lutalo Masimba, better known as...

Michelle Gederon - Tue 24 Aug 2021

Black Unity Bike Ride 2021

The inaugural event was conceived and executed in just 10 days in July 2020 and attracted 1,500 riders on a hot summer’s day. By...

Dunstan Creavalle - Sat 21 Aug 2021

Calypso goes to the opera

Carnival Culture in the Park, Day One: Calypso Finally: a real show where you could finally see and talk to real people after half a...

Stephen Spark - Fri 20 Aug 2021

Feature

Notting Hill fires up its off-road Carnival

It’s another year in exile for Notting Hill Carnival, deported from the streets that gave it life 55 years ago. Where racist residents, grandstanding...

Stephen Spark - Tue 17 Aug 2021

Rum and recovery feature in Notting Hill Carnival 2021 launch

Not so much a launch as a long-overdue reunion. That seemed to be the general verdict on the official launch of Notting Hill Carnival...

Stephen Spark - Tue 17 Aug 2021

Food & Drink News

Rhythm Kitchen is a traveller’s choice

The Walthamstow branch of Rhythm Kitchen is celebrating its status as a 2021 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice. Travellers’ Choice was established in 2002 and is the...

Dunstan Creavalle - Mon 16 Aug 2021

Soca Challenge for Hackney Carnival at Home

Hackney Carnival at Home returns this year, in a summer-long community engagement programme. This will be followed by an online gala event filmed at...

Dunstan Creavalle - Fri 13 Aug 2021

Yam Carnival brings African masquerade to Clapham Common

Billed as a celebration of black culture from around the world, Yam Carnival makes its debut on Saturday 28 August on Clapham Common.In this...

Dunstan Creavalle - Thu 12 Aug 2021

Fenty Beauty takes Rihanna to Billionaire status

Rihanna was born in 1988 in the parish of Saint Michael in Barbados, to a Guyanese mother and Barbadian father. She once sold clothes...

Dunstan Creavalle - Tue 10 Aug 2021

News Videos

Love Trip

Soca News Music - Sat 07 Aug 2021

All aboard – ship ahoy! Royal Caribbean cruises to Trinidad Carnival...

Tour company Island Sea Fest has joined forces with cruise line Royal Caribbean to deliver an 11-night cruise that takes in Trinidad Carnival 2023. Royal...

Radeya Osman - Sat 07 Aug 2021

Jacob Desvarieux, Kassav co-founder has died

Co-founder of Kassav, Jacob Desvarieux who was born on the 21 November 1955, passed away yesterday Friday 30 July 2021 at the age of...

Joseph Charles - Sat 31 Jul 2021

News Videos

Body Banging

Soca News Music - Tue 27 Jul 2021

Windrush Monument artists show off their designs

Designs have been unveiled for the government’s monument to the Windrush Generation, which is due to be placed at Waterloo station in London next...

Stephen Spark - Sun 18 Jul 2021

Music News News

UK soca artist Triniboi Joocie releases Mr Counsellor on his birthday

It’s a happy birthday today for UK Soca artist Triniboi Joocie (Rodell Sorzano) and to celebrate he has given his fans a present in...

Joseph Charles - Fri 16 Jul 2021

Saint Lucia PM sets late July date for elections

Citizens of Saint Lucia will go to the polls on 26 July. The election was announced by the Prime Minister, Hon Allen Michael Chastanet...

Radeya Osman - Thu 15 Jul 2021

Food & Drink News

Brian Danclair takes Brixton dining upmarket

Fish, Wings and Tings has been firmly established on the Brixton landscape for nine years now. Owner Brian Danclair spoke to Soca News about...

Dunstan Creavalle - Thu 15 Jul 2021

Derby Caribbean Carnival goes live this coming Sunday

‘Virtual’ carnivals are this season’s style, unfortunately, and Derby Caribbean Carnival is no exception, being forced off the road by the Big C for...

Radeya Osman - Thu 15 Jul 2021

Art Culture News

Laura Bee – Saint Lucian artist chooses to challenge

Laura Bee is a self-taught Saint Lucian artist who lives and works in London, England. Her bold and colourful artwork pays homage to her...

Sun 11 Jul 2021

South Bank hosts a soca reunion

After a long, long time separated from our music and our friends, it was a joy to be able to celebrate with genuine, three-dimensional...

Stephen Spark - Sun 11 Jul 2021

Music News News

M1 aka Menace releases new EP album

M1 aka Menace (Sherwin ‘Menace’ Jeremiah) released a new EP album entitled Hecktik on 18 June. Since his music career began in 2000, Menace has...

Radeya Osman - Fri 09 Jul 2021