News

Boyzie is the 2019 Grenada Power Soca Monarch whilst Dash and...

The 2019 Grenada Soca Monarch competition concluded in the early hours...

Joseph Charles - Sat 10 Aug 2019

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Lynette Gabriel

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing...

Katie Segal - Fri 09 Aug 2019

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News Review

June Jerkfest

Held at Feet East in Brick Lane on 23 June, London...

Dunstan Creavalle - Thu 01 Aug 2019

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Nailah Blackman performs Sweet and Loco on Canadian TV Show, Your...

Trinidadian soca artists Nailah Blackman performs her latest release Sweet &...

Joseph Charles - Wed 31 Jul 2019

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Tweaks at the Tent – London calypso season trimmed

For calypso enthusiasts in the UK, the Notting Hill Carnival season...

Stephen Spark - Tue 30 Jul 2019

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News Soca People

Kaiso Lime ignites new soca singing ambition for veteran artist

Kaiso Lime’s June edition, on Saturday 1 June, saw new artists...

Michelle Gederon - Mon 29 Jul 2019

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Mikey is The One Soca Monarch 2019

The finals of the first-ever MQI/98.1 The One Soca Monarch competition...

Joseph Charles - Sat 27 Jul 2019

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Feature

Stinky sargassum could smell sweet for the Caribbean

A strange brown island the size of Jamaica has appeared in...

Stephen Spark - Sun 21 Jul 2019

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Antigua Party Monarch semi-finalists announced

The 2019 FLOW Party Monarch Semi-finals will take place at the...

Joseph Charles - Wed 17 Jul 2019

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Bikini, beads and a bank loan

With just under a month to go before the Crop Over...

Stephen Spark - Tue 16 Jul 2019

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Ti Carro is the 2019 National Calypso Monarch of St Lucia

TC Brown could only manage a third space spot as he...

Joseph Charles - Sun 14 Jul 2019

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Notting Hill Carnival 2019 – residents’ meeting on Monday

Residents and local businesses in west London have chance to find...

Stephen Spark - Fri 12 Jul 2019

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Crop Over Soca Monarch finalists announced

The National Botanical Gardens will be the venue on Sunday 28...

Joseph Charles - Mon 08 Jul 2019

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Carnival News Results

St Lucia Soca Monarch 2019 results, Ricky T retains crown Vye...

St Lucia has a new Groovy Soca Monarch champion in the...

Joseph Charles - Sun 07 Jul 2019

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St Paul’s Carnival returns today

Since it started in 1968, Bristol’s St Paul’s Carnival has had...

Stephen Spark - Sat 06 Jul 2019

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Nine move forward to the St Lucia 2019 Calypso monarch competition

Nine contestants will do battle against reigning monarch TC Brown for...

Joseph Charles - Sat 06 Jul 2019

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Vincy Mas 2019 Panorama results

Seven bands competed in the finals of the 2019 Vincy Mas...

Joseph Charles - Sat 06 Jul 2019

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A new showcase for Carnival in London

Trinidadian activist and journalist Claudia Jones shot like a comet through...

Stephen Spark - Wed 03 Jul 2019

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Waiting for a wall of wonders on Portobello Road

Walls are having a moment. President Trump believes they’ll make his...

Stephen Spark - Mon 01 Jul 2019

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News Travel

CAL celebrates Caribbean Identity at Crop Over

Machel Montano put a Fast Wine into the launch in Barbados...

Stephen Spark - Sun 30 Jun 2019

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Barbados introduces a most excellent honour

Barbadian prime minister Mia Mottley has announced that recipients of the...

Stephen Spark - Sun 30 Jun 2019

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Barbados boosts the business of entertainment

As part of Barbados’ National Event Strategy (NES), entertainment licensing rules...

Stephen Spark - Sun 30 Jun 2019

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Police reassure Crop Over revellers

Gangsters won’t be allowed to disrupt Crop Over, a Barbados Police...

Stephen Spark - Sat 29 Jun 2019

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Crop Over – bashment soca finalists announced

This year’s 19 semi-finalists in the Yello International Bashment Soca competition...

Joseph Charles - Wed 26 Jun 2019

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St Lucia 2019 Calypso Monarch semi-finalists

The semi-final round of the 2019 St Lucia Calypso Monarch competition...

Joseph Charles - Wed 26 Jun 2019

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Mighty Grynner rules the highway

Seven-time Road March winner Mighty Grynner (MacDonald Blenman) is to be...

Stephen Spark - Wed 26 Jun 2019

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St Lucia Groovy & Power Soca Monarch finalists

With Saint Lucia Carnival just weeks away one of the major...

Joseph Charles - Tue 25 Jun 2019

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Design a T-shirt for Notting Hill Carnival

What does Notting Hill Carnival mean to you? How does it...

Joseph Charles - Mon 24 Jun 2019

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