News

Reading Carnival 2022 is Cancelled!

The Reading Caribbean Cultural Group (RCCG) has announced that this year's Reading Carnival, which was scheduled to take place from Friday 26 to Sunday...

Radeya Osman - Wed 11 May 2022

Culture News

Haringey’s African Caribbean Cultural Centre seeks funds to reopen

A fundraising appeal has been launched to reopen the African Caribbean Cultural Centre - formerly the West Indian Cultural Centre - in north London. The...

Radeya Osman - Mon 02 May 2022

News

Wendi says, Tell Her Come

Bahamian Pop/Soca songstress, Wendi (Wendi Knight) has released her newest track. The audacious song titled Tell Her Come was released on, Friday 29 April. The...

Soca News Staff - Sun 01 May 2022

News Theatre

Get Up, Stand Up!

If you haven’t seen this yet, get yourself down to the West End to see Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. Reflecting...

Radeya Osman - Sun 01 May 2022

News

Nailah Blackman wants Drama

Trinidadian soca princess, Nailah Blackman has a new song out. Drama, which was released today, is addressing her friend/love interest who only wants to…wuk up...

Soca News Staff - Fri 29 Apr 2022

Carnival News

Barking & Dagenham Carnival is back

After being physically absent for two Covid-affected years, Barking and Dagenham Carnival will be returning this year with both live and online elements. It...

Radeya Osman - Fri 29 Apr 2022

Carnival News

Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Listing – May 2022

Notting Hill Carnival is slowly creeping up on us, as more and more mas bands launch their 2022 themes. With just four months to go...

Soca News Staff - Thu 28 Apr 2022

News Results

Highlights from St Maarten’s carnival competitions

As part of the Sint Maarten's carnival festivities, the Roadmarch and Band Clash competition was held on Thursday 21 April at Carnival Village. The competition...

Radeya Osman - Thu 28 Apr 2022

News

Dominica’s Jazz and Creole Festival returns

After sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, Dominica’s Jazz and Creole Festival is back in action. The 2022 Jazz Festival...

Radeya Osman - Wed 27 Apr 2022

Feature News

Kitchener 100 – celebrate the Grandmaster of calypso at the Tab

Calypsonian Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) was born a century ago on 18 April 1922. In the UK he’s best known now for his 1948...

Stephen Spark - Mon 18 Apr 2022

News Videos

Bluffin

Soca News Music - Fri 15 Apr 2022

News Videos

Liki Tiki

Soca News Music - Thu 14 Apr 2022

Carnival News

Ting Nice Agen for Vincy Mas 2022

In a press conference held by the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) today, it was revealed that plans are underway to have a full-blown Vincy...

Radeya Osman - Tue 05 Apr 2022

News

Tobago Carnival confirmed for October

After two years of enduring, Tobago Carnival is ready to unpack its bags and hit the road in full swing this October. Tashia Burris, Tobago...

Radeya Osman - Tue 05 Apr 2022

News

Life Between Islands – a new perspective

Soca News previewed Tate Britain’s exhibition of Caribbean-British art from the 1950s to the present in our March 2022 issue, but that was before...

Stephen Spark - Thu 31 Mar 2022

News

Covid claims soca star Blaxx

After contracting Covid-19, soca star Blaxx (Dexter Stewart) died on Monday 28 March 2022 just a week after being admitted to Arima General Hospital,...

Joseph Charles - Tue 29 Mar 2022

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

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Preston Caribbean Carnival celebrating 50 years

Reading Carnival 2022 is Cancelled!

Haringey’s African Caribbean Cultural Centre seeks funds to reopen

Wendi says, Tell Her Come

Get Up, Stand Up!

Nailah Blackman wants Drama

Barking & Dagenham Carnival is back

Notting Hill Carnival Band Launch Listing – May 2022

Highlights from St Maarten’s carnival competitions

Dominica’s Jazz and Creole Festival returns

Kitchener 100 – celebrate the Grandmaster of calypso at the Tab

Bluffin

Liki Tiki

Ting Nice Agen for Vincy Mas 2022

Tobago Carnival confirmed for October

Life Between Islands – a new perspective

Covid claims soca star Blaxx

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

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