News

Windrush Tales: ‘Windrush monument should be in Brixton’

At a well-attended Zoom meeting called by the Windrush Foundation on 16 June, the near unanimous view was that the government’s proposed monument to...

Stephen Spark - Tue 22 Jun 2021

Windrush Tales: The horrific story of Empire Windrush

These days, the arrival of Empire Windrush at Tilbury on 22 June 1948 is seen as a positive moment in Britain’s history. If it...

Stephen Spark - Mon 21 Jun 2021

Health & Fitness News

Looking after your mental health in lockdown

During the Covid-19 pandemic we have found ourselves turning into paranoid hygiene warriors, isolated from our tribes and reliant on social media to keep...

Alicia Alvarados - Sun 20 Jun 2021

Windrush Tales: Windrush Myths and Reality

Lots of stories have grown up about the Empire Windrush and its passengers,the so-called ‘Windrush Generation’, and sometimes it can be hard to sift...

Stephen Spark - Sun 20 Jun 2021

News Soca People

Lil Bitts and a little Talawa

Versatile Lil Bitts (Shivonne Liesl-Anne Churche) from Trinidad has been making soca music for many decades. But there is more to know about Lil...

Joseph Charles - Sun 20 Jun 2021

Grenada to allow hosting of cultural activities during carnival period

Although Spicemas Corporation, the main organiser of Grenada Carnival, will not be presenting the festival this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government...

Radeya Osman - Sat 19 Jun 2021

Notting Hill Carnival off the road in 2021 – official

London’s premier annual outdoor event, Notting Hill Carnival, will not take place on the streets of west London this year, the organiser announced in...

Stephen Spark - Fri 18 Jun 2021

Nailah goes Bad with new song

Trinidadian singer, songwriter and fashion icon, Nailah Blackman has released a new track, entitled Bad, which has at the time of writing been streamed...

Joseph Charles - Fri 18 Jun 2021

Triniboi Joocie is celebrating with a Bottle Over his Head

UK Soca artist and former Soca News - UK Soca Monarch winner, Triniboi Joocie (Rodell Sorzano) is celebrating his 2019 hit soca track Bottle...

Joseph Charles - Thu 17 Jun 2021

Notting Hill Carnival decision delayed

The fate of Notting Hill Carnival 2021 hangs in the balance, as the organiser pulled back from deciding whether to hold the event on...

Stephen Spark - Wed 16 Jun 2021

Grenfell – four years on and nothing has changed

The wrapped wreck of the burnt-out Grenfell Tower is still visible from the route of Notting Hill Carnival four years after the devastating fire...

Stephen Spark - Wed 16 Jun 2021

Windrush Tales: The World the Windrush found

“The past is another country”, they say. A traveller from 2021 who stepped down the gangplank and found themselves in 1948 – the year...

Stephen Spark - Sun 13 Jun 2021

Soca News – Soca Events Guide June 2021

Don’t know where to go, or what to do?Our events listing is all you need to keep you in the know. We cover predominately...

Joseph Charles - Sun 13 Jun 2021

Uncertain forecast for UK’s summer carnivals

After a year in which almost every carnival, music festival and village fete was cancelled, it was hoped that the successful vaccine rollout would...

Stephen Spark - Sat 12 Jun 2021

Nottingham Carnival 2021 – Ready, Set, Go!

Organisers of the much-loved Nottingham Carnival are planning to hold this year's event on Sunday 22 August at the Victoria Embankment. The decision came...

Radeya Osman - Fri 11 Jun 2021

Rebekah Murrell – in the Director’s Chair, talks J’Ouvert

J’Ouvert first came to our attention when it played at Theatre 503, Battersea, in June 2019 - and it makes a return this year...

Joseph Charles - Tue 08 Jun 2021

Miami Carnival 2021 set to open on Columbus Day Weekend

Miami Carnival is set to return in October this year. After a year of hiatus, Miami-Broward One Carnival Host Committee in partnership with the...

Radeya Osman - Sat 05 Jun 2021

Barking & Dagenham Carnival 2021

The Barking & Dagenham Carnival has been running for seven years, but this year on Saturday 10 July 2021, it will take on a...

Joseph Charles - Fri 04 Jun 2021

Film & Television News

Hero lands on Amazon Prime and Cineplex

Trinidadian movie Hero is now available for streaming in Canada on Premium VOD in the Cineplex Store, Prime Video in the United States and...

Radeya Osman - Wed 02 Jun 2021

Bunji releases Trini Lingo

Trinidad’s Viking of Soca, Bunji Garlin, has finally released his tik tok hit on his new YouTube channel. Trini Lingo was published on Bunji’s...

Soca News Staff - Mon 31 May 2021

Fashion News Soca Stars In Fashion

Reading Carnival goes virtual on May Bank Holiday

With the pandemic still a cause for concern, Reading Carnival is going virtual this year. For its 44th year, it will appear online tomorrow,...

Soca News Staff - Sun 30 May 2021

Books News

Children’s Author making a Creole difference

In 2017, British children’s author Joshua Cartwright and his wife Glenda Cartwright, who is originally from Guyana, launched their first children's book. The Granny...

Nana Akua Frimpomaa Amofa - Sun 30 May 2021

Soca Stars In Fashion: Inspired by Alison Hinds

Alison Hinds, the soca queen, is many things: a recording artist, activist, motivational speaker, actor, mother, and wife. This Caribbean Queen has been releasing...

Soca News Staff - Sat 22 May 2021

2021 Atlanta Dekalb Caribbean Carnival postponed

A continuing surge of Covid-19 cases locally has forced organisers to postpone the 32nd Atlanta DeKalb Caribbean Carnival. The Atlanta Carnival Bandleaders Council and Atlanta...

Radeya Osman - Fri 21 May 2021

The Tabernacle reopens with a new look

The Tabernacle, in the heart of Ladbroke Grove, was built in 1888 as an evangelical Christian church. Now for many years serving as a...

Soca News Staff - Thu 13 May 2021

Music News News

Chrissy D is at the Final Stage

Barbadian singer and songwriter Chrissy D has released a pre-Crop Over song, Final Stage, as she waits for Crop Over 2022. The song, which...

Soca News Staff - Thu 13 May 2021

Food & Drink News

Island Food With Saint Lucian Vibes

A glance at the Instagram page of @islandfoodwithvibes will reveal a mouth-watering variety of Caribbean dishes to cater for any palate, it seemed appropriate...

Dunstan Creavalle - Tue 11 May 2021

Ravi pays tribute to Sundar Popo

Chutney soca artist Ravi Bissambhar, more commonly known as Ravi B, on Monday 3 May released a tribute medley in memory of Sundar Popo,...

Soca News Staff - Tue 11 May 2021