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Atlanta welcomes 38th Annual Caribbean Carnival with focus on Trinidad and Tobago

Atlanta embraces the spirit of the Caribbean as the 38th Annual Atlanta Caribbean Carnival unfolds in a spectacular display of music, masquerade, and multicultural unity. …
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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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...

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...

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,...

Nailah wins third place at the International Songwriting Competition

Nailah Blackman’s video for her song Boujee has placed third at the 2020 International Songwriting Competition (ISC), which was inundated with more than 26,000...

Ravi B wants you to stay safe

Chutney soca singer Ravi B (Ravi Bissambhar) has asked fellow Trinidadians to observe all Covid-19 protocols to stay safe. This advice came after the...

Bequia turns to Bitcoin

Bequia, the 18-square-kilometre Caribbean island, was by Euronews in late April 2021  confirmed as the world’s first fully Bitcoin-enabled community. The transfer to Bitcoin...

New CEO for Grenada Tourism Authority

After a long-standing career in tourism, Petra Roach, a known veteran in the Tourism industry, has become the new CEO of the Grenada Tourism...

A closer look at UK soca artist Simbaarley

Talented Simbaarley (Nathaniel Seún Leigertwood) represents both Saint Vincent and Antigua in the soca scene. How does he define himself as an artist and...
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National Children’s Carnival Week returns

With Carnival season approaching in the UK, the Isle of Wight is gearing up for the return of National Children’s Carnival Week after a...

Trinidad soca artist Bass releases the vaccine anthem

Trinidadian soca artists and radio personality, Bass, known by many as Trilo-G has released Take It, the vaccine anthem that is encouraging everyone to...

Farmer Nappy, the 2021 Soca Monarch and Road March winner turns...

Farmer Nappy (Darryl Henry) the Backyard Jam hit tune maker turns fifty today. Earlier this year during the Trinidad Carnival season, Nappy was crowned...

Check out Nailah Blackman’s five stunning poses for the gram

Nicknamed Watermelon Gyal, Nailah Blackman is a Trinidadian soca artist and the 2018 Best New International Act Nominee. Nailah has entertained us with songs...

The Caribbean has a new currency DCash

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has launched DCash, created in partnership with Barbados-based fintech company Bitt. This new digital currency is intended to address...

Canisia Lubrin wins Caribbean literature prize

The NGC Bocas Lit Fest team hosted a virtual ceremony via its website and social media on 24 April to announce the winner of...

The Great House Antigua: fairytales can come true!

Just occasionally you find somewhere that’s almost too good to be true. Some 20 minutes from V C Bird International Airport is such a...

Soca artist Erphaan Alves wants you to grow it yourself

Erphaan Alves has started a Grow It Yourself (GIY) challenge, with support from Trinidad & Tobago’s Ministry of Sport and Community Development and the...
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J’Ouvert comes to BBC Four’s Lights Up season

The play J’Ouvert premiered at Theatre503 in Battersea, South London, in 2019. It tells the story of two friends, Nadine and Jade, who must...

Caribbean culture showcased in Taiwan

The inaugural Culture Uma Fest was held on April 17 in Taiwan’s capital Taipei, and was positively received by enthusiastic individuals who gathered at...

Bunji Garlin, Lyrikal, Azaryah and Adam O join Stadic’s Riddim challenge

Trinidadian music producer Stadic Music (Kevin Charles) recently launched a challenge looking for artists to duet FREESTYLE on a new riddim. The successful act...

Berger presents Bold the Concert featuring Destra, Nikita and Beenie Man

To celebrate the launch of their rebrand and new campaign, entitled ‘Boldy Berger’, paint company Berger hosted a concert on Friday 23 April. ‘Bold The...

Wetty Beatz releases Ting Go Nice Again in Support of St...

Vincentian singer, songwriter, and producer, Wetty Beatz has released Ting Go Nice Again in support of St Vincent and the Grenadines who are currently...

Soca Love Story postponed as further covid restrictions hit Trinidad

Soca Love Story which was scheduled to be held at the Naparima Bowl, Trinidad today, Saturday 24 April, has been postponed until further notice....
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