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Bouyon Music

Bouyon is a musical style from Dominica; it is derived from old island rhythms and uses modern instruments. The word “bouyon” means “soup”, a perfect …
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...
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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...

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...
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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...

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...
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