News

Notting Hill Carnival 2018 Steelband Competition Results

Here are the results of all the British Association of Steelbands (BAS) Pan competitions that were held during the Notting Hill Carnival 2018 season. CAPCA...

Joseph Charles - Sat 01 Sep 2018

UK National Panorama 2018 results

The 2018 UK National Panorama Competition was held last night at the Emslie Horniman's Pleasance Park in London. Here are the results 1st. Mangrove Steel Band...

Joseph Charles - Sun 26 Aug 2018

Calypso Tent finale – Jeffrey for King!

The Friday before Notting Hill Carnival is a watershed moment in the calendar. It’s the last night of the London Calypso Tent, but it’s...

Stephen Spark - Sun 26 Aug 2018

Deadline looms for Notting Hill Carnival management contract

Groups wanting to organise Notting Hill Carnival for the next three years have until 31 August to submit an intention to submit an expression...

Stephen Spark - Sat 25 Aug 2018

Voice will show some Love tonight at the Get Mad Fest

Trinidadian soca singer Aaron St Louis, known by his stage name ‘Voice’, has risen rapidly to become one of the big names in Caribbean...

Lisa Williams - Sat 25 Aug 2018

Calypso Monarch Finals: De Admiral sails to victory

London Calypso Tent stalwart De Admiral (Jeffrey Hinds) has finally seen his boat come in – on his 26th year of performing in the...

Stephen Spark - Sat 25 Aug 2018

Carnival News

Notting Hill Carnival judging changes

Mas bands at Notting Hill Carnival (NHC) will be judged twice this year, Soca News has learned. In addition to the established judging point in...

Stephen Spark - Sat 25 Aug 2018

UK Calypso Monarch 2018 results

The finals of the 2018 UK Calypso Monarch Competition took place last night at the Tabernacle, Powis Square in London. In a fiercely battled competition there...

Joseph Charles - Fri 24 Aug 2018

Carnival News

Kids play mas and pan in Downing Street

We’ve had Carnival on postage stamps, Carnival down the Mall, Carnival at the opening of the London Olympics. And now Carnival has come to...

Stephen Spark - Thu 23 Aug 2018

Patrice Roberts is in the Wild Wild West

Patrice Roberts, beloved soca diva out of Trinidad, has been singing from a young age. The spotlight began to fall on her as a...

Lisa Williams - Thu 23 Aug 2018

Calypso Queen Stacey Sobers performs tonight at the London Calypso Tent

Stacey Sobers comes from a musical family: her father, Glenford Sobers, was a calypsonian known as Joe Cool and her brother Marlon Asher had...

Stephen Spark - Thu 23 Aug 2018

Shenseea

Shenseea, the fast-rising dancehall star and DJ out of Jamaica, is making major waves on the Caribbean music scene at just 21 years of...

Lisa Williams - Wed 22 Aug 2018

They got it! Sunshine and Nadiva take UK soca crown

Friday 17 August was another steamy night in The Tabernacle, so expectations were high for some hot soca action in the ACUK Groovy Soca...

Stephen Spark - Tue 21 Aug 2018

Soca sails into Somerset House on the Windrush

Windrush commemorative events are popping up at the most unlikely places. Throughout August, grandiose Somerset House in the Strand is echoing to a series...

Joseph Charles - Mon 20 Aug 2018

Motto

Lashley ‘Motto’ Winter is a super producer and soca artiste from Saint Lucia, currently hurtling towards being a huge international soca star. He’s well...

Lisa Williams - Mon 20 Aug 2018

DJ Puffy is in the house

DJ Puffy (aka Andre Parris) out of Barbados has built not just a loyal fan base at home but also an international following for...

Lisa Williams - Thu 16 Aug 2018

Skinny Banton recognised as cultural ambassador

New York State senator Jesse Hamilton (20th State District) and the West Indian American Day Carnival Association team has just recognised Grenadian soca artist...

Lisa Williams - Wed 15 Aug 2018

Swiss Soca Festival 2018

The Swiss Soca Festival, a brand new addition to the Soca Weekenders in 2017, is building on last year’s success with bigger venues for...

Lisa Williams - Tue 14 Aug 2018

Manchester Carnival carries on after shooting

A shooting incident after the first day of Manchester Caribbean Carnival failed to stop thousands of people enjoying the second day of the 46-year-old...

Stephen Spark - Mon 13 Aug 2018

Mighty Shadow to be awarded a doctorate by UWI in October

Veteran calypsonian Winston Bailey, better known as The Mighty Shadow, will be recognised for his contribution to the arts with a honorary degree from...

Lisa Williams - Mon 13 Aug 2018

Calypso pressure rises at London Tent semis

From the first note the ABC All Stars Band showed they were on cracking form; all three Soca Divettes were in their accustomed places;...

Stephen Spark - Mon 13 Aug 2018

Books News

Nobel Prize-winning British author VS Naipaul dies aged 85

British novelist Sir VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at his home in London aged 85, his family have...

Joseph Charles - Sat 11 Aug 2018

Grenada Soca Monarch 2018 results

The finals of the 2018 Grenada soca monarch competition took place last night Friday 10 August but ended in the early hours of this...

Joseph Charles - Sat 11 Aug 2018

Fable, Fantasy and Folklore

Fable, Fantasy and Folklore is a multi-disciplinary arts exhibition of film, photography, painting and poetry that explores Caribbean identity and history through well-known fairy...

Lisa Williams - Thu 09 Aug 2018

Carnival News

Notting Hill organisers put a price on Panorama

As usual in early August in London, panyards are reverberating to the sound of practice sessions and enthusiasts are counting off the days until...

Stephen Spark - Wed 08 Aug 2018