Carnival’s summer treat: pan-jazz in the park
The Carnival Culture in the Park series at Opera Holland Park...
History dominates the second Kaiso Lime show of 2024
The show, on Saturday 1 June, was opened up with Michael...
Shift in Carnival Culture evident at Army Fete 2024
For many people, Army Fete signals the peak of the Trinidad...
Unveiling the Spirits: The Experience of UK Rumfest 2023
Soca News was at UK RumFest on Sunday 15 October, at...
A look back at St. Kitts Music Festival 2023
A THREE-DAY FESTIVAL WITH A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF ITS TRADITIONAL ECLECTIC...
Chef Dom Taylor’s The Good front Room
Chef Dom Taylor was crowned winner of Channel 4 and Netflix...
Review: ACASA UK Groovy Soca Monarch Final, Fri 18 Aug 2023
The Groovy Soca Final followed the Junior Soca Monarch contest. There...
Review: UK Junior Calypso Monarch Final, Fri 18 Aug 2023
It has been a very long time since London hosted a...
Review: Etienne Charles and Creole Soul, Wed 16 August 2023
This was a bit of a wild card and I suspect...
Red Carpet Film Premier Shines a Light on Black Women’s Menopause...
The premier of Dr Yansie Rolston’s Our Menopause was held at...
Ras Iley and Friends: A Celebration of Decades in the Soca...
For 40 years, Ras Iley has been producing legendary soca music,...
Kaiso Lime 2023 season celebrates Caribbean legends and academics
Kaiso Lime 2023 opened on Saturday 6 May and promises to...
Teddyson John’s Stripped to become a permanent fixture
Teddyson John is still reeling from the success of ‘Stripped’, his...
Cash delivered on stage to Bunji for ‘Hard Fete’ repeats
Caesar's Army patrons whipped out wet TT and USD bills to...
Love for Nailah at Sokah Origins Sokahchella event
Nailah Blackman is still reeling from the success of this year's...
David Rudder – High Mas at the Opera
Opera Holland Park’s big tent was crackling with the static electricity...
St. Kitts Music Festival a look back at 2022
The St Kitts Music Festival returned in June after two years...
Kaiso Lime season finale marks the beginning of Black History Month
On Saturday 1 October, Black History Month dominated Kaiso Lime’s last...
Steelpan summer – 4 × 12 = magic!
The Saharan summer turned to autumn overnight. Fallen leaves from drought-stricken...
Kaiso Lime season dedicated to the ‘Grandmaster’
The second instalment of Kaiso Lime 2022 got underway at the...
The Frontline – the unheard of Notting Hill in their own...
A new book by Ishmahil Blagrove is always a notable event,...
Kaiso Lime returns for a five-month run at the Tabernacle
It’s amazing: we are out of lockdown and still I can’t...
Caribbean culture at the Foire De Paris
If you were wanting to sample the best in Caribbean culture,...
Acasa’s Spring Collection – calypso and Soca return in style
Aficionados of ‘the first music of the Caribbean’ have been heading...
Levé kicks off the Saint Lucian Carnival season
On Friday 27 May, Verve nightclub came alive with sweet soca...
Ebony and Mangrove make steelpan history in Holland Park
Carnival Culture in the Park, Day Two: SteelpanAfter Thursday’s calypso show...
Pan-Jam in Powis Square
Officially, it was Steel the Show. Unofficially, it was a blockorama....
Yes, Mas Mus, and will, Play!
What with the absence of Notting Hill Carnival this year, just...
Small in number, great in spirit – calypso returns to the...
It’s been a strange year, as if you hadn’t noticed. You...
A tribute to Brother Resistance
On Thursday 29 July, Talk Yuh Talk in conjunction with Carnival...
