On a Friday night last February, a singer in a gold lamé suit and matching kufi stepped off a throne to pounding drums and a loud chanting of his name. As Olatunji performed his single “Ola,” dancers ...
Montano as Lee de Leon and Natalie Perera as Anita Panchouri from Bazodee (2016) Machel Montano (press photo) Drake’s OVO Fest kicks off today in Toronto, and we sat down with Trinidadian artist, ...
Machel Montano has devoted his life to the cause of soca music. At age 41, and having been in the limelight since he began singing as a precocious 7 year old, his talents have long outgrown the island ...
Soca music fans subsist in a feast-or-famine world. Feasts come during Carnival — especially Trinidad Carnival, king of them all — when the exuberant, dance-driven tunes are released faster than soca ...
The semi-final round of the 2016 International Soca Monarch music competition took place at the Grand Stand of the Queen’s Park Savannah in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, on January 17, 2016. To ...
Registration for the 16th edition of the 2016 Chutney Soca Monarch has started and artistes are asked to submit their songs for the upcoming season. There will be a new title - that of “Chutney Soca ...
Kiko-Dan: The Future of Soca Kraine Thursday Dec 1st 2016 10:30PM $15 AT THE KRAINE THEATER 85 EAST 4TH ST EAST VILLAG NYC Kaydeem Francis better known as The Soca Sensation "Kiko-Dan" is a talented ...
What time zone are you in, where are you in the world? I’m in Los Angeles, California, in the Valley, and I just left the gym. You’re from Trinidad, how did you make your way to L.A.? I was signed ...