Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

A performer poses for photos during Miami Carnival at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo in Miami, Florida on Sunday, October 9, 2022. Sydney Walsh [email protected] Go anywhere in the United States ...

"Vagabond" singer Ricardo Drue, who died Tuesday, previously opened for fellow vocalists Sean Kingston and Fat Joe. (Arturo Holmes / Getty Images) Ricardo Drue, a soca singer renowned in his native ...

Soca music and the brightly colored costumes of Caribbean Carnival came back to the streets of Brooklyn Monday, with the 55th annual West Indian American Day Parade taking place in person after a ...

I still remember the sound of the truck horns, the signature fast-paced tempos and pumping bass. It was Labor Day in 1997, and “Big Truck” by Machel Montano and Xtatik was blasting through the ...

Decemeber has arrived, and that means we'll be getting more than a few tastes of the soca anthems seeking to dominate Carnival season next year. But December also means the return of Sting - a ...