From dancehall to soca, here are a few rising stars of the West Indies to keep an eye on in the new year. By Kyle Denis From music to film, 2024 was a banner year for Caribbean artists. Reinaldo ...

Chronixx updates a classic Jacob Miller one-drop riddim, Major Lazer makes soca mainstream, and Beenie Man and Shaggy express their appreciation of women. Plus, the white reggae act it’s OK to like ...

From reggae and soca to merengue and bouyon, here’s how these musical genres have shaped the region’s culture and influenced ...

In our special end-of-year playlist series, here’s five of the very best tracks of 2014 from the Caribbean The moody Dubbel Dutch-produced riddim is representative of the whole of Popcaan’s Where We ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs by Yung Bredda and Lu City. By Kyle Denis Between Vybz Kartel‘s blockbuster Freedom Street homecoming concert, Machel Montano‘s historic NPR ...

A major music festival will return this summer after a five-year hiatus. Soca versus Reggae will bring the music back during the Cup Match holiday, with promises of an explosive revival of the ...

Funk Flex didn’t just host—he owned the stage. From lively interactions with the crowd to DJing between sets, his presence kept the energy booming throughout the night. A true showman, he created ...

All bets are off at this year’s Soca Versus Reggae VIII event. Organisers will be pitting an all female soca team against an all male reggae line-up in its first ever ‘Battle of the Sexes’. And it is ...

You can’t keep a good festival down. The Caribbean Food and Rum Festival will finally get its long-awaited reboot on Sunday, Dec. 12, after COVID-19 caused a delay from the original Labor Day weekend ...

Tiger Bay became the ultimate party zone on Friday night as hundreds of Soca and Reggae fans turned up to party after Cup Match. The event was Soca vs Reggae, the Cloud Nine Edition where both teams ...

Soca Versus Reggae [SVR] will be held this August, with the organizer saying “this return promises to be momentous.” A spokesperson said, “In the years since Soca Versus Reggae [SVR] last lit up a ...