ST. THOMAS — A line of horn players read the sheet music before them. Backup singers work out chorus lines with calypsonians. And, under dim lights at Pilgrim’s Terrace one evening, Malvern Gumbs, ...

ST. THOMAS — Calypso lovers clenched umbrellas and sat through buckets of rain Saturday night as 12 contenders vied for the St. Thomas Carnival 2023 Calypso Monarch title at Virgin’s Haven along the ...

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 ...

After much online discussion over whether the International Soca Monarch (ISM) competition, a fixture on Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival calendar for the past three decades, would be held in 2023 — the ...

If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of Caribbean music, it’s probably reggae, dancehall and soca. Between Buju Banton’s Stateside return and Vybz Kartel’s release from ...

Soca Anthropology is a big part of this weekend’s Carnival Downtown Credit: Courtesy photo Things are hot enough in Orlando already, but now the big and blazing Carnival takeover of downtown is back ...

The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Ministry along with the Antigua Barbuda Festivals Commission are excited to present the 2024 Antigua Carnival. The Antigua Carnival has become the Caribbean’s greatest ...

Carnival, the most festive season on the Caribbean island of Dominica, begins in early January as Calypso competitions get underway. From January and into February, Dominicans and visitors alike are ...