Soca King Machel Montano Announces Album ‘One Degree Hotter’
Machel Montano is ready to make us dance with new music. On Wednesday, the Tobagonian, soca musician announced his album One ...
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Coming face to face with Nadia Batson
NADIA BATSON is not just a soca artiste—she is a storyteller, a composer, and a cultural trendsetter.With a career defined by ...
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Machel Montano Brings the Islands to NPR ‘Tiny Desk' With Series' First Soca Set
On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR's Tiny Desk series to its very first soca set. Born out of '70s calypso in Trinidad and Tobago, soca music is characterized by its fast ...
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Zachary’s ‘Play a Mas’ calls for Caribbean unity
Zachary Ransome is proving once again that age is no barrier to making a mark in soca music.The 11-year-old Montrose ...
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Machel Montano: Tiny Desk Concert
Montano's performance is the first to bring soca, the high energy dance music of the Caribbean, to the Tiny Desk. The genre was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s when calypso artist ...
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TT$1M prize for Trinidad’s Ultimate Soca Champion
(Trinidad Guardian) The first prize for the Ultimate Soca Competition is $1 million ... best song in each category will be up for grabs. Music publicist Adanna Asson expressed concern about ...