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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 ...
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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Killa stays in the cold: Out of Ultimate Soca Champion competition
THE Ultimate Soca Champion competition had a replacement semi-finalist added to the list after Trinidad Killa (Kern Joseph) ...
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Farmer Nappy plays a spiritual mas
FOR Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry, the unimaginable has happened—soca music, a genre rooted in revelry and the road, is now ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...