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 ...

Every year, millions of ecstatic people fill the streets of cities like Rio de Janeiro, Barranquilla, New Orleans, and Port-of-Spain, Trinidad to celebrate Carnival. Traditionally, the public parties ...

If you're going to be anywhere near Trinidad and Tobago for Carnival 2017, you'll be swivelling your hips and shaking your waist to some amazing music. I've talked about five of the best soca tunes on ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Every year, an onslaught of high-octane soca music is released ahead of Trinidad's pre-Lent Carnival. The songs are new, but the themes are well-worn: Rum.

Trinidad and Tobago Carnival has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I competed every year for the venerated title of “Junior Queen of Carnival”. Of all my portrayals—and I was ...