Trinidad’s Carnival grips the island with an energy unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. From the moment you arrive, you’ll feel it: the beat of the soca music vibrating through your body, 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 ...

Trinidad kicks off Caribbean bash Disguised as fire-breathing dragons, glittery grim reapers and a huge translucent butterfly, masqueraders kicked off Carnival celebrations in Trinidad, while Calypso ...

Most people overlook the gorgeous Caribbean twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago but those who holiday there praise the best sights, spell-binding scenery, marvelous beaches, charming and friendly ...

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 ...

The soundtrack of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, especially where calypso music is concerned, has traditionally been topical, dealing with national or even global issues that have captured people's ...

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