soca Archives – Caribbean Life

Nailah Blackman, fourth from left, receives award from New York State Caribbean-American Delegation: From left , Assembly Member Latrice Walker, Assembly Member Chantel Jackson, Senator Siela Bynoe (with proclamation), Assembly Member Jaime Williams, Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman and Senator Roxanne Persaud.

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Caribbean-American Delegation, NYS Black Legislative Task Force honor Soca star Nailah Blackman

By Nelson A. King

Machel Montano performs onstage during Day 2 of the 2024 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 06, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

News

Machel Montano gets an MA in Carnival Studies

By Bert Wilkinson

Braata Productions folks singers huddle for "Banana.”

Caribbean

Braata ‘Still Standing Remount’

By Nelson A. King

Guyanese soca, dancehall and R&B singer ‘Hot Gal’ Nesta.

Guyana

Guyanese ‘Hot Gal’ Nesta heads to NYC to promote latest single

By Nelson A. King

2024 Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch, Machel Montano.

Music

Soca sensation Machel Montano to bring carnival vibes to The Apollo

By Nelson A. King

News

Caribbean Heritage jibes with Black Music Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

From left, Mark Dei, Barbados, VP, Ghana Caribbean Association; Malissa Garner, Guyana, events director (and champion of the initiative) for the GCA; Akwasi Abadio, Ghana, director of the Diaspora Affairs, and Kevoy Burton, Jamaica, president, GCA.

Africa

First Caribbean Week Ghana to take center stage from June 1 – 8, 2024, in Accra, Ghana

By Tangerine Clarke

Reggae singer Chris Martin.

Music

REGGAE ON THE TRACKS

By Nelson A. King

Kacy Rankine at Audacy studio.

Caribbean

Roadblock Radio to broadcast Caribbean programs on CBS 101.1FM HD3

By Nelson A. King

Trinidadian Soca Singer Jadel.

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Jadel: ‘Don’t Be Mistaken’

By Nelson A. King

A student of St. Stanislaus College in “Melting Pot of Culture” costume celebrating “Our Peoples and Our Prosperity,” at the 2024 Mashramani Parade in Georgetown on Feb.17.

Guyana

Youths showed cultural pride at 54th Anniversary of Republic Mashramani Parade in Georgetown

By Tangerine Clarke

Dieffenthaller, also known as Kes speaks at the Soca Conversation Series

Music

TALKING SOCA

By Nelson A. King

Minna LaFortune gives Vote-of-Thanks in late February 2023 as a coalition of Caribbean Americans honored Congressional Reps. Hakeem Jeffries and Yvette D. Clarke.

Jamaica

Minna LaFortune ‘Mek A Money’

By Nelson A. King

Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice Roberts.

Music

‘LIKE YUH SELF’

By Nelson A. King

Vincentian dancehall artist, Sita D Lyrical Diva.

St Vincent

SITA D BUILDS MOMENTUM

By Nelson A. King

Kids dressed in a Nativity scene at the Green Acres Christmas parade in Georgetown, Guyana.

Guyana

Celebrating Yuletide Guyanese style, with pepper pot, black cake, Soca carols

By Tangerine Clarke

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