HEAR THIS: Kiff ‘Mix N Ting’
Jersey’s Kiff started making waves last year with a style he had coined Jersey soca; a unique blend of Jersey club and the island sounds he grew up on. The pairing picked up on similar traits between the two, specifically Barbados’ style of crop over. The remix culture that such a big part of both soca […]
HEAR THIS: Leadpipe & Saddis Kick Off Evolution Sound Soca Mixtape
Porgie & Murda Bring Dreams To Life Crop Over 2016 may be winding down, but Barbados is still bubbling. This year the island revellers had to do without Rihanna (she spent the weekend in Toronto rocking OVO Fest) but the party continues on this exclusive Evolution Sound soca mix featuring Bajan soca duo Leadpipe & […]
HEAR THIS: Fadda Fox ft. Runtown “All Day All Night”
From Lagos to Bridgetown Comes A Cross-Cultural Collab For Cropover These are exciting times for open-minded music lovers, as genre distinctions break down and the unifying forces of tempo and technology work their magic around the globe. No matter what name you choose to call them, certain songs have the power to move the crowd. […]
Machel Montano Rules Carnival With
“Waiting on the Stage”—Is He Leading Soca Down The Road To EDM?
Trinidad & Tobago’s “Minister of Road” Takes Third Consecutive Road March Title Trinidadian soca superstar Machel Montano has won his third consecutive road march title. Since 1932, the Trinidad Carnival Committtee has awarded the prize to the musical composition played most often at the “judging points” along the parade route throughout Port of Spain during […]
WATCH THIS: Kes “Endless Summer” Original Music Video
Trini Soca Stars Gets Loose On Ricky Blaze’s Uptown Julie Riddim Here it is the first weekend of August, and we’re not really ready for the End of Summer. When you’re Kees Dieffernthaler of Kes the Band, your life is an endless summer. Dude can hop on a plane and find the summertime vibes anywhere in the […]
Reasoning with Machel Montano “You’ve Got To Be Yourself”
After (Almost) 33 Years in The Game, The King of Soca Tells Reshma B How He Stays Fly If you don’t know Machel Montano, you don’t know soca. He was nine years old the first time he represented Trinidad & Tobago at Madison Square Garden, and since that time he’s dominated the soca scene from […]
Jabba Pledges Best of the Best 2014 Will Be 100% Caribbean, Says Reggae and Hip-Hop “Come In Like Oil and Water”
Promoter Promises to “Learn From His Mistakes” at BOTB 2014: Reggae & Soca—but NO Hip-Hop For the past eight years Best of the Best has been a fixture of Memorial Day Weekend in Miami, a big outdoor reggae and soca show that normally features top hip-hop acts as well. But this year, Reshma B caught up with Jabba who […]
50 Tips Everyone Should Know For Carnival
Tips To Make Sure You Have A Safe And Enjoyable Carnival Experience It’s less than one week to the greatest show on Earth, Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 2014. Veteran masqueraders are already descending upon the twin island republic this week along with a slew of Carnival virgins who really don’t know what they’re in for. […]
HEAR THIS: Machel Montano “Ministry Of Road (M.O.R.)”
Double M Is About To Destroy The Road With This One Machel and Precision Productions collide once more and they’re are committed in destroying everything in their path. Don’t worry they’ll fix everything right up after. Presenting the “Ministry Of Road,” or M.O.R. as its commonly known will mash up any road, anywhere, day or […]
HEAR THIS: Bunji Garlin ft. Busta Rhymes “Differentology” Remix
Vikings And Conglomerates Connect. Axes Up! Not only was “Differentology” the top-ranking soca jam of 2013 and winner of MTV Iggy’s song of the year compeition, it’s an undeniable outernational smash that’s ready for the road around the world. Now just in time to wrap up the year, “Differentology” gets an outernational refix courtesy of […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Lord Kitchender “Sugar Bum Bum”
He Wasn’t The Lord For Nothing As the work day winds to close most of us (myself included) are already thinking about what trouble to get in to this fine Labor Day weekend. The numerous fetes, boat rides and tonight especially Hot 97’s On The Reggae Tip concert going down at the Hammerstein Ballroom […]
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: “Machel Montano “Teacher’s Footsteps”
Machel Was Always A Star We really dug in the crates today to pull out this little gem. We reached back all the way to 1984 and found a then nine year old Machel Montano performing at the Dimache Gras show as a special guest, the same year he ran away with the Junior […]