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Trinidad and Tobago’s KES The Band is set to take the stage in the America’s Cup Village on Saturday for Conquer Cancer Foundation Day. The pop/soca group have become known for their blend of “soulful vocals, calypso-inspired melodies, rock riffs and...

From 17 to 60 ... Wyclef Jean made good on his promise that everyone would have a good time, no matter their age. The musician warmed up the congregation at the America’s Cup Village on Saturday with personal hits from the Fugees to Shakira, before ...

Local singer Cush Evans has won the first ever Quest for the Best song competition with his song Run Road. The contest, organised by Intense Mas and sponsored by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, drew more than 20 entries from local a...

You would think it would be hard to get heard in a country of 47 million people. Joanne Ball Burgess’s song Don’t Disturb My Dance is getting airplay all over Kenya. “I just got back from launching the song in Mombasa,” said the Bermudian who moved t...

Bermuda Heroes Weekend kicked off with a splash of soca last night at the Five Star Friday concert at the National Sports Centre. The party at the North Field ran from 6pm until midnight, with revellers letting their hair down as they opened the thre...

It’s no wonder “jump” is frequently heard in Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez’s lyrics. The soca queen is energetic, to put it mildly. She won the International Soca Monarch competition just six days before giving birth to her daughter Syri in 2009; her husband...

People may know him by his stage names Rowdy Piper and R?ddla. But local hip hop artist Roddy Nesbitt could soon have another label under his belt — that of soca star. Mr Nesbitt’s latest song, CrossFit, is described as an energetic soca tune. Comp...

If you’re one of the many people on the Island already counting down until summer arrives, here’s one more reason to get excited... Beenie Man. The Grammy-award winning Jamaican reggae artist will headline the ninth annual Soca Vs Reggae Cup Match af...

There’s no need to travel overseas for your next soca “whine”. Passion Bermuda is bringing carnival right here for the first time in the summer. Heroes Weekend 2015 will offer the same dance until dawn celebration seen in other parts of the world, b...

A night locals won’t soon forget — that’s what Trinidad born soca singer Destra Garcia is hoping to offer fans later this month. The ‘Queen of Bacchanal’ last visited these shores five or six years ago and admitted she was “really excited” and could...

Nine-year-old Terron Webb can now be described as a Calypso star in the making. After entering the Junior Calypso Competition at the recent Nevis Culturama Festival in St Kitts and Nevis, Terron was named first runner-up with his song Youngsters Uni...

Par-la-Ville Car Park was transformed into a sweat-dripping, flag-waving, dance-until-you-drop Carnival fete on Wednesday evening. Machel Montano, the headliner of Cup Match Summer Splash, brought a taste of his Trinidadian homeland to these shores f...