It’s time to party! Carnival’s coming to Miami this weekend. The music, the costumes, the food — they all celebrate Caribbean culture to the max. Deco checked in with Shaggy and Kes — two guys who are ...

By the time Kees Dieffenthaller, better known simply as Kes, and his bandmates step onto the stage of Frederick P. Rose Hall ...

Soca sensation Kes staged his fourth annual IzWe Festival for over 15,000 fans during Trinidad Carnival yesterday, highlighting how popular the genre has become to live audiences both in the Caribbean ...

When I think about how soca music makes me feel, I beam from the inside. Charge it to my Trinidadian roots, but whenever a big “chune” plays (old or new) my eyes close, hands go up, head tilts back ...

Listen to 10 new must-hear reggae, dancehall and soca songs from artists like Vybz Kartel, Shatta Wale, Popcaanm, Kes, Armanii, Problem Child & Tempa.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Just in time for the Carnival season, 'Mood' is a feel-good Soca single ...

When Kees Dieffenthaller was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1980s, the lively rhythms of soca and its predecessor calypso were the island’s sound — although they were usually exclusive to ...

The first soca artist to headline Toronto’s Budweiser Stage, Kes the Band is paying homage to Toronto for helping him reach the height of his musical career. Earlier this month, the Trinidadian ...

Go anywhere in the United States and odds are somebody, somewhere is doing a celebration for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. The art form that was born in the Bronx, however, is not the only ...

On a normal day in early February, Trinidad and Tobago’s Queen’s Park Savannah would be bustling in preparation for Carnival. Vendors would be constructing their stalls, covering tables with water and ...

Soca icons Kes the Band are primed to ride out the last days of summer, sharing their live album We Home last week. The album features familiar and re-worked versions of their biggest hits including ...

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 ...