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The Trini superstar also shared the stage with acclaimed jazz trumpeter Etienne Charles. Read Billboard's show review. By Kyle Denis In 2025, Machel Montano helped kick off a whirlwind year for ...

You might not think that the 1990s were a golden era for country music, but it was. Yes, if you go back to the 1960s or 1970s, you’ll find country songs that are emblazoned on the collective ...

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Soca music royalty Bunji Garland and Faye Ann Lyons will turn the Brooklyn Museum into a dance hall ahead of the West Indian American parade. Parkinson’s Isn’t Just Bad Luck. Scientists Reveal It’s ...

What an exciting 20 years it was for rock music between the 1990s and 2000s, filled with plenty of "god-tier" tracks that left their mark on music and culture. You can only hope that enough innovation ...

Soca icon Machel Montano says it may take some time for soca music to become as widespread as reggae and dancehall, but he hopes to help lead the way. He also discusses his upcoming "Planet Brooklyn" ...

Some tears were of pain. About 11 percent of Africans brought to Grenada as slaves between 1669 and 1808 are believed to have been Sierra Leonean, like my parents, whose direct lineage avoided the ...

The annual Boston Caribbean Carnival kicked off Saturday at Carson Beach in South Boston. “Beautiful weather to be at Carson Beach, South Boston,” the Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston ...

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 ...