The Caribbean is more than a tourist destination, and East Tennesseans of Caribbean descent want to share that. To that end, they’ll be celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month with “Steelpan in the Park” ...

Reggae music became popular in the late 1960s, when young people were excited about it and gravitated to the new sound. The artists were mainly grass-roots people who used their voices to articulate a ...

"On the subject of calypso singers of Trinidad he was both knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The culture they sang about was tough, breezy, unsentimental. Vidia had written…'It is only in the calypso ...

Cultural history and the arts -- Caribbean festival arts -- Music of the English-speaking Caribbean and its diaspora -- Regional studies -- Biographical and critical studies -- Sources consulted -- ...

Jess Carey Bright and bouncy music drifts out of Fulkerson Hall on Monday evenings as Cal Poly Humboldt’s Calypso Ensemble gather for their weekly rehearsal. Rhythmic and soaring, it’s a ...

The Caribbean marks the birthplace of tons of cultural fixtures that are widely enjoyed around the world, and one of its most celebrated exports is Soca music. The genre was founded in Trinidad and ...

Trinidad has no concert hall and no symphony orchestra, and few visiting artists ever get to Port-of-Spain, its capital, just off the coast of Venezuela. But Trinidadians may well be the world’s most ...

One of the Caribbean’s greatest cultural exports to the rest of the world has been its music. From the relaxed grooves of reggae to the infectious rhythms of soca, the high-energy beats from dancehall ...

Billboard ranks every performance at the 2025 Caribbean Music Awards, from Elephant Man and Lady Lava to Lila Iké and Full Blown. By Kyle Denis From reggae legends like Sizzla and Buju Banton to ...