The Groovy Soca Final followed the Junior Soca Monarch contest. There was no band, just a PA by DJ Hyper Spice and, thanks to the absence through illness of the Tabernacle’s usual engineer, decidedly ‘off’ sound, to the point that audience, judges and performers alike struggled to hear what was being sung – a rather…

Martin Jay started the Caribbean Affair as a fresh-faced 19-year-old teenager on Choice FM in September 1990 and his show helped to change the landscape of soca music in the UK. He skilfully used his platform to introduce his audience to a wide range of soca music from all over the Caribbean and to introduce…

Yeza and Rory StoneLove just released a newl track called “Organic”; a powerful anthem that champions the beauty of the natural female. Source

Jah Vinci's new video for “God Up”. Download or stream God Up via https://onerpm.link/JahVinci-GodUp Produced by Wikid Media Music / Now or Never. Source

Regge/Dancehall artist , Natty Gregh hails from the beautiful island of Martinique. His new song 'Don't Worry” is out now on all platforms. Source

Over the next twelve weeks, Reggae Singer Abka Kaba will be releasing a new song each week. These songs are part of his #12weekproject. Source

This was a bit of a wild card and I suspect that your reviewer wasn’t the only one in the audience who wasn’t sure what to expect on the Opera Holland Park (OHP) stage for the first session of a four-day carnival-themed collaboration between Kensington & Chelsea Festival and Carnival Village Trust. Born in Glencoe,…

Irish band Weedway present the highly awaited release of their debut album A Shedsworth. Source

It has been a very long time since London hosted a Junior Calypso Monarch contest, so it was with real pleasure and anticipation that the Tabernacle welcome five entries from a new generation of calypsonians. ‘Entries’ rather than ‘contestants’, because Tesiah and Jeremiah Morrison performed as a double act – perhaps they have ambitions to…