Naturally, Billboard’s monthly Reggae/Dancehall Fresh Picks column will not cover every last track, but our Spotify playlist — which is linked below — will expand on the 10 highlighted songs. So, ...

The King of Soca graced NPR's live performance series with a career-spanning set. By Kyle Denis 2025 has been around for less than two weeks, and Machel Montano is already making history.

Traditional Cuban musicians playing songs for tourists in Trinidad ... along to “Sugar Bum Bum” or “Pan in A Minor”? In the world of soca, artists like Machel Montano and Bunji Garlin have taken the ...

Machel Montano has entered the Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) competition and qualified for the semifinals of the event, Southex announced yesterday afternoon. The semifinals will take place on February 8 ...

The first law of soca music, according to Machel Montano, is: "it's dancing time all the time." And in his Tiny Desk Concert, the "King of Soca" provides irrefutable evidence to support that ...

Soca Singer and reigning Calypso Monarch Machel Montano has become the first soca artiste to feature on the popular NPR Tiny Desk concert . The video was released by NPR one hour ago on its You ...

In a historic performance, Machel Montano, the “King of Soca,” delivered an electrifying Tiny Desk Concert, marking the first time the high-energy dance music of the Caribbean took center stage in the ...

With a lifelong mission to put soca music on the international map Machel Montano has pioneered the evolution of the genre throughout his 34year career ...

SOCA star Machel Montano ... success with the song “Real Unity” which was a collaboration with chutney veteran Drupatee Ramgooonai. There were mixed views to Montano’s inclusion in the ...