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‘Less trinibad and dancehall, more calypso and soca’
OUT of the mouths of babes and sucklings”...and so it is that at just 11 years old, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s rising ...
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Machel Montano Brings the Islands to NPR ‘Tiny Desk' With Series' First Soca Set
On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR's Tiny Desk series to its very first soca set. Born out of '70s calypso in Trinidad and Tobago, soca music is characterized by its fast ...
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Terri Lyons tells Women: Reclaim Your Worth
When life gets overwhelming, Terri remembers her reason: Mathias, her 11-year-old son. “It gets hectic at times,” she admits, ...
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Machel Montano: Tiny Desk Concert
Montano's performance is the first to bring soca, the high energy dance music of the Caribbean, to the Tiny Desk. The genre was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1970s when calypso artist ...