Family, friends and fans are gathering for the funeral of urban salsa music pioneer Willie Colón. A public Mass took place Monday morning at St.

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Beyond samba, soca, and son, many other Latin traditions continue to inform modern sound design. Colombian cumbia is ...

City Cat Radio, the weekly radio program of Oakland’s own DJ/Producer/Engineer DJ HENROC, is designed to celebrate plain old good music including Soul, Roots, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Afro Beat, Funk, ...

Under neon lights and a white tent, a crowd gathered at the Holetown Public Centre on Sunday night for Rhythms Of Pride. The concert featured ...

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She became the first ever female Chutney winner, but the victory has been marred by controversy. Acknowledging that competitions often bring out the best in participants, 2026 Chutney Soca Monarch ...

Sometime in the mid-two-thousands, when people would still hand you cassette tapes or CDs at shows or in record stores or during hangouts in someone’s parents’ basement or smoke-filled apartment, I ...

Every year, social media pages are splashed with colorful images of feathers, powder and bacchanal–which could only mean one thing: Carnival has arrived. I’ve traveled to over eight Caribbean ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A melody of days gone by is making its way to Portland. The Portland Old Time Music Gathering is kicking off its 27th year, giving attendees a chance to play, dance and connect ...