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Please Explain: What is Rapso? A Talk with 3Canal’s Wendell Manwarren
Words by Greg Scruggs
In 1977, Trinidadian musician Lord Shorty released an album called Soul of Calypso. Music journalists truncated the two main words to arrive at...
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Soca Beyond Carnival: Dissecting Bunji Garlin’s “Differentology”
Words by Greg Scruggs
“Differentology,” a soca jam sung by 32-year-old star Bunji Garlin, may just be Trinidad and Tobago’s unlikely new national anthem. A sleeper...
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MIXTAPE PREMIERE: Erphaan Alves Pushes Soca Global with Young King Mixtape
Soca artists aren't known for putting out mixtapes but Erphaan Alves has been breaking the mold for as long as he's been making music. From his dramatic music videos...
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KES The Band — “Tuesday On The Rocks”
Hey, what cold front? Kes the Band, a Trini pop group, induces our jealousy in “Tuesday on the Rocks.” The band emphasizes their message of partying hard by doing just...
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KES the Band Mixes It Up in “Tuesday on the Rocks” Video
Watch out Bruno Mars, Trinidad's Kees Dieffenthaller moved in on your old-school jukebox territory with "Tuesday on the Rocks," a 2012 track as warm as an old LP...
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Romie’s Japanese Soca Party Is Legend
By now some people have heard about the reggae and dancehall scene in Japan. The soca scene is still a little more underground, but that doesn't mean Tokyo soca parties...
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Erphaan Alves Releases First Track For Carnival 2013
It's never too early to start getting pumped for Carnival. Maybe that's why Erphaan Alves' latest track is called "PUMP." He's been exploring dancehall and pop ("Summer...
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Stream Erphaan Alves’ iNever EP Here
Soca pop star Erphaan Alves' first release of the year is "I Never," a high energy paean to a bumper unlike any other. With a tropical soul and a beat tooled for the...
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Kes The Band Is Back With “My Love” Video
There was something missing. Something more had to happen before we could let the season go. That thing was this video from Trini soca pop group Kes the Band. Frontman...
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Doggy Dogg World: Snoop’s 10 Coolest International Collaborations
At this point, collaborating with Snoop Dogg is like a rite of passage for an artist. The man has popped up on tracks with everyone from Katy Perry to Willie...
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Throwback Thursday: Lord Shorty Explains Soca Music
This week, we're going back to the 1970s and the early days of soca with the great calypsonian Lord Shorty AKA Ras Shorty I. The Trinidadian musician is known as the...
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Erphaan Alves Goes Dancehall with “Summer Trendz” on the Beads Riddim
Just in time for a heat wave, soca star Erphaan Alves jumps on the hot new Beads Riddim from Nutation records for some dancehall vibes. His track "Summer Trendz" deals...
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Melody Makers: Kes the Band’s Trini Pop Chunes
Kees Dieffenthaller might sing about wining and relaxation, but the man works hard. And it’s especially true this week. The dreadlocked leader and frontman of Trinidad's...
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Erphaan Alves — “In Your Eyes”
Aww, poor baby. Trinidadian soca star Erphaan Alves is being played…and he knows it. “In Your Eyes” is a cut about a curvaceous two-timing temptress. We’re almost fooled...
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Erphaan Alves and the New Generation of Soca
It takes a lot of goods to crack the soca code. The sunny, insular Trinidad and Tobago genre has its pantheon of legends -- Machel Montano and Bunji Garlin, to name a...
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Artist of the Week: Soca’s Next Sovereign, Erphaan Alves
Congratulations to Erphaan Alves for outright slaughtering MTV Iggy's Artist of the Week!
At just 20-years-old, Trinidad's Alves has already been crowned a finalist...
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Erphaan Alves: Trinidad’s New Soca Prodigy
Twenty-year-old Erphaan Alves is one of the most refreshing voices in Trinidad's soca scene. Soca is a culture that honors veterans like Machel Montano and Farmer...
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Talking Soca with Farmer Nappy
Trinidad & Tobago's Farmer Nappy AKA Darryl Henry is a bit of a legend in the soca scene. He joined Machel Montano's band Xtatik at the age of seven (!!!), working his...
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Artist of the Week: Trinidad’s Soca Sensation, Farmer Nappy
The fans have spoken, and though carnival is over this year--the world wants more soca! Trinidad musician Farmer Nappy is MTV Iggy’s Artist of the Week!
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Farmer Nappy’s Trinidad Soca Pops
Farmer Nappy puts a lot into his soca. First, the Trinidadian musician also known as Darryl Henry brings thirty years of experience to his music. Much of that time, he...