Soca/Calypso

New York, NY – Wukkup and Wine!  VP Records is set to release another installment of Soca Gold on June 9th, 2009. This compilation is jam-packed with enduring classics and massive hits determined by the carnival competitions. Last year’s compilation debuted atop the U.S. Billboard Reggae Chart for more than three weeks. Soca Gold 2009 boasts an even better selection of ...

Brother B performed for the first time in London for the Launch of Grenada Carnival last weekend.  This event was held by Grenada’s Minister of Culture at a venue in Southall, UK on the 23rd May 2009.  Brother B started his London trip with a performance at a club in Central London where he performed a few of his hits and released his new track ‘Whola in front of fans.  On Friday morning Brother B made an ...

When it comes to Soca music there are many individual names and musical groups that we often hear being given legendary acclaim. And rightly so, all these accolades are very much well deserved for those creative minds that have given Soca music its voice in an era of ever evolving musical ...

NEW YORK, NY. --- MAY. 13, 2009 -- Grenadian Soca artist Synnnah (sin nah) has signed a licensing agreement with the Texas based record label ISV entertainment. Under terms of the agreement, The Company will release recordings from the artist as well as seek licensing for media outlets including feature films, television shows, video games, movie trailers, ringtones and advertising commercials. Financial terms of the agreement were not ...

Brooklyn NY May 8, 2009,—Usually when someone has a dream about dying they wake up in cold sweats shaking, but it would take Shawn “Da Ma$tamind” Noel to be the exception to that rule. When he dreams of dying, he finds himself not just in heaven, but in a Wuk-Up Heaven filled to the brim with lovely ladies whose only concern is partaking in ...

The sounds emanating from the lips of detractors, simmered and settled on April 16th, 2009, when, like a true emblem of local ambassadorial strength, Tony Prescott, walked onto the stage of Brian McFarlane’s Summit of the America’s presentation. Selected, for his worth rather than his network, as some would want the masses to believe, Tony P, proved to be the right man for the job, singing with pride and true Caribbean class, the words to, “ All Aboard,” the hit song that has moved across the ocean, from island to island and ...

On the heels of a phenomenal season in Trinidad and Tobago, the SW Limited crew, led of course by lead singer of the band Y.O.U.-Shurwayne Winchester, is bubbling with pride this week as the band’s first album is now ready and being made available, as we speak, in stores around T&T, the region and of course ...

February 18, 2009 – Roseau, Dominica... Caribbean audiences look out!  The Eastern Caribbean – Xplosion (EC-X) will leave their stamp on the 2009 International Soca Monarch stage as they vie for the crown on Fantastic Friday.  In a frenzy of excitement and energy, the Eastern Caribbean’s soca royalty diligently prepare to assert the strength of their music amongst the finest at the world’s premier soca music competition on Friday February 20, 2009.

Barbados' Biggie Irie has claimed a spot in the International Groovy Soca Monarch Competition finals. He entered the competition with fellow Barbadians Peter Ram and Red Plastic Bag but has been the only one to qualify for finals. Reminiscent of his journey in 2007, Biggie is once again battling through the tough competition to claim possession of one of the most highly sought after titles in the Caribbean's soca industry. Since capturing the title Biggie Irie remains the only non-national to win this competition and he looks set to win it ....

February 13, 2009 – Roseau, Dominica - Trinidad and Tobago’s audiences are readying themselves for the Eastern Caribbean – Xplosion (EC-X) that will descend on the coveted International Soca Monarch competition on Fantastic Friday.  On Friday February 20, 2009 the Eastern Caribbean’s soca heavyweights will share the stage with Trinidad and Tobago’s finest marking this year’s competition as the most prestigious in the world.