Here’s The Songs You Need to Know For Barbados Crop Over 2017
Listen up, and get yourself ready for Grand Kadooment this Monday!
Bashment Soca is the New Sound of Young Barbados
Rihanna's been turning up to this hybrid of old-school dancehall and new-school soca. Here's what it's all about.
LargeUp Mix Series: Bashment Soca Mixed by Jon Doe
Get up to speed with the sound of young Barbados on this essential mix from Bajan DJ kingpin Jon Doe.
PLAYLIST: Listen To “The Music of Barbados” On Apple Music
The ultimate streaming primer on soca music from Barbados
LargeUp TV: The Music of Barbados with Lil Rick
Get to know the Party Monarch behind Barbados' bashment soca sound in Ep. 2 of our series on Bajan music culture.
The Music of Barbados: A LargeUp Series
Dive into the Crop Over season in our webisode series featuring the best in Bajan soca.
Get Ready for Crop Over 2016 with Bass Ink Productions’ Zika Riddim
New bashment soca from producer Dwaingerous, featuring Lil Rick and his Hypa Family.
Toppa Top 10: The Biggest Soca Tunes of 2013
Words by Jam Central, Tishanna Williams and Jesse Serwer—
This year saw soca music stand up and declare itself alongside other international genres. No longer relegated to the Carnival season, soca has b... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s Top Trinitech of 2010
Words by Jillionaire
Our boy Jillionaire aka Trini Chris has been jetting around the globe in 2010 putting his distinctive stamp on nowadays Caribbean music so we asked him to bless us with his Top 10 Tr... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Soca Jams of 2010
Compiled by Rishi Bonneville, DJ Gravy, Jillionaire and Eddie STATS Houghton
It is the end of year that ends in '10, so you can forgive us if we go Toppa Top 10 mad and just post Top 10s from now til 201... Read More...
Post-Game: Notting Hill 2010 Wrap-up
Words by Gabriel Myddleton, photos courtesy of the Heatwave crew
As we here in New York get suited up for North America's largest and maddest carnival this weekend, checking in with UK friends who just w... Read More...