Trinidad’s Carnival grips the island with an energy unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. From the moment you arrive, you’ll feel it: the beat of the soca music vibrating through your body, the ...

Trinidad and Tobago has announced the grand celebration of Trinidad Carnival 2024, themed “Come Back Home.” Scheduled from February 8 to 15, this iconic event is a mix of culture, music, and party in ...

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

In these troubled times, among the few remaining and enduring threads that hold us together are the boundless harmonies of the calypso art form.

Most people overlook the gorgeous Caribbean twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago but those who holiday there praise the best sights, spell-binding scenery, marvelous beaches, charming and friendly ...

It’s noon on Sunday, and the check-in area of the docked Epic Carnival Cruise ship buzzes with pre-carnival energy as I search for an outlet to charge my phone. Passengers fresh from last night’s Soca ...

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The soundtrack of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, especially where calypso music is concerned, has traditionally been topical, dealing with national or even global issues that have captured people's ...

Trinidad, British island off the northeast coast of South America, is a hot mixture of bloods, French, Spanish, Negro, Carib, Hindu, Chinese. Once a year, on the two days before Lent, Trinidad goes ...