preliminary round was held in 2010 Calypso Monarch competition at the weekend, the top eight Calypso singer for you 'Kaiso 365' on Saturday 24 July at the Ontario Science Centre 770 Don Mills Road. The eight finalists will take part in the competition to last year's winner Michael "Redman" Thomas and two original songs lead in the hope of winning the prestigious award and Calypso Monarch Calypso Canada's Top Awards. 1 Naki - Nzunaki Tuitt determine second Smokey Burke - William Burke 3. Structure - Bryan Thornhill 4 In Carra - Leslie Carrabon 5th Webb - Alexander Hamilton 6th Macomer Fifi - Woods Tara 7 Redman - Michael Thomas Penshioner 8th - 9th Trevor...

Footage from Dominica Carnival 2010! ...

Press Release: Producer Pack Release Soca Xplosion for Music Producers & DJ’sProducer Pack has announced a new download pack called Soca Xplosion now available for download Producer Pack announce the release of Soca Xplosion created by Eddie Charles, the huge new affordable 1.37GB Soca & Calypso Sample Pack. Its time to blow your horns and wave your hands in the air, its carnival time as Producer Pack brings to you another fantastic Exclusive sample pack called Soca Xplosion created by Soca / Calypso producer Eddie Charles.This fantastic pack contains 22 construction kits, 148 Drumloops - wav , 133 Drumloop - Rex2 which gives you the essential bui...

Brooklyn is the home of the West Indian Carnival and Parade. It is known in many corners of the world as the Labor Day parade and also for being on the first Monday in September. So what is Labor Day to West Indian Americans, Brooklynites, other New Yorkers, Caribbean nationals and other visitors to New York? Each attendee comes to the parkway for different reasons. The vendors come to sell their food, clothing, etc. with some setting up their tents and starting to cook on Labor Day Sunday. Some spectators come out early on Monday to get a good spot and to lime with family or friends until the parade starts. Other spectators trickle in as the day continues. I picke...

Soca Music is a large part of Carnival. During the Celebrations large trucks equiped with Speakers play various forms of the music. Soca is a form (more...)...

Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener)Aldwyn Roberts, Lord Kitchener was born April 18th 1922-2000. He was widely known as the "Grandmaster" of calypso. He won the "Road March" title an impressive ten times. This is the award for the calypsonian whose song is most frequently played on the streets during Trinidad's Carnival.Kitchener started performing calypso in Arima, Trinidad in the late 1930s. It was around 1946 when he helped to organize the Young Brigade tent. This was a new generation of calypso singers, and was applauded for his calypso "Tie Tongue Mopsy." After the 1947 Carnival season in Trinidad, Kitchener traveled to Aruba, Curacao and Jamaica. He left Jamaica o...

Super Blue Biography Austin Superblue Lyons, is one of the greatest Trinidad and Tobago calypsonians. He is a well known soca musician and lyricist. Superblue was born in Point Fortin, Trinidad May (more...)...