There have been some complaints about the very popular Radika Invasion, the latest in a long line of productions in Guyana featuring chutney-soca performers from Trinidad. These productions represent ...

HE came and he conquered. Soca king Machel Montano is now king of chutney soca. And he is like the satisfied cat that licked the butter. Montano has won the International Soca Monarch six times, Road ...

A musical stew made up of the deeply flavorful ingredients of the wildly different styles of Soca and Chutney music, which incorporates Hindi lyrics and Indian instruments most typically the dholak, ...

She became the first ever female Chutney winner, but the victory has been marred by controversy. Acknowledging that competitions often bring out the best in participants, 2026 Chutney Soca Monarch ...

We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, ...

Dancing along and enjoying the evening were Neethu Behari of Walkerville, Nita Junkoon of Mondeor, Nicha Lutchman Amarlal of Brackenhurst and Soni Lutchman, also of Walkerville. Photo: Yolanda van der ...

GET ready for the first ever online international chutney soca contest—the Chutneymusic.com Rani & Raja competition. For the first time in chutney soca music history, a rani or queen will be crowned ...

At 17, Riaz Bacchus was DJing on pirate radio stations in London when he stumbled on a genre of music that seemed to perfectly express his heritage. “It was Bollywood and soca mashed together – both ...

If there's a current "big three" when it comes to different styles of Caribbean music, it's probably reggae, dancehall and soca. Between Buju Banton's Stateside return and Vybz Kartel's release from ...