Soca, or soul calypso, is a dance music that originated in Trinidad from calypso. It combines the melodic lilting sound of calypso (based on the original Steel Pan) with insistent (usually electronic) percussion. Soca music has evolved in the last 20 years primarily by musicians from Trinidad, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Guyana, Antigua, and the Lesser Antilles. The Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago is best known as the homeland of calypso music, including 1950s stars Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow. ... Canboulay is a Caribbean Carnival celebration held on Trinidad. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... Chutney music is a form of music indigenous to the southern Caribbean (primarily Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname) which derives elements from soca and Indian filmi songs. ... Steelpan (also known as steeldrums or pans, and sometimes collectively with the musicians as a steelband) is a musical instrument and a form of music originating in Trinidad and Tobago. ... A Calypsonian is a musician, usually from Trinidad, who has studied calypso and memorised its traditional tunes and stanzas. ... Calypso tents are venues in which calypsonians perform during the Carnival season. ... Light comical banter, usually at someone elses expense. ... Parang is a musical style which fuses together Venezuelan and Calypso influences to create up beat tempos with a Spanish style and is popular in Trinidad & Tobago and various areas of Venezuela. ... Rapso is a formas of Trinidadian music that grew out of the social unrest of the 1970s. ... Pichakaree (or pichakaaree) is an Indo-Trinidadian musical form which originated in Trinidad and Tobago. ... 1966 in music Download sample of Alton Ellis rocksteady track Girl Youve Got a Date. Download sample of Cincinatti Kid by Prince Buster, a legendary ska artist. ... The Cayman Islands are a Caribbean island chain, currently a territory of the United Kingdom. ... Timeline and Samples Pop genres Calypso - Chutney - Dancehall - Dub - Junkanoo - Ragga - Rapso - Reggae - Ripsaw - Rocksteady - Scratch - Ska - Soca - Spouge - Steelpan Other islands Aruba and the Dutch Antilles - Cuba - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Haiti - Martinique and Guadeloupe - Puerto Rico - Saint Lucia The Turks and Caicos Islands are an overseas dependency of the... Aruba and the five main islands of the Netherlands Antilles are part of the Lesser Antilles island chain. ... The former French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe are small islands in the Caribbean. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Trinidad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ... Look up Trinidad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Location of the Lesser Antilles (green) in relation to the rest of the Caribbean Islands of the Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees,[1] are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the West Indies. ...

The reputed father of soca was Lord Shorty (born Garfield Blackman), whose 1963 recording of "Cloak and Dagger" started the trend. It would be *Lord Kitchener (calypsonian) who would begin the noticeable and accredited transition. According to Lord Kitchener's Former Manager *Errol Peru a pioneer in the promotion of Calypso & Soca Music, " Kitch had a nack for " Kaiso " anything he composed was instantly a hit ". Byron Lee & the Dragonaires,made soca a West Indian social wave, but the Baha men, Kevin Lyttle, Machel Montano, Walker and others in the 21st century brought it to American recognition. Ras Shorty I (October 6, 1941-July 12, 2000) is a soca musician, known as the Father of Soca and The Love Man. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lord Kitchener (April 18, 1922 - February 11, 2000) was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. ... Byron Lee and the Dragonaires is one of the best known Jamaican band . ... Kevin Lyttle (born Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs, on 14 September 1976) is a Soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad, Turn Me On which was recorded by Lyttle and the Dancehall artist Spragga Benz. ... Machel Montano and his band Xtatik have been the premier Soca band in the Caribbean for more than a decade and have established themselves as the leading draw at major events in New York City , Miami , Toronto , and London and throughout the Caribbean Diasporas. ...

Like calypso, soca was used for both social commentary and risqué humor, though the initial wave of soca acts eschewed the former. Lord Shorty was disillusioned with the genre by the 1980s because soca was being used to express courtships and sexual interests. Like all things related to sexual freedom, it became embraced because of its ability to reflect what people were thinking and their desires in a society that was sexually repressed. Soca music became an expression of sexuality through metaphors in the West Indies. Soon after, Shorty moved to the Piparo forest, converted to the Rastafari movement and changed his name to Ras Shorty I. There, he created a fusion of Reggae and gospel music called jamoo in the late 1980s.In the 1990s and now the new century Soca has evolved into a blend of musical styles. Machel Montano's collaborations with Jamacian musicians (Red Rat and Beenie Man), American musicians (Walker) and Japanese artists have pushed the boundaries of modern Soca. Machel Montano would be the first mainstream Soca artist to sell out venues all over the world including the Theater at Madison Square Garden. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Piparo is a village in Central Trinidad on the southern edge of the Central Range. ... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Gospel music is a musical genre characterized by dominant vocals (often with strong use of harmony) referencing lyrics of a religious nature, particularly Christian. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Some of the greatest soca artists of all time are Shadow, *Lord Kitchener (calypsonian), Mighty Sparrow, Krosfyah, Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, and more recently artists such as Alison Hinds, Atlantik, Machel Montano, Destra Garcia, KMC, Shurwayne Winchester, Denise Belfon, Bunji Garlin, Mr. Slaughter, Alston Beckett Cyrus and Maximus Dan. Lord Kitchener (April 18, 1922 - February 11, 2000) was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. ... Mighty Sparrow (real name Slinger Francisco) is a Calypso singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Byron Lee and the Dragonaires is one of the best known Jamaican band . ... Alison Hinds is a female soca artist from the Caribbean island of Barbados. ... Atlantik is an open source computer game clone of the classic board game Monopoly. ... Machel Montano and his band Xtatik have been the premier Soca band in the Caribbean for more than a decade and have established themselves as the leading draw at major events in New York City , Miami , Toronto , and London and throughout the Caribbean Diasporas. ... Destra Garcia (born in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago November 10, 1977) is a Soca singer and songwriter based in the Caribbean. ... Kmc and KMC is may refer to: Kia Motors Company Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Kyoto university Microcomputer Club Khyber Medical College Kaiserslautern Military Community This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... Shurwayne Winchester is a soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago. ... Denise Saucy Wow Belfon (born November 23, 1968 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a Soca, R&B and Gospel singer, songwriter and dancer. ... Maximus Dan (Edghill Thomas) b. ...

Some soca songs that have become worldwide hits:

• "Hot Hot Hot" - Buster Poindexter (originally recorded by Arrow)
• "Follow the leader" - Soca Boys (originally recorded by Nigel and Marvin Lewis), a more recent version by S.B.S.
• "Who Let the Dogs Out" - Baha Men (originally recorded by Anslem Douglas)
• "Sweet Soca Music" - Sugar Daddy
• "Turn Me On" - Kevin Lyttle
• "Tempted to Touch" - Rupee
• "We Not Givin' Up" - Machel Montano and Xtatik
• "Faluma" - Alison Hinds
• "Soul On Fire" - KMC
• "Nookie" - Jamesy P

Soca music has evolved like all other music over the years, with Calypsonians experimenting with other rhythms, some examples are the following: Hot Hot Hot is the title of a 1982 soca song by Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell). ... Buster Poindexter, is a musician, better known for its collaborations with the Saturday Night Live band. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Arrow (musician). ... Baha Men is the name of a pop group that plays a modernized style of Bahamian folk music called Junkanoo. ... Anslem Douglas is a musician and composer. ... Kevin Lyttle (born Lescott Kevin Lyttle Coombs, on 14 September 1976) is a Soca artist hailing from Saint Vincent, who had a worldwide hit with the interpellative soca ballad, Turn Me On which was recorded by Lyttle and the Dancehall artist Spragga Benz. ... Rupee, born Rupert Clarke, is one of many talented singers from Barbados. ... Machel Montano and his band Xtatik have been the premier Soca band in the Caribbean for more than a decade and have established themselves as the leading draw at major events in New York City , Miami , Toronto , and London and throughout the Caribbean Diasporas. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Alison Hinds is a female soca artist from the Caribbean island of Barbados. ... Kmc and KMC is may refer to: Kia Motors Company Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Kyoto university Microcomputer Club Khyber Medical College Kaiserslautern Military Community This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

1. Rapso : Trinidad dialect hip-hop with smooth calypso melody and bold lyric
2. Chutney-soca: A fusion of traditional Indian percussion and style of singing and Calypso; Tempo usually around 154 BPM
3. Ragga Soca: A fusion of Jamaican Dancehall and Trinidad's Soca and the original soca, which is an uptempo calypso beat with moderate bass and electronic instruments.

Soca has also been experiemented with in Bollywood films, Bhangra, and new Punjabi pop. Rapso is a formas of Trinidadian music that grew out of the social unrest of the 1970s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hip hop music. ... In Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, Chutney-Soca music is a crossover style of music incorporating Soca elements and Hindi-English lyrics, Chutney music, with Indian instruments like the dholak and dhantal. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ...

The nickname of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team, the Soca Warriors, refers to this musical genre. First international Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 3 Dutch Guiana (Trinidad and Tobago; August 6, 1934) Biggest win Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989) Biggest defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Trinidad and Tobago (Mexico City, Mexico; October 8, 2000) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 2006) Best result...

See also

• Caribbean music bands
• Caribbean Carnival
• Antigua Carnival

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