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Soca artiste Machel Montano (centre) and the Monk Dancers keep the energy high at I Love Soca Jamaica on Friday morning.
Published 15 minutes ago by Krysta Anderson/Staff Reporter

I Love Soca delivers non-stop fête energy

On Thursday night, just days before the upcoming road march celebrations, locals and foreigners alike made their way to the National Heroes Circle in Kingston and joined long lines with coolers in tow to embark on an electrifying journey with the highly anticipated event of the carnival season, I Love Soca.

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Grenada’s soca star V’ghn performing on the Tailgate stage on Thursday.
Published 8 minutes ago

Grenadian artiste V’ghn brings ‘Heart of Carnival’ to Xodus Tailgate

Following an electrifying set at the Campari Xodus Tailgate, rising Grenadian artiste V’ghn reflected on his musical journey and what fans can expect for the rest of the carnival season. The event,…
DJ BloodLine Franco
Published 15 minutes ago

DJ Bloodline Franco drops high-energy carnival mix

DJ Bloodline Franco takes centre stage ahead of Sunday’s road march with the release of a free, downloadable carnival mix, created in partnership with Pepsi-Cola Jamaica. The mix features artistes…
Soca singer-songwriter Aaron ‘Voice’ St. Louis
Updated 23 hours ago

5 Questions With Voice

Voice, born Aaron St. Louis, is one of soca’s most influential modern voices, celebrated for his uplifting, message-driven music and electrifying stage presence. The Trinidad and Tobago native rose to…
Christo
Updated 23 hours ago

5 Questions With Christo

Fresh off a breakout 2026 carnival season, Trinidad and Tobago soca artiste Jahmike ‘Christo’ Bonas is riding high on the success of his hit single Doux Doux Darlin, which draws on the affectionate…
Dancehall artiste Brysco
Updated 12 hours ago

Dancehall artiste Brysco detained in the US

Dancehall artiste Brysco, given name Tray Anthony Brisco, has been arrested in the United States. The entertainer was detained on Thursday in a Broward County jail in Florida in relation to a…
Beres Hammond performing at the All White Night segment of the 2026 Love and Harmony Cruise.
April 9, 2026 by Anthony Turner

Top acts, gospel segment ignite Love and Harmony Cruise

From the moment the Norwegian Jewel ship fired up her 100,000 horsepower engines and left port in Miami, Florida last Wednesday afternoon for the ninth annual Love and Harmony Easter voyage 2026, it…
FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, May 15, 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
April 9, 2026

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers appeal his conviction with First Amendment argument

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers are poised to try to persuade federal appeals court judges that the hip-hop mogul was treated unfairly at the trial that sent him to prison…
April 8, 2026 by Michael Reckord

Enthusiastic audience at NDTC’s 45th Easter concert

The National Dance Theatre Company’s (NDTC) Easter Sunday morning concert drew an enthusiastic response from the near-capacity audience at the Little Theatre on Tom Redcam Avenue in St Andrew. There…
Offset
April 8, 2026

Former Migos rapper Offset stable after being shot

HOLLYWOOD, Florida (AP): Rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and is in stable condition, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Offset, who…