Soca
Trinidad's carnival engine
Soca est carnaval musica Trinidad et Tobago, velocius et percussius quam calypso crevit, et in gradu viarum. Sonus carnaval Caribiens insulae et diaspora.
Origin & history
Soca developed in Trinidad in the 1970s, with the Trinidadian musician Lord Shorty — later Ras Shorty I — widely credited as its originator, fusing calypso with the Indian-Caribbean rhythms of the island.
It became the engine of carnival in Trinidad and then across the Caribbean and its diaspora, with carnivals in London, Toronto, New York and Miami built around it.
Artistae invenientes
Misicus Trinidadus, in genere, soca originis annis 1970.
Artis soca Trinidadis, figura central in tempore moderno carnivalis generis.
Ubi vivet
De quo hii artisti veniunt
90 Soca artista sunt in TimTim.Live et 72 et ex eis patria publica habent Ibi est unde veniunt.
Patria
- Trinidad et Tobago33
- Regno Unito6
- Jamaica5
- United States5
- Barbados3
- Colombia3
- Antigua et Barbuda2
- Grenada2
- Saint Lucia2
- Canada1
- Dominicana1
- Germania1
Civitatibus et locis
- San Fernando, Trinidad et Tobago3
- Borough of Arima, Trinidad et Tobago2
- Diego Martin Regional Corporation, Trinidad et Tobago2
- London, Regno Unito2
- Civitas New York, United States2
- Port of Spain, Trinidad et Tobago2
- Accra, Ghana1
- Auckland, Nova Zelanda1
- Barranquilla, Colombia1
- Bridgetown, Barbados1
- Bronx County, United States1
- Castries, Saint Lucia1
Artistarum
- Calypso RoseTobago
- CoolBlazePhiladelphia
- Erphaan AlvesTrinidad et Tobago
- Glen WashingtonMay Pen
- JadelTrinidad et Tobago
- Jus NowRegno Unito
- Kevin LyttleKingstown
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- RupeeBridgetown
- SadBoiToronto
- Biggie IrieRegno Unito
- CrocadileSaint Lucia
- Klassik FrescobarThe Bronx
- Aldo RanksPanama City
- Ayanah Gordon-WallaceTrinidad et Tobago
- Bunji GarlinTrinidad et Tobago
- JahPlakaAccra
- Lord KitchenerBorough of Arima
- Machel MontanoTrinidad et Tobago
- Mighty SparrowGrenada
- Nailah BlackmanSan Fernando
- Teddyson JohnCastries
- Alison HindsLondon
- Alyssa JosephTrinidad et Tobago
Responsibilia
What is soca?+
Soca is the carnival dance music of Trinidad and Tobago — faster and more percussive than calypso, and written for the road march.
How is soca different from calypso?+
Soca grew out of calypso but is faster, more rhythm-driven and built for dancing rather than for calypso's storytelling and social commentary.
Where did soca come from?+
Trinidad and Tobago, in the 1970s.