Soca
Trinidad's carnival engine
Soca ass d'KarnivalsMusik vum Trinidad an Tobago - schnell an méi percussiv ewéi de Kalipso wuert vun, an déi fir den Marsch bruecht gin. Et ass et ee Toun den Karibesch Karibescher Kariki- Karneval auf der Eilannen an auf der 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.
Zeechesaatz
De Trinidadesch Musiker als lescht ugecréier vu Soka am 1970ertelt.
Trinidadesch Soca Kënschtler, eng central Figur am genre seng moderne Karnival Ära.
Wo leet dat wäit
Froen & Antwoorden
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.