Soca
Trinidad's carnival engine
Soca ta e música di carnaval di Trinidad i Tobago mas lihé i mas co'i hunga cu e capyso el a crece for di dje, i a traha p'e marcha di caminda. Esei ta e zonido di carnaval den Caribe atrabes dje islanan i 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.
artistanan Cu No Ta Interesá
Por lo general, e músiko di Trinidad tabata duna e impreshon ku ta asina bon pa originá den dékada di 1970.
E artista di Trinidad, un figura central den e era moderno di carnaval.
Kaminda e ta biba
Pregunta & Contesta
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.