Soca
Trinidad's carnival engine
Umculo we - soca uwumculo wokuzijabulisa waseTrinidad naseTobago — osheshayo futhi oweqisayo kune - calypso owawuvela kuyo, futhi owakhela ukumasha emgwaqweni. Kuwumsindo womkhosi wokuzijabulisa waseCaribbean kuzo zonke iziqhingi nasedaspora.
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.
Abadwebi abaziwayo
Umculi waseTrinidad ngokuvamile wayetuswa ngokuthi wasungula isoca ngawo - 1970.
Umdwebi we-soca wase-Trinidad, umuntu oyinhloko enkathini yesimanje yokuzijabulisa.
Lapho ihlala khona
Lapho lemidwebo ivela khona
90 Soca Abadwebi bangabangu - TimTim.Live, futhi 72 idolobha lazo linedolobha lomphakathi. Yilapha lapho zivela khona.
Amazwe
- ITrinidad NeTobago33
- I - United Kingdom6
- i-Jamaica5
- United States5
- IBarbados3
- IColombia3
- I - Antigua NeBarbuda2
- IGrenada2
- i-Saint Lucia2
- Canada1
- i-Dominican Republic1
- IJalimane1
Amadolobha Nezindawo
- San Fernando, ITrinidad NeTobago3
- Borough of Arima, ITrinidad NeTobago2
- Diego Martin Regional Corporation, ITrinidad NeTobago2
- London, I - United Kingdom2
- INew York City, United States2
- Port of Spain, ITrinidad NeTobago2
- Accra, IGhana1
- Auckland, INew Zealand1
- Barranquilla, IColombia1
- Bridgetown, IBarbados1
- Bronx County, United States1
- Castries, i-Saint Lucia1
Ezinye zabadwebi
- Calypso RoseTobago
- CoolBlazePhiladelphia
- Erphaan AlvesITrinidad NeTobago
- Glen WashingtonMay Pen
- JadelITrinidad NeTobago
- Jus NowI - United Kingdom
- Kevin LyttleKingstown
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- RupeeBridgetown
- SadBoiToronto
- Biggie IrieI - United Kingdom
- Crocadilei-Saint Lucia
- Klassik FrescobarThe Bronx
- Aldo RanksPanama City
- Ayanah Gordon-WallaceITrinidad NeTobago
- Bunji GarlinITrinidad NeTobago
- JahPlakaAccra
- Lord KitchenerBorough of Arima
- Machel MontanoITrinidad NeTobago
- Mighty SparrowIGrenada
- Nailah BlackmanSan Fernando
- Teddyson JohnCastries
- Alison HindsLondon
- Alyssa JosephITrinidad NeTobago
Imibuzo Nezimpendulo
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.