70-something Calypso Rose from T & T is performing in NYC tonight. Wish she’d come farther south to my locale
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 April 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
xp my Chutney-loving mate made the case for parallels between that style and country music. so many songs about break ups and alcohol abuse
― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 5 April 2019 18:53 (five years ago) link
Maybe so
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
From Martinique (and from 2016, but new to me, so yeah):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFnsdjtCeU
M.O.B • KoKoLeCheL
This is from this year, slightly different title, completely different track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAgu-Bj-dtk
M.O.B • KoKéLécheL
(Spotify has them as by “Mob” and “M O B” respectively, but it’s the same guy)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 3 May 2019 12:59 (four years ago) link
https://www.okayafrica.com/how-afrobeats-global-rise-is-changing-carnival-rigid-genre-conventions-soca/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
Interesting stuff. How come nobody ever told me about that Jamaican ”Mad Over You” rip?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCTrcSGvsUDing Dong • Lebeh Lebeh(sure, it belongs on the dancehall thread, but since everybody’s mashing things up anyway...)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
Lebeh Lebeh is cute, but it's always bugged me that it cuts some of the best bits of "Mad over You" (which I adore)
― rob, Friday, 21 June 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
breastcrawl, have you checked out the Walshy Fire album? I haven't gotten around to it yet myself but it's all stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCmVgPVT_Y
― rob, Friday, 21 June 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
Mad Over You always reminds me of just how much I love music.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 21 June 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
rob, I listened to the Walshy Fire album, several times in fact. I’m not too crazy about the Alkaline/Runtown track you posted, I like second single “Call Me” with Eazi and Kranium much better:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsUlpNgvgvsThe dancehall-leaning tracks don’t do too much for me (a bit stodgy and waaaay too much Ice Prince - they must be very good friends). The fun is in the lighter tracks, notably “Outside” (Adekunle Gold/Nailah Blackman) (is this afrosocapop?) and “Amazing” (Timeka Marshall/Stonebwoy) with its wonderful steel drum coda, my favourite:http://www.youtube.com/watch?dWy7lxVK30Y
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:13 (four years ago) link
“Amazing”, again:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWy7lxVK30Y
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:14 (four years ago) link
Afro-Caribbean collaborations that are at least as interesting:How about some “palm whine à la bamba”? https://youtu.be/QNb0WlPe73YJuls ft. Agent Sasco • Slow DownAnd this reggaeton bombshell, produced by Legendury Beatz: https://youtu.be/HcwEyLhwL54J Balvin & Bad Bunny ft. Mr Eazi • Como Un Bebé
― breastcrawl, Friday, 28 June 2019 05:16 (four years ago) link
Reposting this from the Rolling Dancehall & Reggae thread, where vcrash posted it yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-tSYzqnXIBush Tea • Wiyah Waist
(She’s from the Virgin Islands)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 10 August 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
has anybody had a chance to hear this soundway comp ?
Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
curious to hear a perspective from ilxors who have been keeping tabs on contemporary soca
― budo jeru, Sunday, 17 November 2019 04:44 (four years ago) link
sounds good on a quick spin. what would you call the high points on that collection?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
yeah it's quite good. i mean, it's got very little to do with current soca sounds, but it's entertaining as a time-capsule in the way a lot of outernational music compilations can be. there's some nice crossover with funk and house music. well worth a spin
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
Not really listened enough times to pick faves.
Quite like D'Jab Jab Dance (Bad Lad Mix) which is the aforementioned housey tune
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
yeah, i haven't spent enough time with the comp to pick a favorite, nor do i feel qualified to point out the high points. that's why i posted here. you tell me !!
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
Fucking love that “D’Jab Jab Dance” track, but then it seems I’m genetically predisposed to like anything jab.Case in point: two new (and very different) tracks from/with my to-go-to jab guy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6CVVyfYzoXpert Productions ft. Slatta • Wukking High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcnpykSJ0AcSlatta • Bwa Neg Mawon
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
Miss Naija House Niniola crossing the Atlantic for some soca light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVa0GSCvzgNiniola • PocketOn the same Bittersweet Riddim:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sbVvFHU7ANailah Blackman x Konshens • Slow Wine
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 23:00 (four years ago) link
Nailah's on a ton of collabs now. Love this one with Olatunji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1upH9vnmR68
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
this is rad; one for the horrorcore soca fans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMf-XgHpv88
(Blaxx, "Douen")
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
if you're into that, check this too: https://youtu.be/z140_ZhGhEQ
― rob, Sunday, 29 December 2019 18:14 (four years ago) link
I was totally out of the soca scene in 2019 and feel like I need to catch up. What did I miss? And was there anything pollable outside of Run With It?
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 January 2020 07:26 (four years ago) link
yes: Famalay, At Large, Trouble In The Morning being just three (I think they came out in 2019 or maybe late 2018)
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Thursday, 2 January 2020 08:28 (four years ago) link
Thanks! As long as they're Soca Season 2019 release dates are not a problem.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 2 January 2020 11:10 (four years ago) link
New thread, cos why not:
'We're Jamming Still!' - rolling Soca, Chutney, Dennery, Jab and the rest 2020
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 09:41 (four years ago) link
Why not— uh, read Rob’s intro to this one:
I'm leaving the year off because Carnival season doesn't follow the regular calendar anyway and the last couple threads didn't quite justify dedicated annual threads--
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
i'm interested in what's happening now. i detest history
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
but yeah, point taken. too late now
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
my approach didn't exactly stimulate posting so I have no objection to this!
― rob, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
reviving this thread for this superlative floaty track from Martinique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8UJl665mPM70 SHIINE ft. Nacho • Domino
(courtesy of D-40 on the [cruel, cruel] Summer Jams thread)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 15:16 (three years ago) link
you can’t stop the flow:
🀄️🀄️ Martinique to the world: 70 SHiiNE x Nacho • DOMINO 🀄️🀄️
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.nts.live/shows/death-is-not-the-end/episodes/death-is-not-the-end-9th-august-2020
Trini Calypso from the 1920s to 1940s .
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 August 2020 05:57 (three years ago) link
https://nhcarnival.org/
Notting Hill Carnival August 29-31Digital style
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 August 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
Don't often think of soca in a live band context, but Kes have released an excellent live album called 'We Home'. It's great to hear some absolute classics like 'Hello' and 'Savannah Grass' in this context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djlSmc9RYXs
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Thursday, 3 September 2020 09:30 (three years ago) link
haha, I'm only now watching the video and didn't realise it was 'live in the studio' but that would make sense
Another French overseas department in the house - je kiffe trop!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsFckB9WXVwPoplane ft. Momo Wang • Mo Lé
Poplane is from French Guiana, I see him referred to as “le Wizkid guyanais”. Appropriately enough, the video was shot in Africa (in Senegal, to be precise).
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 September 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
starting my Friday with this loveliness
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 September 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
bump for this fun track from Aruba that I just happened across:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLB6ngRaPQAtaniro ft. Steve Andreas • Dios Para Den
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
Tekisha Abel bringing the Suriname slackness, leaving a nation in disarray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6CrT1rIjUTekisha • Lolo Bal
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
I like this older one as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU75s_HgGFoTekisha Abel • Krin
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
enjoying this! don't get to hear much from suriname. i guess it's more reggae than soca?
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
not lolo bal though. wow, i love this.
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
could have posted it on the dancehall thread ad well, but preferring to spice up this thread with the non-Jamaican goodness.did you check out the Aruban banger I posted last month?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
yeah, it's a banger!
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
t’is an Aruban banger!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
added the most recent tracks posted here to this integrated Rolling Spotify playlist for all the Caribbean music threads (soca, dancehall, reggaeton/dembow/urbano, Martinique, other caribbopop). we’re 75 tracks in, feel free to follow:ILM rolling Caribbean vibes 🥁🥁🥁
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Thanks
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 May 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
new Tekisha Abel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaItVfBwHGITekisha Abel • Né Krooi
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
Haven’t listened to DJ Private Ryan latest soca mix but a New York Times mention of it is my reminder to listen
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 March 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
Bunji's Hard Fete is the definitive soca of the year for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97bq9Kjmr3E
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 12 March 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's an instant classic that one
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 13 March 2023 10:27 (one year ago) link
I’m not quite ready for that road yet, but I’m pretty sure I prefer the “N.M.G. Roadmix” to the original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L91PtPvDgtE
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 March 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
IG is showing me an ad for Soca Gold 2023
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:31 (ten months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/22/well-play-until-our-teeth-drop-out-the-long-remarkable-lives-of-britains-windrush-era-musicians?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR3kxUo678ukrRMUY7Bs2J30fY_t-tsq0HO7KnPYt4qZL4yg5AG1DEgqhK8_aem_th_AV9d3cRWfGL5S8Cevm0MShCRgVjBJgy_qXP-X5xmiuTlOFWtpHd3hZ_jQP1AAACA-nM&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 12:58 (ten months ago) link
Article is about Immigrants to UK still playing music and their legacy
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 June 2023 13:00 (ten months ago) link
BRINGING TOGETHER THE BIGGEST NAMES ACROSS THE GENRE, “CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS” UNVEILS FIRST SET OF PERFORMERS====ALISON HINDS, JADA KINGDOM, DEXTA DAPS, KRANIUM, NAILAH BLACKMAN, DING DONG, RUPEE, LILA IKE SET TO HIT THE STAGE FOR CARIBBEAN MUSIC’S NIGHT OF CELEBRATION WITH CONFIRMED APPEARANCES BY SPICE, BABY CHAM, TONI-ANN SINGH AND MORE===REGGAE LEGEND BERES HAMMOND TO BE HONORED WITH AN ELITE ICON AWARD===“CARIBBEAN MUSIC AWARDS” WILL TAKE PLACE LIVE FROM THE RENOWNED KINGS THEATRE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 AT 8 PM ET HOSTED BY 3x GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER WYCLEF JEAN
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 August 2023 14:11 (eight months ago) link
I have been sleeping on Ding Dong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UwKrek6gks
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 August 2023 14:26 (eight months ago) link
Have liked Alison Hinds for a while, still need to catch up on many others in soca world
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 August 2023 18:49 (eight months ago) link
Super Blue just did a late night, poorly advertised gig in DC area .
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 August 2023 16:16 (eight months ago) link
http://tt.loopnews.com/content/denyse-plummer-has-died-calypso-world-mourning-again
RIP Denyse Plummer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:33 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FKMW-9DvC0
Fallon “ What do want Santa” posted on YouTube a year ago ,
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:06 (five months ago) link
Actually “Wey yuh want Santa” parang
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 20:07 (five months ago) link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-trinidad-screening-with-filmmakers-natalie-hill-adele-bertei-tickets-736828272197?aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=PAAaYNqTa_prkW7lQHewckmuceJztgcuNCJCslKBozXuWDr8zZj7v0tcoy5LU_aem_AZaL0mJ5NxVkkfOYJj8HOo9thpm0b32VA-6vLBd4Fycu-osMndTBS9uGNnEuAgwf50Q
Natalie Hill and Adele Bertei for a very special screening (1st in decades!) of Made in TrinidadMade in Trinidad (First Screening in Decades! Filmmakers Natalie Hill & Adele Bertei in Person!)The Philosophical Research Society proudly welcomes producer and directors Natalie Hill and Adele Bertei for a very special screening of MADE IN TRINIDAD, their barely seen, incredible documentary on Trinidad’s Carnival celebrations. Produced in 2001, their film toured the festival circuit to acclaim, but did not receive distribution – a casualty of the early aughts film industry’s unfortunate indifference towards ethnographic filmmaking. Now, twenty-two years later, PRS is excited to share a rare screening of this wonderful film!
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:59 (two months ago) link
That’s Feb 17 in Los Angeles for that soca in Trinidad film screening
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 January 2024 22:01 (two months ago) link
Vivien Goldman article on the assassination of Trinidadian Rebel Sixx , who she first started listening to while living in Jamaica during Covid
https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/vivien-goldman-jamaican-bass-bad-mind
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 February 2024 16:54 (one month ago) link
I still need to finish the article
― curmudgeon, Friday, 1 March 2024 15:22 (one month ago) link
https://www.bam.org/film/2024/one-hand-dont-clap?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=social&utm_content=film-onehand-ig-o-post&utm_campaign=film
Restored doc One Hand Don’t Clap about soca and calypso showing in Brooklyn through Thursday March 14
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:26 (one month ago) link