Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month in June, Garcia recently spoke with In The Know about her humble beginnings, ...

It's not enough to make list after list. The Turning the Tables project seeks to suggest alternatives to the traditional popular music canon, and to do more than that, too: to stimulate conversation ...

On a normal day in early February, Trinidad and Tobago’s Queen’s Park Savannah would be bustling in preparation for Carnival. Vendors would be constructing their stalls, covering tables with water and ...

Few soca music videos have gone viral to the degree that singer Destra Garcia's “Me Gusta” has. The song — one of Destra's offerings for Trinidad and Tobago's upcoming 2020 Carnival season, which has ...

The legendary Steel Pulse, Hip-Hop star Busta Rhymes and Soca queens Destra, Patrice Roberts and Allison Hinds, are among the international talent who will be taking the stage as part ...

Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

Most people reflect in private before showing the world a finished version of themselves. Destra Garcia is doing hers in real time, in front of her fans. When Destra first staged Reflections last ...

Soca queen Destra Garcia is recovering in Trinidad after breaking her ankle in a fall on stage at Wednesday night’s Cup Match Summer Splash concert. Meanwhile Andrew Holmes of 441 Productions, which ...

Soca superstar Destra Garcia got a standing ovation at the second edition of her concert Reflections at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, on Saturday night.During her performance, she superbly melded all ...

TORTOLA — After two years with no fete due to the COVID-19 pandemic, British Virgin Islands residents flocked to two signature events Saturday that helped kick the August Festival into high gear. The ...

She can command a crowd like few others — and during her career, she's broadened the definition of soca, established herself as a brand and... It's not enough to make list after list. The Turning the ...