Machel Montano is ready to make us dance with new music. On Wednesday, the Trinidadian soca musician announced his album One Degree Hotter, out later this month, as he released the high-energy music ...

2025 has been around for less than two weeks, and Machel Montano is already making history. On Monday (Jan. 13), the Trinidadian music icon treated NPR’s Tiny Desk series to its very first soca set.

I still remember the sound of the truck horns, the signature fast-paced tempos and pumping bass. It was Labor Day in 1997, and “Big Truck” by Machel Montano and Xtatik was blasting through the ...

Machel Montano has definitely earned the recognition as one of—if not THE—most well known modern-day Soca artists. Indeed, the Trinidadian performer has put more than 30 years work and dedication into ...

What time zone are you in, where are you in the world? I’m in Los Angeles, California, in the Valley, and I just left the gym. You’re from Trinidad, how did you make your way to L.A.? I was signed ...

My first time visiting Trinidad was for Carnival earlier this year—something friends and people I met during the two-week-long revelry described as a baptism of fire, in the best way possible.

*In an exclusive interview with EURweb associate Marie Moore, Soca Superstar Machel Montano, talked music and his debut in the movie “Bazodee.” Long known as one of the most important ingredients in ...

Machel Montano has devoted his life to the cause of soca music. At age 41, and having been in the limelight since he began singing as a precocious 7 year old, his talents have long outgrown the island ...

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 ...

Montano as Lee de Leon and Natalie Perera as Anita Panchouri from Bazodee (2016) Machel Montano (press photo) Drake’s OVO Fest kicks off today in Toronto, and we sat down with Trinidadian artist, ...