When Drupatee Ramgoonai stepped into the national spotlight in the mid-1980s, there was no language for what she was doing. Hindi lyrics were unheard of in soca music. East Indian ...

A musical stew made up of the deeply flavorful ingredients of the wildly different styles of Soca and Chutney music, which incorporates Hindi lyrics and Indian instruments most typically the dholak, ...

Sandton resident and renowned DJ Mitesh Prahalath, popularly known as DJ Desiblue, brought his passion for musical fusion to life at Emperors Palace centre court on June 21. DJ Desiblue, founder of ...

Machel Montano is the king of chutney soca. It was the first time Montano had entered the competition, singing his song Pepper Vine, alongside Drupatie Ramgoonai and Lady Lava. Neval Chatelal, a ...

Three-time Chutney Soca Monarch Kris ‘KI’ Persad will return to the competition this year, where he will attempt to dethrone ...

“Guyana holds a special place in my heart,” expressed 20-year-old Chutney and Soca singer Emily Moore. Born in Canada, the Toronto resident’s family’s roots run deep in Guyana. Her father hails from ...

We're not talking about the jam, though Chutney does jam. It's a kind of music from Trinidad and Tobago that blends Indian folk, brought to the island nation by indentured Indians in the 19th century, ...

Raymond Ramnarine and Mitesh ‘DJ Desiblue’ Prahalath energise the packed venue with their electric performance. Photo: Yolanda van der Stoep The atmosphere was electric at Emperors Palace’s centre ...

At 17, Riaz Bacchus was DJing on pirate radio stations in London when he stumbled on a genre of music that seemed to perfectly express his heritage. “It was Bollywood and soca mashed together – both ...