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soca

music

Also known as: sokah

Written by Shannon Dudley

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Last Updated: Nov 27, 2024 • Article History

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Soca artiste goes on hunger strike protesting Vybz Kartel in Carnival • Nov. 26, 2024, 1:05 PM ET (Trinidad Guardian)

soca, Trinidadian popular music that developed in the 1970s and is closely related to calypso. Used for dancing at Carnival and at fetes, soca emphasizes rhythmic energy and studio production—including synthesized sounds and electronically mixed ensemble effects—over storytelling, a quality more typical of calypso songs, which are performed for seated audiences. The term soca (initially spelled sokah) was coined in the 1970s by Trinidadian musician Lord Shorty (Garfield Blackman), who sang calypso, a type of Afro-Trinidadian song style characterized by storytelling and verbal wit. According to Lord Shorty, the new music was meant to be a fusion of calypso with ...(100 of 1020 words)

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