On Friday, February 21st, a slew of top-tier soca artists will gather at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago at 5:00 AM for ‘Alive At 5’.

This is a fully energized event that will feature the king of soca Machel Montano, groovy soca monarch king Swappi, Nadia Batson, Lyrical, Skinny Banton, Skinny Fabulous, Ravi B and Trinidad Killer. Gates will open at 4:00 AM and tickets, which are going for $300, are available at all NLCB outlets and Cache Stores nationwide.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ artist Kevin Lyttle shared the official video for his latest single, Nikki, a few days ago. The song, which is produced by DJ Slim, is a party record that has been getting steady rotation since its release.

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Xperience Fete, San Fernando’s premier all white breakfast party, will be held on Saturday, January 18th, at Brian Lara Cricket Academy (Gasparillo Bypass Road, Gasparillo) in Trinidad & Tobago, from 3:00 to 9:00 AM.

Confirmed artists include: Bunji Garlin, Machel Montano, Kes, Problem Child, Nadia Batson, Lyrical and many more.

On Saturday, January 11th soca artist Erphaan Alves will perform at the Blnd Tger (559 College Street) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The event will be hosted by Bass Line and it will feature music by D’Enforcas and D’Bandit.

Advance tickets, which are going for $25 CAD, are available via ticket gateway.

After overcoming a series of difficulties earlier in the year, New York based recording artist E.G. is getting back to business with the release of a new single, titled “Tek Time.”

Though he is recognized as a dancehall artist, E.G. is also known to dabble in soca and other musical genres from time to time. As such, his latest song, “Tek Time,” is a hardcore soca record, which was produced by both Ian Fojo Corbin and E.G. It was officially published on November 8th and is now available on all music platforms.