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	Soca is Caribbean music. How does it get its name? By Firebrand Asked Oct 29 2007 2:35PM	5 Pts Rate Question

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by sunniebgi on Oct 29, 2007 at 4:13 pm Permalink

Soca music
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Music of Trinidad: Subjects
Canboulay Calypso
Chutney Steelpan
Calypsonian Calypso tent
Picong Parang
Soca Rapso
Pichakaree
Timeline and samples
Anglophone Caribbean
Anguilla - Antigua and Barbuda - Bahamas - Barbados - Bermuda - Caymans - Dominica - Grenada - Jamaica - Montserrat - St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Lucia - St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago - Turks and Caicos - Virgin Islands
Other Caribbean
Aruba and the Dutch Antilles - Cuba - Dominican Republic - Haiti - Martinique and Guadeloupe - Puerto Rico
Soca, or soul calypso, is a dance music that originated in Trinidad from calypso. It combines the melodic lilting sound of calypso with insistent (usually electronic) percussion. Soca music has evolved in the last 20 years primarily by musicians from Trinidad, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua and some bands from St Kitts and Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles.

The reputed father of soca was Lord Shorty (born Garfield Blackman), whose 1963 recording of "Cloak and Dagger" started the trend. It would be Lord Kitchener who would begin the noticeable and accredited transition. According to Lord Kitchener's Former Manager Errol Peru a pioneer in the promotion of Calypso & Soca Music, " Kitch had a nack for " Kaiso " anything he composed was instantly a hit ". Byron Lee & the Dragonaires made soca a West Indian social wave, but the Baha men, Kevin Lyttle, Machel Montano, Walker and others in the 21st century brought it to American recognition.

read the rest of the wikipedia info for more..

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Firebrand Oct, 30 2007 at 01:08 PM

Thankyou. It is a lot of information , the answer is with it but it does not make it very clear.

sunniebgi Nov, 02 2007 at 10:00 AM

your right.. it's saying something about it being a mix of Soul and Calypso (SoCa).. but then it says thats not really it.. I'd say that's probably it.

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by notquitered on Apr 11, 2008 at 5:27 am Permalink

Blend of soul and calypso music from Trinidad. SO(ul) + CA(lypso).

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by nana08 on Apr 11, 2008 at 5:22 am Permalink

Lots of UK Soca info on itzcaribbean.com
http://www.itzcaribbean.com/soca-music.php