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Five Years Of Soca Chronicles
We’re celebrating five years of Soca Chronicles by linking with Shelly from the Signal Band and talking honestly about where bouyon and soca are headed. We run through Notting Hill Carnival highlights, upcoming fetes from London to Miami, and the music we’re carrying into the next run of carnivals.
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43m We Meet GBM Nutron And Break Down The Season’s Biggest Winners
First of all: apologies for the delay! Due to some hardware problems we were only able to release the episode a week late. It won't happen again! This episode we go from a wild Belgium night at Antilliaanse Feesten to a backstage chat with GBM Nutron, then zoom out to map what carnival season looks
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21m Carnival Season 2026
We run through fresh Vincy Mas results, then jump forward for a live-style Saint Lucia Road March update using our new “Future Sharnz” time-travel check-in. We also set the table for Crop Over and Spice Mas, celebrate Kes’ big moves, and lock in a Song of the Month we can’t stop replaying. • Vincy M
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1h 11m The Road to Success: Khallion
Bouyon is becoming more and more popular. We’re joined by Dominican bouyon artist Khallion, and he takes us from his early days in a rap and pop group to the life-changing event that forced him to step away from music and rebuild his entire direction with a new mindset. • Kalion’s early music path a
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52m The Soca Scene of Aruba
We sit down with Lyrza to learn how Aruba’s soca scene really works, from band culture and competition rules to the island politics that shape what becomes a carnival anthem. We leave with a clearer view of why “Road March” sparks arguments, how a viral joke song can win big, and what makes Aruba Ca
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34m Bacchanal Boys Drama And The Only Shots We Want
We celebrate one year of Brawlin and why pushing Bajan soca in the UK matters, then we pivot to the hard reality of safety after troubling news out of Jamaica Carnival. We run through upcoming carnival dates and tours, unpack Bacchanal Boys name drama, and close with our Grenada pick plus a new rhyt
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33m Discussing the Bring Back Bashment movement
We dig into the claim that Bajan bashment soca peaked in 2018 to 2019 and ask what it would take to bring that energy back without freezing the sound. We weigh nostalgia against evolution, get thoughts from DJ Kai, and call out the DJ habits and scene-building work that can push Bajan soca forward.
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Soca Chronicles is hosted by DJ Sharnz and Arkayo: digging into the artists, the stories, and the history behind the music that moves the Caribbean.
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