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Machel Montano Brings the Energy of Soca to Tiny Desk in a Historic Performance

That Eric Alper | January 20, 2025
“The DJ Sessions” is a live streamed/podcast series featuring the hottest electronic music DJs with live mixes and interviews streamed live to a global audience.

Soca music, with its infectious rhythms and boundless energy, found an intimate yet electrifying stage in Machel Montano’s groundbreaking Tiny Desk Concert. As the first artist to bring soca to this globally recognized platform, Montano showcased the genre’s dynamic evolution from its roots in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1970s. Soca emerged when calypso—already a […]

Written by That Eric Alper

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