Man With No Door marks the award-winning soca band's first studio LP in a decade. Here are the stories behind frontman Kes' five favorite tracks. By Kyle Denis Last year, the world celebrated the 50 ...

Soca sensation Kes staged his fourth annual IzWe Festival for over 15,000 fans during Trinidad Carnival yesterday, highlighting how popular the genre has become to live audiences both in the Caribbean ...

It’s time to party! Carnival’s coming to Miami this weekend. The music, the costumes, the food — they all celebrate Caribbean culture to the max. Deco checked in with Shaggy and Kes — two guys who are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2025, Machel Montano helped kick off a whirlwind year for Caribbean music and culture with NPR Tiny Desk’s first-ever soca set; ...

When Kees Dieffenthaller was growing up in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1980s, the lively rhythms of soca and its predecessor calypso were the island’s sound — although they were usually exclusive to ...

When I think about how soca music makes me feel, I beam from the inside. Charge it to my Trinidadian roots, but whenever a big “chune” plays (old or new) my eyes close, hands go up, head tilts back ...

Kes the Band made music with Kardinal Offishall, used to perform at Kool Haus and recorded their break out hit Wotless in Toronto. His connections to this city runs deep. And the city returns the love ...

HEADLINER KES the Band lived up to its billing with a sizzling hour-long performance at the soca, paint fest, Beach J’Ouvert held at Grizzly’s Plantation, Priory, St Ann, last Saturday. “We did Beach ...

Next month, Trinidad & Tobago goes into full Carnival mode and local band Kes are getting us fired up early with their new single “Jolene”. The track is also the first cut to emerge from an upcoming ...

Kes the Band literally brought the sunshine and soca to Monterey, California last weekend as the band of brothers performed at the 12th edition of the annual music festival produced by Good Vibez ...