A Sovereign of Soca Takes over the Brooklyn Public Library

A sovereign of soca takes over the Brooklyn Public Library

Decades before he became a continent-crossing soca ambassador, Trinidad’s Machel Montano was putting in long nights across Brooklyn’s pulsating soca circuit of the late 1980s and ’90s. Inside former banquet halls and other spaces rented out for weekend calypso and…

Machel Montano Celebrates Caribbean Legacy With ‘Journey of a Soca King’ Exhibition in Brooklyn

Soca legend Machel Montano celebrated more than four decades of music and Caribbean culture in Brooklyn over the weekend with a private preview of Journey of a Soca King: The Exhibition. The special event, held at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library on August 22, brought out Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, other elected officials, Montano’s family and friends, members of the media and Brooklyn Public Library executives. The exhibition,…

Machel Montano To Be Featured at Brooklyn Public Library

Trinidad and Tobago’s soca icon Machel Montano is being celebrated by the Brooklyn Public Library in a special exhibition highlighting his more than four decades of influence on Caribbean music and culture. “Journey of a Soca King: The Exhibition” opened on August 22 at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library and will remain on display through September 12. The exhibition was created in partnership with the Machel Montano Foundation for Gr…

Machel Montano’s legacy takes center stage in Brooklyn with new soca exhibition  TheGrio…

Machel Montano’s legacy takes center stage in Brooklyn with new soca exhibition  TheGrio...