Notting Hill Carnival Stories, Part 1: Sound
Ahead of Notting Hill Carnival, a look at musical traditions and Caribbean identity in London
That’s My Beach: Trunk Bay, St. John
The story behind one of the Caribbean's most beautiful beaches.
Virgin Islands Nice: Lemuel Callwood, The Steelpan Man of St. John
Head to Love City, St. John, in our latest feature from the USVI.
Virgin Islands Nice: A Series on Music, Life + Culture in the USVI
Tour the USVI by air and sea in this teaser for our new series spanning St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John.
LargeUp TV: Machel Montano on The Meaning of Carnival
Monk Monté breaks it all down in the first installment of our three-part video series, "The King of Carnival".
Real Mas: The Other Side of Trinidad Carnival
A photographic journey into the heart of the Caribbean's biggest street party.
Behind The Drum: A Q+A with The Makers of “Pan! Our Music Odyssey”
The opening film at this year's Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival chronicles the steelpan's journey from its invention within Trinidad's underclass, to its current international prestige.
Back to the Future: Fimber Bravo of 20th Century Steel Band’s Striking New Sound
Children grow and women produce and men go work and some do stealing. Everyone's got to make a living...
At some point you've probably heard these words, sung in a starkly high-pitched male voice, often ... Read More...
AUDIO: Jus Now Remix Machel Montano + Kes the Band
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Jus Now, the international production combo consisting of Bristol, England's Interface and T&T-based LAZAbeam, are making some of the freshest soca right now. (They also made ... Read More...
Mixtape Mondays: Coppershot x Busy Signal, High Grade Sound, Major & Minor Productions
Words by Deejay Theory —
We're broadcasting live from Tokyo this week, on my way back to San Francisco via a great week in Singapore. Spent the week DJ'ing and taking in 90 degree days capping off with t... Read More...
LargeUp Premiere: Jus Now’s “One Time” Video
Words by Jesse Serwer—
Occupying a space between power soca, steelpan and the freakiest outer limits of U.K. dance music, "One Time" is the debut single from Jus Now, the Anglo-Trinidadian duo of Interfa... Read More...
Story of A Drum: New Documentary ‘Panomundo’ Shines A Light on the Steelpan
Words by Tasha Brown—
British director Keith Musaman Morton and Trini-American producer Charysse Tia Harper are on a mission to share the story of the steelpan in their new film project, Panomundo. Panom... Read More...