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 ...

Kes the Band is returning to the Toronto venue where they made history last year, as revealed in a new tour announcement.

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 ...

ABC News’ Morgan Norwood goes behind the scenes of calypso music with singer Kes Dieffenthaller to learn more about the genre and how it’s making waves in unexpected places.

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 ...

Modern soca music ambassadors Kes steer their “Man With No Door” tour into Orlando this weekend, and there will be dancing. Kees Dieffenthaller and Kes the Band are in the midst of a monthlong U.S.

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 ...

Soca band Kes are set to make history this weekend, as the only Caribbean act selected to perform on Saturday night at the 26th Essence Festival of Culture. Known as “the party with a purpose”, the ...