In a year without Carnival, soca artists still made 2020 theirs
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thefader.comWith lockdowns and travel bans devastating the live music industry last year, musicians across the world turned to online performances and streaming platforms to make up the numbers.
But for soca, a genre so inextricably linked to the crowd-packed events of Carnival, the stakes are different. Carnival celebrations across the Caribbean — and across the world — saw cancellations last year, affecting entire ecosystems of costume designers, vendors, party promoters, DJs, producers, and artists.
And though it seemed, in that first rash of cancellations, like the virus might be under control by the fall, Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival, its vibrant, closing road march scheduled to take place yesterday, was inevitably canceled as well.
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