Caribbean heritage is shared in a multitude of ways. Through food, folklore, dress, language but especially through music. Think back and I’m sure many of us can pinpoint songs and genres that served as soundtracks to our lives. In this post, Eva  Greene Wilson of SocaMom.com shares how soca music kept her connected to her Trini heritage during the 90’s. While living in the South, a veritable desert (at that time) of Caribbean culture.

When my kids want to listen to soca, they can. They have Spotify, Pandora, Google Music, Youtube, and many internet radio stations they can turn to in order to feel connected to their culture through music wherever they may choose to live. Sometimes I’ll play my soca in the car, and one of my favorite old songs will come on. I tell them stories about my dad’s reel to reel tape player, my cassette tapes, and what it was like to have just a few songs to play over and over. I feel like that gives them a sense of how important it is to value the access they have to Caribbean music. In this video, I talk about how it felt to grow up in an area of the United States that had very little access to Caribbean culture.