Words by Eddie STATS Houghton

We don’t usually cover local events on here but as long we are covering local events (see previous post) we have to give a bligh to the Tiny Winey soca party kicking off tomorrow in the LES. I am mentioning this not just because co-host Rishi Bonneville is a regular contributor and de facto soca editor here at LargeUp. Not even because it began life as a monthly guest-spot for resident selector D-Life (Massive B) at the Re-Opened Fridays dancehall party downstairs at Santos, which has basically been our living room for the past year or two. No, I am posting it here because this is, to my knowledge, the very first Manhattan monthly completely dedicated to soca, which takes it out of the ‘local parties’ and ‘homeboy network’ categories and puts it into ‘historical events’. (See? i tagged it as History. If you know different or are old enough to remember spots like Demararas, feel free to correct me in the comments).