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

KES THE BAND is returning to the Tampa Bay area on Saturday, June 21 for a redo of his rained-out headline performance slot that was scheduled to take place in Downtown St. Petersburg in 2024. The ...

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.

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 ...

Trinidad and Haiti were truly represented at the ESSENCE Festival this year. Machel Montano, Kes The Band, and Wyclef Jean had some amazing sets that were full of surprises. Following the Grammy Award ...

Popular soca act Kes the Band will ignite the Clamshell stage at Emancipation Park this Carnival Sunday, as part of the offerings by GenXS. Emancipation Park will serve as the sole hospitality and ...

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 ...

Kes’ (Kees Diefenthaller) 2025 Carnival release, “Cocoa Tea”, is sweetening music charts across the globe. The band’s first release for Carnival 2025, “Cocoa Tea” has topped the US iTunes Reggae chart ...

Soca icons Kes the Band are primed to ride out the last days of summer, sharing their live album We Home last week. The album features familiar and re-worked versions of their biggest hits including ...