Brent Pin­heiro

So­ca star Machel Mon­tano made a tri­umphant re­turn to the 28th St Kitts Mu­sic Fes­ti­val stage last­Thurs­day night af­ter an ab­sence of over 10 years.

Com­ing on as the penul­ti­mate act, Mon­tano start­ed his set just be­fore 1 am with his mon­ster hit and 2026 road march song En­core. For the next hour, Mon­tano had the crowd eat­ing out of the palm of his hands as he sang his way through some of the biggest hits in his cat­a­logue. From Pardy to Show­time, Mon­tano gave a per­for­mance, re­mind­ing any one in St Kitts who dared to for­get just why he is called the King of So­ca.