2026 — Sound of a Nation | Rhythm & Roots

2026Decade Anchor

Born and Growby Adrian Dutchin

soca

📜 Guyana turns 60. Adrian Dutchin wins the 2026 Soca Monarch with "Born and Grow." Samuel Medas launches his "One Thing" album at the National Stadium. The Diamond Jubilee is a homecoming — for the nation, and for every Guyanese soul scattered across the world.

Memories of 2026

No memories shared yet for 2026. Be the first!

Share Your Memory

This archive belongs to all of us. Share a memory that's real, personal, and rooted in the Guyanese experience — home or abroad. Keep it kind. Keep it true.

“Every time I hear this song I’m back in my grandmother’s kitchen in Berbice on a Saturday morning. She’d be making cook-up and this would be playing on the radio.”— Marcia, Toronto

“My dad played this in the car every time we drove back from church in Georgetown. I didn’t appreciate it then. I do now.”— Devon, London

“This came out the year we moved to Brooklyn. My mother played it every time she was homesick. Which was every day.”— Priya, New York