An uptempo style of music influenced by British, French and native Caribbean tribal rhythms, soca features rhythms deeply rooted in Asia and Africa. It was created especially for Carnival and played ...

I had a small soca breakthrough this week. In the past I have been pretty vocal about the dangerously high production values of soca, at least the kind that gets blasted out to non-Trini DJs like ...

Each week, FACT trawls through the untamed world of free mixes, radio specials and live blends so you don’t have to. This week we’ve got missives from Moscow and Düsseldorf, tough-as-boiled-boots ...

Is the sexy sound of soca music finally getting its day in the sun? It looks that way, given the success of Kevin Lyttle’s “Turn Me On. ” It’s the first song in this lilting Caribbean style by an ...

Notting Hill Carnival—live, loud, and absolutely unmissable—only on the BBC! BBC 1Xtra kicks off its highly anticipated Carnival Weekender, bringing the vibrant sounds of Soca and Dancehall to ...

In case you were too busy Rockin The Bells or Makin [it] In America to partake in New York's West Indian Carnival over Labor Day weekend, doh worry. LargeUp has bottled the Parkway vibes and ...

Soca has always been a forceful presence in my life. As a child of parents who were born and raised in Trinidad, the island of this musical genre’s birth, its enchanting rhythms have turned my frowns ...

It's no secret that Kitty Cash can assemble a mix. The groggy, forward-looking R&B songs that populate her recently-released Love the Free II mixtape are some of the summer's most crucial sounds. So ...

BBC 1Xtra kicks off its highly anticipated Carnival Weekender, bringing the vibrant sounds of Soca and Dancehall to audiences across the UK and beyond. From Friday through to Tuesday, listeners can ...