Beyond samba, soca, and son, many other Latin traditions continue to inform modern sound design. Colombian cumbia is ...

If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of Caribbean music, it’s probably reggae, dancehall and soca. Between Buju Banton’s Stateside return and Vybz Kartel’s release from ...

In 2006, a young student named Ryan Alexander uploaded a mix of soca tunes to Facebook from his dorm room in Miami, Florida. Today, the 33-year-old is known as Private Ryan to the global soca ...

On a normal day in early February, Trinidad and Tobago’s Queen’s Park Savannah would be bustling in preparation for Carnival. Vendors would be constructing their stalls, covering tables with water and ...

DJ Ana (Ana-Lessa Ramnarine), is bringing soca music to a global audience through her Apple Music collaboration on their ongoing Agenda Playlist series. She is also featured on UK rapper and DJ ...

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 ...

Trinidad and Tobago, a twin-island nation in the southern Caribbean renowned for its annual Carnival celebration (3-4 March 2025), has far more to offer visitors than just massive parades. The ...

Three of Trinidad's buzziest soca acts chat with Billboard about the genre's future ahead of 2025 Carnival. By Kyle Denis If there’s a current “big three” when it comes to different styles of ...