Soca has evolved over time, incorporating numerous genres from reggae and rock to Afrobeats and EDM. As Kes says, it’s “very difficult to put music in one box.” ...

In the music industry in Trinidad and Tobago, it’s about who knows who. So, I decided to leave and come to America and ended up doing a soca song this year on Full Blown’s “Big Links” riddim.

"When I saw her stage presence and music and everything she's doing in the Caribbean, I knew I wanted to be a part of this to help soca crossover to the U.S.," says CEO Jamelia "Whoa" Ho-sang.

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 ...

Machel Montano is ready to make us dance with new music. On Wednesday, the Trinidadian soca musician announced his album One Degree Hotter, out later this month, as he released the high-energy ...

Ricardo Drue, a soca singer renowned in his native Antigua and Barbuda and among the Caribbean community around the world, died Tuesday. He was 38. “On behalf of Ricardo Drue’s fiancé ...

Ashanti has joined forces with Soca boss Machel Montano for a video of their new song—and it’s a colorful carnival extravaganza. According to Billboard, the duo first connected after Ashanti ...

Montano aims to take soca music into mainstream By Reuters August 24, 20086:24 PM PDTUpdated August 24, 2008 ...

But all is not lost. Yes, if ever the world needed a grand life-affirming ritual, it's this very moment. The oil that keeps the engine of Trinidad Carnival running is soca music, and it continues ...

Soca has evolved over time, incorporating numerous genres from reggae and rock to Afrobeats and EDM. As Kes says, it’s “very difficult to put music in one box.” ...