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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With Carnival 2025 just around the corner, we asked three of the hottest soca DJs on the planet–DJ Private Ryan (Ryan Alexander), DJ Ana (Ana-Leesa Ramnarine) and DJ Adam 2MV (Adam Gonzales) – to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first edition of Brunch and Soca at the Police Officers Club in St Andrew on Friday was a big success. It was a great way to start off the Jamaica carnival weekend, with many ...

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 ...