Soca music is still not widely recognised by major radio stations, although there have been international hits by artists such as Kevin Lyttle (St Vincent), Rupee (Barbados), Alison Hinds (Barbados) and in the very early days Arrow (Montserrat), Soca, the Soul of Calypso, has come a long way since its inception in the 1970s. Soca music can now be heard on stations such as Choice 96.9FM & 107.1FM, BBC 1Xtra and a large number of community stations up and down the country.
SOCA JOHNNY
Congratulations go out to Soca Johnny, a pioneer in the UK Soca industry, for winning the UK Soca Monarch 2010 and Soca Road March 2010!
SOCA ROAD MARCH UK
The Soca Road March UK 2010 competition, Listen out for Chardanai, Freestyle King, Jah Mirikle, Konata, Lutenants, Ms Desire, Nikisha, Richie Redz, Soca Banton, Soca Johnny, Soca Princess & Foxy, TB Joocie this Carnival!
NIKISHA
Nikisha, nominated for 'Best UK Soca Artist 2k9' at the 5th Annual Calabash UK Awards, after being on the UK soca scene in the space of 'less than' 5 months. A clear indication that Nikisha's talent in the soca arena exceeds the expectation of any Soca Artist to break out of the UK.
FLAGZ RADIO
Flagz radio is an online website radio station, which specialises in
playing soca music twenty four hours a day with no talk.
SHE IS BUFFY
Leading the pack of 'newbies' on the Soca scene is the female phenomenon who goes by the name Buffy, has been performing in all the major events for Carnival 2k10 and hopes to continue flying the Soca Flag high, regionally and internationally in the future.
SW STORM BRINGS CARNIVAL ALIVE
Storm brings Carnival alive: For Carnival 2010, SW Storm has given us three musical contributions 'De Hammer', 'Carnival' and 'Wha we Drinking' creating quite a stir in the Chutney Soca arena.
CHARDANAI
The Best UK Soca Artist at the Calabash awards, Chardanai is the 1st soca artist to add Yoruba lyrics in a Soca production.
CARIBBEAN UNITY
Caribbean Unity the compilation, is a compiled selection of artists from the far reaching corners of the Caribbean coming together for a common cause, to embody the spirit of Caribbean Unification.
ALISON HINDS NEW VIDEOS
Alison is doing it again! The queen of soca recently released two new videos for tracks from her album Soca Queen.
DJ ICEMAN
DJ Iceman is the awesome DJ behind Rampage Carnival Club. Born and bred in Barbados, he is one of the worlds top soca DJ's.
‘SEQUINS, SOCA AND SWEAT’
Filmmaker reveals decades of Sequins, Soca and Sweat at Notting Hill Carnival.