Cuban big band Orquesta Akokán returns with 16 Rayos (October 22, 2021) on Daptone Records, a triumphant follow up to their Grammy nominated debut from 2018....
It takes more than academic proficiency in music to arrive at the source of its splendour and few American musicians know that better than Michael Eckroth....
Straight out of Havana, Cuba comes Orquesta Akokán – a blazing presentation of deeply soulful mambo reminiscent of Benny Moré and banda gigante of the 1940’s...