“Akokán” is a West African Yoruba word that means “from the heart”, and the big band took that word as their name using every note on their two albums to spread the gospel of the music. Cuba in the 19650s. The band is a product of both Havana and Brooklyn, and this song, from the album 16 Rayos, is a version of jumping into a carnaval amid a series of folk percussionists playing traditional conga rhythms from the area. area east of Santiago de Cuba. Trench is so infectious that if you don’t touch your foot, you could die.
