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    First Listen: Orquesta Akokán, 'Orquesta Akokán'

    A new album, recorded in a legendary Cuban recording studio, pays meticulous homage to the country's musical history and identity.
    by Felix Contreras Mar 22, 2018 2 minutes
    Orquesta Akokán's self-titled debut comes out Mar. 30 on Daptone.

    I am not ashamed to admit it: I was overcome with emotion a few moments after entering Areito Estudio Ciento Uno (Areito Studio 101) inside the EGREM recording complex in the center of Havana, Cuba.

    It is Ground Zero of Cuban music. Built in the early 1940's to exact audio specifications by a recording engineer, it has played

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