This week’s Music on Main headliner, Orquesta Akokán, is set to sonically transport concert-goers to Havana, Cuba, through ...

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Victor Parra was a Chicago-area radio host, musician and bandleader who championed Afro-Cuban jazz music as the host of his weekly radio show, “Mambo Express,” on both WBEZ-FM and WDCB-FM. Parra was ...

Orquesta Akokán, a band that takes inspiration from older-style Cuban Mambo, will take the stage of Music on Main this week, ...

Orquesta Akokán takes its name from the Yoruba word meaning "from the heart." The group's self-titled debut album, released in March, draws deep from the soul and history of Cuba, reviving the spirit ...