When Orquesta Akokán burst onto the global music scene a few years ago, their no-holds-barred 21st-century take on the venerable Cuban mambo lit up stages around the world. Their high-energy live performances shine a light.
Orquesta Akokán delivers a hot Havana night to Beaver Creek Thursday, just as the temperatures here in the mountains begin to cool. The band gets audiences up and dancing with its blazing Latin jazz and soulful mambo rhythms.