What the hell is Ahi-Nama?

Ahi-Nama: 

Ahi-Nama is Cuban slang meaning “Here it is! / This is it”- With the suggestion of having reached the best or ultimate, therefore you do not need to look anywhere else.

Probably originally from the Spanish, “Aqui nada mas.”

– Urban Dictionary (the greatest source ever)

Timba in Akron, OH?

Hell yes.

I know what you’re thinking: Not only will it not be authentic, but they probably suck. In that case, however, you’d be dead wrong.

How could a bunch of Akronites capture the flair and culture of a music so far removed from the cloudy confines of Northeast Ohio?

Did I mention that our bandleader, Alex Hoyt, lived and performed in Miami for 7 years? That Dan Kshywonis (make sure to boo him) is one of the baddest drummers in Northeast Ohio? That Matthew DeRubertis (Akron’s hardest working yogi bassist) lays down the pocket like nobody’s business? That we have 2 amazing horn players (Nathan-Paul Davis & Tim Coyne) that’ll play so hard that your mind will want to blow you?*

*Also Clay Chabola is in the band as well. Plays the congos or something.

Still don’t believe me? Check out some of our tracks.