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Song of the Week: 'Valle Moreno' by Quitapenas
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Dan Carino
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Aug 20, 2015
Song of the Week: 'Valle Moreno' by Quitapenas
Quitapenas plays the Museum of Latin American Art on Friday, August 21 and the Echoplex on Thursday August 27.
The Afro-Latin band Quintapenas hails from California's Inland Empire.
The afro-latin band Quintapenas hails from California's Inland Empire
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Carlos Quinteros Jr.
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Quitapenas plays the Museum of Latin American Art on Friday, August 21 and the Echoplex on Thursday August 27.

This week's Off-Ramp song of the week is "Valle Moreno" by the Los Angeles Afro-Latin band Quitapenas (literally "to remove worries" in Spanish). 

On Quitapenas' bandcamp, they call the song "an homage to our hometown of the Inland Empire, California." 

Here's the video to "Valle Moreno," which John Rabe called "convincingly retro:"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV_TKQU5gxY

Want to see them live? Quitapenas plays the Museum of Latin American Art on Friday, August 21 and the Echoplex on Thursday August 27 with Fools Gold.