QUITAPENAS, one word – all caps, four syllables –
all claps, gives you a taste of their rhythmic
contagion. This tropical Afro-Latin combo was born
under the warm California sun. They borrow
aesthetics from the radical 60s, 70s and 80s. Each
song echoes a remix of history and invites one to
engage in the liberating evenings of Angola, Peru,
Colombia, Brazil and beyond. The name means “to
remove worries.” Everybody has a “pena” and the
mission of QUITAPENAS is simple: to make you
dance and leave you without a