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Lutan Fyah, Quinto Sol & Caliente Caliente

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Bonus Entertainment presents Lutan Fyah, Quinto Sol & Caliente Caliente Thursday, March 11, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St in Arcata. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Cost is $20 with tickets available at The Works in Arcata and Eureka, and is 21 and over.

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Lutan Fyah was born Anthony Martin in Portmore, a sprawling housing community in Jamaica’s St. Catherine parish. He has strong roots in Spanish Town, once the capital of the Caribbean country and stomping ground for big names like Lieutenant Stitchie, Papa San and San’s late brother Dirtsman. In fact, Lutan remembers as a youth listening to San and Dirtsman performing at dances on his grandfather’s Black Universe sound system in Thompson Pen, a community in Spanish Town. Watching them up close inspired his career path. After giving up a promising football career due to persistent injury, Anthony Martin morphed into Lutan Fyah. Among his best known early songs was There Is No Peace in Spanish Town, a catchy take on The Drifters’ classic Spanish Harlem, which dealt with gang violence in Spanish Town. Lutan says it is difficult to escape the culture of crime that has dominated the ‘old capital’ for over 10 years. “Spanish Town is a kind of garrison where every man is a suspect. To keep yourself with the vibes you have to walk a chalk line,” he said. Through regular tours, Lutan Fyah has made a name for himself in Europe where there has long been an appreciation for roots reggae acts like Burning Spear, Culture and the Mighty Diamonds. But after nearly a decade of looking in from the underground, he is ready to blaze a trail in the mainstream

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Music can be contagious, inspiring and poignant. Quinto Sol, Fifth Sun, or Inic Macuilli Tonatiuh, in Nahuatl, carries that type of emotion and sound deeply rooted in the Americas, Caribbean and Africa. They are a Los Angeles based group that emerged from the artist/activist community of East Los Angeles in 1993. Quinto Sol is roots reggae at its core, woven seamlessly with cumbia, salsa, reggae, R&B, dance hall, Latin soul, and, in some instances, a synthesis of these musical genres and more and was awarded “Best Latin Artist of the Year” two consecutive years (2004 & 2005) by the prestigious LA Weekly Magazine. They’re a collective of musicians, inspired to use music as a critical pedagogy, creating awareness of socio-political and economic issues facing their community. They incorporate their own urban realities in everyday life and the struggles of indigenous communities throughout the world, while sending conscious lyrics and powerful live performances. They have backed up renown artists, live and in studio, such as Lutan Fyah (Jaimaca), Half Pint (Jamaica), Yami Bolo (Jaimaca), Abja (St. Corix), Fidel Nadal (Argentina), Alika (Argentina), Natty Congo Crew (Guadalajara, Mex.), and even translated the lyrics of Junior Reid’s “One Blood” into Spanish, of which he released on his Rasta Government album. Quinto Sol throughout the years has shared the stage with various artists, such as the Wailers , Third World ,Eek-a-Mouse, Barrington Leavy, Israel Vibrations, Max Romeo, Maldita Vecindad, Tierra, Gran Silencio, Poncho Sanchez, Steel Pulse, KRS One, Dead Prez, Psycho Realm, Sonora Dinamita , Gondwana, and many more too numerous to mention. From the reggae/cumbia song “Escucha” to Chicano oldies inspired “Una Vela” to the uptempo cumbia/salsa song “Vida” takes you on a worldbeat tour, unlike any reggae band around the music circuit today.

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