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Me llena de emoción compartir
con ustedes el nacimiento de YUSA-records ,
un sello discográfico independiente desde donde se hará el lanzamiento de mi
quinto y nuevo disco, “Libro de cabecera” y desde donde iremos creando de a
poquito un bello y exquisito catálogo de artistas amigos para Latinoamérica y
el mundo.
“Libro de cabecera” será quien
abra este nuevo camino en Abril de 2012.
Filled with emotion and joy, I want to
share with you the birth of YUSA Records, an independent record label we
created to launch my fifth and new album, "The Pillow Book". This
label has as its main purpose the creation of the most exquisite music catalog
of Latin American artists and the rest of the world.
The pillow book” will be the first of
many albums to come, in April 2012.
YUSA Live at Cotton Jazz Club, Tokyo, Japan - October 2011
Yusa, electric guitar and voice | Cris Faiad, drum | Quique Ferrari, bass 6 strings
ABOUT YUSA
YUSA represents the new wave of Cuban musicians. They mix and condense their country’s traditional music with the sounds of the rest of the world. In Yusa’s case ¬–she is a compositor as well as a performer– she combines Rock, Jazz, Pop, and Brazilian music with her Cuban roots genres, like Rumba, Trova and Son.
Yusa’s four albums are: “Yusa” (2002); “Breathe” (2004); “Haiku” (2008) and the DVD “Yusa live at Ronnie Scott´s”, and “Vivo” (2010) They were published in Europe, Cuba, Japan, Argentina.
Yusa lives between La Havana, Cuba and Argentina, but she tours the world: England, Holland, France, Norway, Belgium, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, are under many countries she has been. Her agenda in 2011 include tours to Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Japan, Noruega, Suiza …
After been nominated to the BBC Awards, she participated with, Lila Downs and Susana Baca, in the “Latin American Voices Tour” 2004, performing in eleven UK cities.
In 2005 she was a guest of BLUE NOTE Japan and performed five times in the jazz club with her band in Tokyo.
Famous Brazilian musician LENINE, invited Yusa to be part of the Trío Planetario, with Argentinean percussionist Ramiro Mussoto. They recorded the DVD In Cité in Paris. That album ended winning the Latin Grammy in the category “Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album and Best Song”.
She also took part in the end ceremony of the XV PanAmerican Games in Río de Janeiro, Brazil, sharing stage with Jorge Drexler, Lenine, and other artists.
In 2009 Yusa finished her album “Haiku” and, right after, she began the Haiku Tour, through many cities of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, England and Uruguay.
PRESS "Listening to the bitter-sweet lyrics of new Cuban singer YUSA and the simple sophistication of her music one knows one is finally hearing 21st century Cuba. Her cutting-edge songs map the contemporary emotional lives of urban Havana. Fused inside her music are traces from further afield, from iconclastic jazz and rock to today's Brazil. Full of the vital energy of experimentation and the textures of musical exchange gained in intimate venues, Yusa offers a whole new way of hearing Cuba." - Jan Fairley
'As you listen to this new CD you should forget everything you thought you knew about contemporary Cuban music' - NPR, USA
'Yusa has arrived as a powerful new voice stocked with a profound knowledge of her musical roots and an innovative reinvention of Cuba' - Global Rhythm, USA
The winner of Cubadisco 2003, fusion category
New York Times Syndicate, John Shelton, Top 21 CDs
European World Music Chart, Top 10
'Like a vocally dexterous Tracy Chapman with a large jazzy collection' - Neil Bennun, BBC Online
'Yusa is an aural journey from start to finish' - Miami New Times
'Top of the World' Critics Choice, Songlines
'Very impressive live' - Charlie Gillett
'Remarkably accomplished eclectic music' - Sue Steward
'Is it any surprise that she's been nominated for an award in two categories ?' - FRoots/BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards
Nominated at WOMEX 2002 in two categories for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards: Best Newcomer and Best of the Americas
