YUSA

2009-11-01T20:36:00.000-08:00

"YUSA offers a whole new way of hearing CUBA" -

Jan Fairley (ethnomusicologist, UK)

"YUSA ofrece una nueva manera de escuchar CUBA" -

Jan Fairley (etnomusicóloga, UK)

NOTICIAS! / NEWS!

Me llena de emoción compartircon ustedes el nacimiento de YUSA-records ,un sello discográfico independiente desde donde se hará el lanzamiento de miquinto y nuevo disco, “Libro de cabecera” y desde donde iremos creando de apoquito un bello y exquisito catálogo de artistas amigos para Latinoamérica yel mundo.

“Libro de cabecera” será quienabra este nuevo camino en Abril de 2012.

Filled with emotion and joy, I want toshare with you the birth of YUSA Records, an independent record label wecreated to launch my fifth and new album, "The Pillow Book". Thislabel has as its main purpose the creation of the most exquisite music catalogof Latin American artists and the rest of the world.

The pillow book” will be the first ofmany 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

Audios

2008-11-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

Here you can listen the new album "VIVO"!!!

"No tengo otro lugar" ("Vivo" 2010
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"La Partida" ("Vivo" 2010)

From the album "Haiku" - Tanto de mi(2008)

From the album "Haiku" - Walking Heads(2008)

esperá unos segundos mientras se carga el reproductor

Latest tracks by yusa

INFO YUSA 2011

2008-11-07T11:56:00.000-08:00

(ENGLISH VERSION)
YUSA - 2011
“Yusa’s voice comes from the very root of black America and bewitches the audience with a mix of jazzy tunes, Cuban folk, tropical sound and poetry; that defines her style: the eternal romance between silence and sound”
(CD Vivo - Rolling Stone Magazine, 2010)

“One of the newest and relevant voices of Cuban music” (Newspaper La Nación)
“When she approaches the mic, nothing else seems to matter” (Magazine Viva)
“Yusa is pure soul” (Magazine Los Inrockuptibles)
“A very suggestive jazzy voice” (Magazine Rolling Stone)
“Between introspection and total explosion” (Newspaper Crítica)
“Potent musicality” ( Newspaper Miradas al Sur)
“Catchy songs of a universal Cuban woman” (Newspaper Diario Popular)
“You can hear the black identity of soul and blues beat inside her music” (Magazine ADN)
“Yusa is one of the most important talents in modern Cuban music” (Magazine Radar)
“Free, freed, and liberating songs” (Magazine Las12)

Cuban artist YUSA presents her new album, “Vivo”.
“Vivo” is her first life recorded album, and number fourth in her career. It was recorded during April and May 2010, at the Jazz Club, Café Vinilo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“Vivo” reflects upon the artist power when she enters a podium and her ability to send the audience into ecstasies like only a few can do.

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, the Montreal Jazz Fest in Canada, Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, Japan, Noruega, Suiza and her first presentation in the USA.

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.

In 2010, Yusa, toured Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Last April she did many presentations called “Having fun with friends” in the Buenos Aires Jazz Club “Café Vinilo”. In October she released her latest album in Havana, Cuba, and went right after that she went to Europe in a tour with the Interactivo Band and her show “YUSA Solo Set”. She went to the Scandinavian Peninsula, France and Switzerland. In November Yusa went to Chile and play in two events for Havana Club before more than 1000 people. And in December she was in Buenos Aires, in the CAFF, performing in 4 concerts.

In 2011, the Yusa Tour began in Europe: Scandinavia to be more exact.
In March, Yusa will sing and play the bass in a stage suspended by a crane, 60 meters high, hanging over the heads of more than 50.000 people in the Argentinean Carnival, Buenos Aires. She will be shows musical director. She will play accompanied by 8 percussionists, acrobats, flying dancers of the Elevé company, and stilts dancers from Cirqué Du Solei.
Yusa will be in Argentina and Brazil in April and May, touring various cities. She will be in the Sao Paulo “Virada Cultural”, and performing in the second cycle “Having fun with friends” in Café Vinilo Jazz Club. Yusa will be in Canada for the Montreal Jazz Festival.
From July 6 to 8 she will present her last album “Vivo” in the Cotton Jazz Club in Tokyo.

(VERSION EN ESPAÑOL)
DIJO LA PRENSA:
“Yusa hace salir su voz de la entraña misma de la América negra y hechizada a la audiencia con una deliciosa pócima de climas jazzies, folk cubano, tropicalismo y poesía que redefinen el eterno romance entre el sonido y los silencios” (Disco Vivo **** - Revista Rolling Stone, 2010)

“Una de las voces más nuevas y relevantes de la música cubana” (La Nación)
“Apenas se acerca al mic no queda nada en pie” (Revista Viva)
“Yusa es un alma que se eleva” (Revista Los Inrockuptibles)
“Una voz sugestiva en clima jazzy” (Revista Rolling Stone)
“Entre la introspección y la explosión total” (Diario Crítica)
“Potente musicalidad” (Diario Miradas al Sur)
“Canciones atrapantes de una cubana universal” (Diario Popular)
“En su música late la identidad negra del blues y el soul” (ADN)
“Yusa es uno de los nombres propios de la renovación musical cubana” (Radar)
“Canciones libres, liberadas, liberadoras” (Las12)

ACERCA DE YUSA:

YUSA representa la nueva ola de músicos cubanos que condensan la tradición de su país con los sonidos del resto del mundo. En el caso particular de esta compositora e intérprete, hay mixtura de rock, jazz, pop, sonoridad brasileña y honda raíz cubana, como la rumba, la trova y el son.

Los cuatro trabajos discográficos de Yusa: “Yusa” (2002); “Breathe” (2004); “Haiku” (2008) el DVD “Yusa live at Ronnie Scott´s”, y “Vivo” (2010) fueron editados en Europa, Cuba y Estados Unidos por TUMI Music, en Japón por el sello Omagatoki, y para Sudamérica por Vinilo Records y MDR Records.

Yusa vive en La Habana, Cuba, pero recorre el mundo girando por Inglaterra, Francia, Alemania, Italia, Holanda, Brasil, Japón, entre otros. Para este año la esperan en su agenda un Tour por Brasil, México, el Fest Montreal Jazz de Canadá, Colombia, Uruguay, y su primera presentación en los Estados Unidos.
Luego de haber sido nominada a los Premios de la BBC de Londres , participó junto a sus dos compañeras de terma, Lila Downs y Susana Baca, de la Gira “Latin American Voices” (Mujeres Latinas) 2004, recorriendo once ciudades inglesas.
En el año 2005 fue invitada por BLUE NOTE Japón a realizar un ciclo de shows con su banda en el destacado local de jazz ubicado en Tokyo.
Invitada por el músico brasilero LENINE, Yusa formó parte del Trío Planetario junto al percusionista argentino Ramiro Mussoto, con quienes grabó el DVD In Cité en la ciudad de París, luego premiado con un Latin Grammi en la terna “Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album and Best Song”.
Participó en la clausura de los XV Juegos Panamericanos en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, compartiendo el escenario del estadio Maracaná con Jorge Drexler y Lenine, entre otros artistas.

En el año 2009 con su disco “Haiku” Yusa realizó de agosto a octubre el Haiku Tour, presentándose en diferentes ciudades de Brasil, Argentina, Chile y Uruguay.

En el 2010, Yusa, pasó por Chile, Uruguay y Brasil, así como también visitó algunas ciudades de Argentina. En el mes de abril presentó el Ciclo “Descarga con amigos” en el club porteño Café Vinilo donde compartió escenario con Liliana Herrero, Tonolec, Raly Barrionuevo y Hugo Fattoruso. Con el músico santiagueño Raly Barrionuevo se han presentado juntos para la Universidad del Litoral y para el Aniversario del Teatro Municipal de Bahía Blanca. En octubre presentó su último disco en la Habana, Cuba, luego partió a Europa a girar con Interactivo Band y con su show “Yusa Solo Set” por Escandinavia, Francia y Suiza. En el mes de noviembre regresó a Chile a brindar dos shows para Havana Club ante más de 1000 personas. Diciembre la encontró en Buenos Aires cerrando el año en el CAFF junto a toda su banda en cuatro conciertos.

En 2011, el Tour de Yusa comienza en Europa, durante todo el mes de febrero recorrerá las frías tierras Escandinavas. En marzo, abril y mayo estará en Argentina recorriendo con su música diferentes ciudades y realizar en Buenos Aires el segundo ciclo “Descarga con amigos” en el club de jazz Café Vinilo. En el mes de septiembre YUSA presentará seis shows en el Cotton Jazz Club de Tokyo acompañando el lanzamiento de su nuevo disco “VIVO”, el cuarto que se edita en Japón.

PRESS

2008-11-07T11:54:00.000-08:00

(PRESS IN ENGLISH)

“Yusa’s voice comes from the very root of black America and bewitches the audience with a mix of jazzy tunes, Cuban folk, tropical sound and poetry; that defines her style: the eternal romance between silence and sound”
(CD Vivo - Rolling Stone Magazine, 2010)

Nominated at WOMEX 2002 in two categories for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards: Best Newcomer and Best of the Americas

"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

PRENSA EN ESPAÑOL

“Yusa hace salir su voz de la entraña misma de la América negra y hechizada a la audiencia con una deliciosa pócima de climas jazzies, folk cubano, tropicalismo y poesía que redefinen el eterno romance entre el sonido y los silencios” (Disco Vivo **** - Revista Rolling Stone, 2010)

“Una de las voces más nuevas y relevantes de la música cubana” (La Nación)

“Apenas se acerca al mic no queda nada en pie” (Revista Viva)

“Yusa es un alma que se eleva” (Revista Los Inrockuptibles)

“Una voz sugestiva en clima jazzy” (Revista Rolling Stone)

“Entre la introspección y la explosión total” (Diario Crítica)

“Potente musicalidad” (Diario Miradas al Sur)

“Canciones atrapantes de una cubana universal” (Diario Popular)

“En su música late la identidad negra del blues y el soul” (ADN)

“Yusa es uno de los nombres propios de la renovación musical cubana” (Radar)

“Canciones libres, liberadas, liberadoras” (Las12)

SHOWS

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2012

ENERO | JANUARY

20 - Tandil
21 - Villa Victoria, Mar del Plata, Argentina
22 - Teatro de la Torre, Pinamar, Argentina
24 - Festival de Cosquín junto a Raly Barrionuevo, Córdoba, Argentina
25 - Río Arriba, Agua de Oro, Córdoba, Argentina
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FEBRERO | FEBRUARY

2 - Festival de La Salamanca, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. - SUSPENDIDO
16 - Invitada de Loli Molina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 - Encuentro de Nueva Conciencia, Campinas Grandes, Brasil
21 - Festival Rec Beat, Recife, Brasil

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ABRIL I APRIL

Lanzamiento del nuevo Album "Libro de cabecera"
Release the New Album "The pillow book"

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MAYO I MAY

Presentación "Libro de cabecera" - Argentina

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JUNIO I JUNE

8 - Pará, Jazz Festival, BRASIL - Workshop
9 - Pará, Fazz Festival, BRASIL - Presentación Album "Libro de cabecera"

PHOTOS

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ver + FOTOS / more PHOTOS

DVD

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YUSA
"Live at Ronnie Scott´s” Londres, UK.

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Videos

2008-11-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

www.youtube.com/yusamusic
WALKING HEADS - Oslo Opera House, Noruega - YUSA

NO TENGO OTRI LUGAR - Live in Buenos Aires, Argentina - YUSA Band

FLASH - live in France - YUSA Band

DE COLORES - Live in Tokyo, Japan - YUSA Band
LENINE in Cité - live in Paris, France

YUSA
"Homenaje a las Madres de Plaza de Mayo" | "Homage to the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo"

London, UK.

ALBUMS

2008-11-01T21:29:00.000-07:00

YUSA "VIVO" (2010) Tumi Music/Vinilo Records

YUSA "HAIKU" (2008) - Tumi Music

YUSA "BREATHE" (2004) Tumi Music

YUSA "YUSA" (2001) Tumi Music

YUSA Contact

2008-11-01T21:11:00.000-07:00

YUSA Office

e-mail:yusamusic@gmail.com
Address: 25 N° 557 e/43 y 44 - CP 1900 - La Plata - Buenos Aires - Argentina
Phone: 0054 2214700387

Manager: Paula Rivera
e-maiL:yusamusic@gmail.com
Movil phone: 0054 9 221 5910090
Skype: rivera.paulis

Booking Europe :
ASSAHIRA
www.assahira.com
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69009 LYON
FRANCE
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