Yusa returns with new album after 12 years

Cuban singer and multi-instrumentalist Yusa has revealed that she is working on a new album, after 12 years without releasing a record production.

For the road ahead, title that the phonogram will receive, could be released in March. "It is a very Yusa album, it is inspired by a life process and journey. It's been several years since I had released an album of my own. It was time to start getting out all that I had accumulated in this time", said the artist to Cuba Newspaper.

Last December, through a post on her Instagram profile, she showed herself in the middle of the filming process.

Yusa is especially recognized for her time with Interactivo, a group of which she is the founder along with other Cuban artists such as Roberto Carcassés. In 2003 she was awarded by the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in two of its categories: Best Newcomer and Best of the Americas.

His first albums (Yusa, Breathe and Haiku), produced and distributed through the English label Tumi Music, had an excellent critical reception, especially in Europe and Asia. Under his own label he released Yusa Live and Coffee Afternoons Bedside Bookboth while living and working in Argentina, where he has a very loyal audience, which he has referred to as a big family.

His music includes soul, trova, pop and jazz, and among the instruments he masters are the bass, piano, guitar and cajón.

He has been living in the U.S. city of New Orleans for three years, where he has found a new home and a very connected Latino community.