Yusa

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 iconoclastic jazz and rock to today 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 Taking the center: the theme of fast tempo using flamenco rhythm box, guitar and voice. The topic can serve as a social issue where the focus is to not let us catch modernity and make us victims.

2002