Singer/songwriter/guitarist/bassist/pianist Yusa crosses genres with ease but never loses her distinctive Cuban style. Yusa is signed globally to U.K.-based Cuban music label Tumi Music, distributed in the United States through Allegro Music, which released her third album, “Haiku,” in June. She has played overseas at venues like London jazz club Ronnie Scott’s and Tokyo’s Blue Note club. “Like most Cuban artists,” label founder Mo Fimi says, “Yusa doesn’t have a huge following in the U.S., but we are hoping to change that with ‘Haiku’ in jazz and world music circles.”

-by Howell Llewellyn