Josbel Figurita is a Cuban-born, European-based singer/songwriter, composer and performer, who has amassed a highly accomplished career: His full-length debut, En Cuerpo Y Alma, an effort dedicated to French artist Grégory Lemarchal received over 100,000 streams. Adding to a growing profile, Figurita has collaborated with Tito Nieves, Jerry Rivera, Tony Succar, Charlie Aponte, José Alberto El Canario, Willy Garcia, Lalo Rodriguez, Ray Sepulveda, Ismael Miranda and a growing number of beloved Latin music artists.

Figurita’s latest single “Qué Difícil,” is a soulful tune that reminds me of warm, summer afternoons in Corona, East Elmhurst, Bushwick, Spanish Harlem hearing familiar — and beloved — salsa rhythms and big horn lines from car stereos, barbecues and house parties, anchored by a star vocal turn from the rising Cuban vocalist.