Funny, ballsy, the type of old-school dame who can get away with wearing a three-piece suit and hold her own with the gents. That’s Treasa Levasseur. Now she has completed a third full-length album which represents both a return to her roots and a gutsy move into uncharted territory — and she’s cheerfully titled it Broad.

“There were a few reasons for naming the record Broad. First and foremost, in the movie of my life, I’ve never been the ingénue,” she insists. “I’m not the one who gets th...