Lulaworld Records

09/27/2025

Congratulations to all the artists nominated for . We're so proud to have Lulaworld Records artists and collaborators included! Rachel Therrien (Official) Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo Ramon Chicharron! OKAN.

09/21/2025

Congratulations to all the nominees for this year's Latin Awards! We're very proud to have contributions from artists Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo and Rachel Therrien (Official) from the Lulaworld Records family included in the Album of the Year catelgory!

🎉 I'm thrilled to share that I’ve been nominated at the Latin Awards Canada ! 🇨🇦🎶
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my music over the years — this wouldn’t be possible without you. 🙏
Congrats to all the amazing nominees! 💫

Now I need your help — please VOTE for me using the link below!
(Use a computer if it doesn’t work on your phone.)
🗳️ https://latinawards.ca/nominadoslac2025/

Let’s make this happen together! ❤️🔥

09/05/2025

Coming soon on Lulaworld Records, the latest release by Eliana Cuevas with Jorge Glem. Hear 'El Becerrito' on September 19th!

08/02/2025

La Ruta de la Clave is making waves! Huge congratulations to Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo on the glowing reviews.

Grateful to Orange Grove Publicity for helping us share this very special music with the world.

"… A rich sonic journey tracing the evolution of Afro-Cuban rhythms marked by the clave (that typical heartbeat) from the “Contradanza" in the 18th century (and its European influences, particularly French), to Danzon, Changüi, Son, and Rumba, all in a contemporary form thanks to a fusion with New York jazz, its harmonic complexities, and improvisations, while also revealing the influence of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie."
— La Gazette Bleu (★★★★★)

"… A resounding statement from one of the genre’s most thoughtful craftsmen. Ruta de la Clave, the new album from Cuban-Canadian percussionist, composer, producer, and conductor Joaquín Núñez, is nothing short of a revelation, a project five years in the making, and quite possibly one of the finest Latin jazz albums in recent memory… Ruta de la Clave is a triumph—urgent, radiant, and necessary."
— Paris Move (★★★★★ – Indispensable)

"… Listenable, stimulating, thoughtful, a bit eclectic and, above all, musical."
— Richard J. Salvucci, All About Jazz (★★★½)

07/25/2025

Big congratulations to Lengaïa Salsabrava NG !!!

05/24/2025

Thanks to Errol Nazareth, host of CBC Radio's Big City Small World for playing tracks by Selçuk Suna and Fethi Nadjem. Both artists will be launching new albums at Lula Lounge on May 28 as part of the opening night of the 2025 Lulaworld Festival. (May 28 to June 8). Tix available at https://www.lulaworld.ca.

05/22/2025

Ladom Ensemble celebrates their new album, Sofreh Tisch, (out May 30th. on Lulaworld Records) with a release party at Lula Lounge on June 2nd! Get tickets your before they sell out!

http://eventbrite.ca/.../lulaworld-2025-ladom-ensemble...

** SOFREH TISCH **

Our new album will be available May 30th! We’re thrilled to be working with .records label and honoured to join their creative and inspiring community of global music artists.

Sofreh Tisch is a celebration of cultural convergence, where Ladom Ensemble weaves Persian and Ashkenazi traditions into a vibrant, contemporary tapestry of music, memory, and shared joy.

The Persian word sofreh (سفره) refers to a spread or a tablecloth traditionally used in celebrations and weddings, its cultural significance bearing a sense of gathering and coming together. Tisch (טיש), its literal translation being “table”, is comparatively the Yiddish equivalent; a gathering of merriment and storytelling before a special occasion or traditional wedding. In Hasidic context, it can refer to a feast for rabbis and their followers in which they recite texts and sing nigunim - songs without words. The fact that both cultures have this concept of coming together around a table to share so much more than food, and at the same time, an idea that beautifully embodies the spirit of the ensemble, was an opportunity that we couldn’t resist. Infused with elements of hope, Sofreh Tisch is a celebration of dance, folklore, and shared human experience, where the music resonates with the rhythms of history and tradition within a contemporary interpretation.

Dates to save:
May 30th - album release
June 2nd - release concert, hosted by Lulaworld festival

Photo by
Album design by Jae Moreland

Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada and Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario for making this project possible

Album pre-save link:
https://hypeddit.com/ur7ja1

05/21/2025

Paris-Move calls Ruta de La Clave by Joaquin Nuñez. & Habana Safari nothing short of a revelation... a masterclass in jazz fusion, intellectually rich, emotionally charged, and rhythmically spellbinding" Hear it live with special guest Dayramir González at Lula Lounge on June 4th as part of the Lulaworld 2025 Festival!

Joaquin Núñez & Habana Safari - Ruta De La Clave: Throughout the album, every solo feels earned, every phrase brimming with invention.

04/02/2025

Thanks to WDCB Listener-Supported Jazz & Blues and Paula Abella for the great review of Mi Hogar II by Rachel Therrien (Official). (Lulaworld Records)

"[Rachel's] trumpet playing throughout the album is powerful, and she’s brought in some top-notch guest stars (pianist Manuel Valera among them) to add to the reasons to dig in. Her arrangement of the Chucho Valdes classic “Mambo Influenciado” is another reason to dig in. Elizabeth Rodriguez' violin solo is a highlight of the whole album, and John Benitez tears through his bass solo like a hot knife through butter. .... A flat-out fantastic album."

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03/07/2025

"Great fun, played to perfection, Tempestuous is a sonic delight."

Big thanks to Dan Hobson and Songlines for this review and all the work they do to shine a light on releases from around the world!

Check out the full album, released last year on the Lulaworld Records:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3Tm8LvRCalQEEay1j9pEnq?si=VlAEEL3YQEGNfCXelxSMzA

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