Rating: NNN
Lula Lounge is Toronto’s premier club for Latin and salsa music, and This Is Lula is the first in a series of releases to let the masses know what’s been going on there for years. This release fittingly features Caché, one of Toronto’s hottest salsa acts, who formed at Lula and still perform there weekly. Staying true to the salsa roots of the 70s, Caché find inspiration from such luminaries as Sonora Ponceña, Rubén Blades and Oscar de Leon. Great rhythms and energetic melodies surround lead vocalist Juan Carlos Cardenas, who is always spot on, especially on the killer Sueños and the propulsive groove of Ponte En La Moda.