| LuLu and the TomCat | |
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LuLu and the TomCat |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Roland, Manitoba, Canada |
| Genres | Children's music |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | www.luluandthetomcat.com |
| Members | |
| Lori Lulu Thomas Neufeld |
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LuLu and the TomCat (LuLu et le Matou) is a children's musical group formed in Roland, Manitoba, Canada in 2001 by Lori LuLu and Thomas Neufeld. The group has produced children's albums and made concert appearances.
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LuLu and TomCat were members of several bands before meeting at Beaconsfield High School in Montreal. They played and composed music together in a band that Neufeld led. They both continued their education in Quebec. After university, they relocated to Manitoba where LuLu became a teacher and Neufeld a public school librarian. As a result of their background, the group combines music with education in their music, books, and live shows.
LuLu and the TomCat performed at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan.[1][2]
In 2006, they toured schools and community centres in Cuba with a 15-piece band. In 2008 they performed in Ottawa for Canada Day. In 2010 they performed at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
LuLu and the TomCat have produced seven albums and 48 books to date. Their first French CD with nine companion books, Faites de la musique!, is an innovative method of learning French.[3] Their album, Fossil Rock,[4] was released at the Morden Chautauqua[5] on September 27, 2008. The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre in Morden, Manitoba commissioned four of the 14 songs on this CD about dinosaurs.[6] Their second French CD,Le dragon Gaston and 12 companion books was released in March 2010 and received a Western Canadian Music Award nomination for Francophone Album of the Year,[7] Their newest recording Lullaby LuLu,[8] a collection of lullabies for adults and children was released on October 26, 2010.
They have earned two Parents' Choice Awards, a Children's Music Web Award, a Western Canadian Music Award, a Prairie Music award,[9] and two Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" awards for their original compositions. Of their seven albums, five have received WCMA nominations and two have received WCMA awards.
Faites de la musique! and Fossil Rock have both received Western Canadian Music Award nominations for Children's Recording of the Year, 2009.
Le dragon Gaston received a Western Canadian Music Award nomination for Francophone album of the Year, 2010.