closed and flags were flown at half-staff for three days. His last album was produced by the keyboardist Fernando "Nando" Andrade. According to worldmusiccentral.com, "Lobo was one of those men whose political message was inseparably linked to the musical expression and poetry of mornas" and the site named Lobo "Cape Verde's Greatest Male Singer." Lobo's death in 2004 sparked mourning throughout the world music scene and throughout the vastly diasporized Cape Verdian population of over 1 million, who, despite living in far away communities in Paris; Amsterdam; Lisbon; and the American states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Florida, still maintain close language, cultural and familial bonds to their beloved islands. Legacy A cultural palace is named after in the Cape Verdean capital city of Praia in the neighborhood of the Plateau of Praia located at Avenida Amílcar Cabral west of Albuquerque Square. Discography With Os Tubarões Albums Pepe Lopi (1976) Tchon di Morgado (1976) Djonsinho Cabral (1978) Tabanca (1980) Tema para dois (1982) Os Tubarões (1990) Os Tubarões ao vivo (1993) Porton d' nôs ilha (1994) Singles "Apocalypse" "Biografia d' um criol", in the album Djonsinho Cabral (1978), originally by Manuel de Novas "Tabanca", in the album Tabanca (1980) As a solo artist Albums Nôs morna (1996) Intellectual (2001) Incondicional (2004) Singles "Nha berçu", in the album Nôs morna (1996), originally by Betú "Paródia familiar", in the album Incondicional (2004), originally by Alcides Spencer Brito Recordings and tracks by other artists One of the sample used in a track in the album Preto no Branco (2009) bu the rapper Boss AC References Further reading Yara dos Santos Ildo Lobo, a voz crioula (Ildo Lobo, The Creole Voice), 2006, Sete Caminhos External links Official site "Cape Verde mourns Creole singer Ildo Lobo" at afrol News "Ildo Lobo, Cape Verde's Greatest Male Singer Passed Away" at World Music Central 1953 births 2004 deaths 20th-century Cape Verdean male singers Morna (music) singers Coladeira singers People from Sal, Cape Verde