Nos Morna

1. Conbersa Co Deus (Conversation With God)

2. Dor Di Nh'alma (The Pain of My Soul)

3. Oh Rosa Negra (Oh Black Rose)

4. Nha Berço (My True Home)

5. Cretcheu Maguode (Sad Love)

6. Camponesa Formosa (The Beautiful Country Girl)

7. Sonte È Bo Nome (Your Name Is Blessed)

8. Nôs Morna (Our Morna)

9. Caminho Di Mar

10. Nha Testamento

Tracks:

Conbersa Co Deus [Conversation with God]
Dor Di Nh'alma [The Pain of My Soul]
Oh Rosa Negra [Oh Black Rose]
Nha Ber[My True Home]
Cretcheu Maguode [Sad Love]
Camponesa Formosa [The Beautiful Country Girl]
Sonte Bo Nome [Your Name Is Blessed]
Norna [Our Morna]
Caminho Di Mar
Nha Testamento

Customer Reviews:

Elegant mornas.......2004-08-08

I love Cape Verde music, and, even though I was a fan of Os Tubaroes, always went by the (mistaken) notion that male singers could not match the soulfelness of Cesaria Evora or Titiana. I was wrong. "Nos Morna" is just that--a sequence of "mornas", the melancholic song form which has, for the most part, passed out of fashion. Ildo Lobo apparently recorded this as a tribute to his father, and it is a beautiful and moving collection, one that I listen to again and again. Ildo Lobo wrote only one of these songs, but they are all gems, and very distinctive, a tribute to the flexibility of the genre and the form.

Ex-lead singer of Os Tuberoes goes solo.......1998-12-04

A great album, but doesn't quite live up to the standard he set with the Tuberoes (the sharks) a group that was arounf more than twenty years in Cape Verde. But at the same time by itself this is a splendid disc.