Ricardo and the StoneWolf Band performing at Music Matters, Singapore
Ricardo Lobo and the StoneWolf Band By Brenda Whately
16 OneºNorth October 2014
Ricardo Lobo Class of 2003 UWCSEA 1996–2003
‘Born in Lisbon but made in Singapore,’ singer song-writer and musician, Ricardo Lobo came to Singapore with his family when he was just four months old and stayed until he graduated from UWCSEA 18 years later. I spoke to Ricardo in May via a skype call to Lisbon, where he is now living, writing and performing his music.
followed by a year in Dublin where he worked to replace the equipment stolen from his van two weeks after he had arrived there, and has now been back in Lisbon, the city of his birth, for the past four years. In early 2012 he started StoneWolf. Performing a few gigs by himself at first, he began to meet more musicians and his band grew. According
“Having lived in Singapore until I was 18, it’s a special touch to come back to play.” At the time I spoke to him, Ricardo was planning a return to Singapore to perform at this year’s Music Matters festival. His folk/rock/roots/alternative band, The StoneWolf Band is the first Portuguese band ever to be invited to perform in Singapore’s festival. Ricardo said, “Having lived in Singapore until I was 18, it’s a special touch to come back to play.” After graduating from UWCSEA in 2003, Ricardo attended Durham University, spent some further time in the UK,
to Bandcamp website, StoneWolf, “are mothered by folk and fathered by rock, adding glimpses of blues and reggae in their quest to find the groove!” Ricardo says their sound has evolved and expanded as each new member of the band has brought a different background and their own unique influence to it. The band has performed at major events and festivals in Portugal including the MUSA Festival and Mexefest as well as Live from Portugal and the EP Security Cam Sessions. Their 2013 EP also did well