22 July, 2025Print
Paul Cebar Shares Breezy New Track + Video “Sunday Ride,” Second Single from Forthcoming Album Out September 12
Produced by Alex Hall (J.D. McPherson, Nick Lowe), New Album is Cebar’s First in Over a Decade
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[July 22, 2025] Milwaukee groove maestro Paul Cebar returns with “Sunday Ride” — a golden-hued ode to fleeting beauty and band-van reveries — out today via StorySound Records. It’s the second single from his forthcoming self-titled album Paul Cebar, arriving September 12, and follows the jubilant first release “When We Sing.” Capturing the charm and bittersweetness of a crisp early autumn afternoon, “Sunday Ride” evokes a vivid, slow-motion montage: the glint of a matching fringed jacket and saddlebag combo, a Cadillac bearing a “Mr. Jazz” plate, and the gentle unraveling of summer’s last exhale.
Watch the official track video for “Sunday Ride” here
“Sunday Ride” is built around a stripped-down guitar performance recorded in Cebar’s Milwaukee record room, played on an unplugged Jerry Jones Danelectro replica. Producer Alex Hall (known for his work with J.D. McPherson, The Cactus Blossoms) captured the track’s warmth and spontaneity, layering in his own drums and adding the rich Hammond stylings of the ever-versatile Scott Ligon. Cebar’s vocals glide with Brenton Wood and Billy Stewart-inspired flair, delivering lyrics lifted straight from a 25-year-old notebook — now resurrected with timeless soul.
Paul Cebar — Cebar’s first full-length album in over a decade — arrives September 12 and traverses the emotional terrain of love, loss, resilience, and celebration. Infused with soul, reggae, gospel, Tex-Mex, and more, the album features members of Cebar’s Tomorrow Sound band alongside musical friends from Chicago and New Orleans. Cebar calls it his most personal work to date: “This one’s really me.”
A lifelong student and selector of R&B, vintage soul, Afro-Caribbean grooves, and American roots music, Cebar has made a career out of weaving global threads into danceable, celebratory sounds. From his early days with the R&B Cadets and the Milwaukeeans to his beloved Way Back Home radio show (celebrating 35 years on WMSE in 2025!), Cebar continues to be a beloved force of curiosity and community.
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