Paul Cebar in Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2025
Milwaukee Record’s favorite Milwaukee music of 2025
Milwaukee Record Staff
Paul Cebar’s 40-plus-year history in Milwaukee music could fill volumes. There’s his role as ambassador and hep-cat conduit for vintage R&B, soul, roots, and Afro-Caribbean music. There’s his work with The R&B Cadets, the Milwaukeeans, and Tomorrow Sound. And there’s his long-running “Way Back Home” show on 91.7 WMSE. Cebar’s self-titled 2025 record is just as wide-ranging and globally attuned as the man himself. The one-two opening punch of “When We Sing” and “We Sure Got Enough” is deliriously jubilant, Cebar at his most soulful and get-up-and-dance crowd-pleasing. “We bring a lot together when we sing,” he croons on the former song. There’s real joy emanating from these tracks, and real joy emanating from the record as a whole.