Cheval Sombre – ‘Time Waits for No One’ (2021)
I simply loved Cheval Sombre’s first album, it was mystic and emotional, giving me something to sink my teeth into, yet over the years, he’s developed this airy...
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Cheval Sombre – ‘Cheval Sombre (10th Anniversary Reissue)’ (2020)
The music of Cheval Sombre (Chris Porpora) is as seamless and intricate as the vintage Persian carpet laying across my living room floor. His music flows with an...
Cheval Sombre – ‘Been a Lover’ / ‘The Calfless Cow’ (2019)
Cheval’s new single swept me back with a gentle hand to his first album, where the song “Been a Lover,” laid waste to my soul, a number filled...
Cheval Sombre – ‘Had Enough Blues’ / ‘Hitch a Ride’ (2018)
Drifting back from his nocturnal wanderings, Cheval Sombre has floated in with a very limited edition single from his shimmering side of the great beyond, a blissful and...
Dean Wareham Vs. Cheval Sombre (2018)
If there’s one thing you can count of from Dean Wareham, yet alone with Cheval Sombre standing by his side, it’s that these two wayward musical travelers of...
Luna & Cheval Sombre – ‘Lonesome Cowboy Bill’ (2017)
Never one’s to shy away from cover versions of their favorite or inspiring songs, Luna along with Cheval Sombre get together in a manner of speaking to record...
Cheval Sombre – ‘If It’s You’ / ‘Give Me Something’ (2016)
Listening to Cheval Sombre is like embracing a hazy emotional transcendent ghost, one that comes to visit just when you need it most … unexpectedly, uninvited, yet welcome...
Cheval Sombre – ‘It’s Not Time’ / ‘It’s a Shame’ (2014)
When I was a child, I’d spend the day sitting in the afternoon sun on the floor in front of my tiny Tinker Piano, creating dreamscapes, and songs...
A Quiet Interview with Cheval Sombre
"Kindness. Generosity. Music. Individuality. The sea. Beauty. Understanding. Certain cities. A few folks I know." Thanks for taking the time to sit down with me. First I’d like...