Globe-trotting musician Cheval Sombre (New York poet Christopher Porpora) returns home to kick off his 2014 tour, with a new release just out from Melbourne’s Slightly Delic Productions. The Quietus called his alt-folk album Mad Love “meditative and entrancing”—with a bit of “morbidity and nihilism” in the bargain—the perfect vibe for the Parish Hall in the dead of winter.  Not to be missed! Admission at the door the night of the performance only. No tickets.