Sep 3 2019
Happy to report Hushabye debuting at #11 on the (very late) just-released Zone Music Reporter World Top-100 chart for July!
Hushabye's strong debut on the new ZMR chart follows outstanding performance in August on the OWMR chart, climbing 72…
Sep 2 2019
BREAKING NEWS: Some of you know that I've been played on the SPA channel (68) at SiriusXM since 2016, a wonderful blessing for any artist but especially a total unknown just getting started. Today we received word that SPA has…
Sep 1 2019
Zone Music Reporter has rated Hushabye as EXCELLENT, saying the new album is "absolutely perfect new age music," and "simply beautiful music that will make anyone's day better." Thanks. ZMR! Here's the full review:
RICK SPARKS HAS LULLABIES FOR ALL…
Aug 26 2019
BREAKING NEWS: The August OWMR Top-100 chart is out -- after debuting last month at #80, HUSHABYE CLIMBED 72 PLACES TO #8! That's the biggest one-month climb ever for any of my albums in 5 years!
I'm AMAZED & THANKFUL…
Jul 29 2019
Hushabye is on the charts!
The July 2019 OWMR Top-100 chart released today shows Hushabye debuting at #80. That's amazing, considering the July chart measures airplay in June & Hushabye's promotion didn't begin until the first week in July.…
Jul 26 2019
I always love receiving reviews after a new album release - here are a few excerpts from Steve Sheppard's important review of Hushabye. You can hear the complete audio review here (I'll post the entire review to my Reviews…
Jul 24 2019
BIG THANKS to BT Fasmer at New Age Stars Radio (Spotify & Live365) for this beautiful profile of Hushabye - and for adding several songs from Hushabye to the NAS playlist! Check it out at https://newagemusic.guide/new-releases/rick-sparks-hushabye/
Jul 24 2019
So happy to receive the first extended review of Hushabye from Kathy Parsons of MainlyPiano.com. Kathy also made my new album a "Kathy's Pick" - THANKS, KATHY!
Jun 19 2019
We're excited to announce that I've been named "Artist of the Week" by our friends at Sleep Radio in New Zealand!
Sleep Radio is the only dedicated channel of sleep music 24/7 with no commercials and no announcers. They are…
Jun 17 2019
SLEEP TESTED & APPROVED! I'm happy to report that Hushabye's gentle lullabies have already resulted in peacefully sleeping little ones from 8 mos. to 8 years old.
Special thanks to several of our friends who have tested our new…
Jun 10 2019
(Many thanks to my hard-working media promoter, Randall Davis, for this new BIO of me & profile of Hushabye! -RS)
HUSHABYE (2019)
(Greenville, SC – 6/11/19) Pianist and composer Rick Sparks is well-known to fans of new-age and neo-classical…
Jun 6 2019
To celebrate the release of Hushabye, we are making the first song on the album available as a FREE download!
You can download My Soul to Keep here: http://ricksparksmusic.net/ricks_music_st…/s/my_soul_to_keep
Just as Brian Wilson began his Smile album with an…