Just a quick note that Hushabye is showing staying power in the ZMR Top-100 airplay chart for August (just-released)! We fell only one place from July from #11 to #12, which means that radio & digital outlets worldwide continue to…
Oct 2 2019
Sep 29 2019
HERE! Best of Rick Sparks Collection!
NOW AVAILABLE! Dreams of Peace: The Very Best of Rick Sparks
Just in time for the holidays, Dreams of Peace is a solid hour of my personal favorites from my 5 albums since 2014. These 14 songs are the very…
Sep 20 2019
NYC, baby!
It's a tall order to wind down the mega-stress of New Yorkers, but Hushabye is up to the challenge! Thanks to FM 88.1 WMNR, Hushabye is now being heard in the #1 media market in the world!
Heard regularly by…
Sep 3 2019
Hushabye debuts at #11 on ZMR!
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
SIRIUS XM ADDS HUSHABYE!!!
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
ZMR rates Hushabye EXCELLENT!
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
HUSHABYE UP 72 PLACES TO #8!!!
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 on the charts!
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
Hushabye "beautiful" "moving" "stunning" - OWMR review
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
Hushabye on New Age Stars Radio!
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
Hushabye a Kathy's Pick album!
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 Sleep Radio's Artist of the Week!
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…