Another wonderful review of Christmas Night, this one by Zone Music Reporter's Dyan Garris. Dyan wrote that “Christmas Night is a special, angelic, calming, rejuvenating Christmas album that is a must-have for this season and all those to come.” Many thanks, Dyan!
Check out Dyan's full review on my "Album Reviews" page, or go to Dyan's ZMR review page at https://www.newagecd.com/rick-sparks-christmas-night-album-review-dyan-garris/
Big thanks to BT Fasmer (New Age Music Guide) for his very positive & thoughtful review of Christmas Night! His insights are wonderful - thanks, BT!
You can read BT's complete review on my "Album Reviews" page, or here at BT's New Age Music Guide site: https://newagemusic.guide/reviews/rick-sparks-christmas-night-review/
The October OWMR Top-50 chart is out, and we're so glad to see Little Flower at #16, dropping only 3 places from September!
We're grateful to our friends at One World Music Radio (Europe's largest online radio audience) for helping keep Little Flower (from my Hushabye album) in the Top-20 as we approach the release of Christmas Night. As with all my music, Little Flower is available for purchase or streaming from Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, etc. www.ricksparksmusic.net
CHRISTMAS NIGHT Album Profile by Rick Sparks
(Greenville, SC – 10/15/20) - Christmas Night is here! I’m very excited to release this collection of beautiful Christmas carols, especially now. When I began production on Christmas Night in February 2020, little did I know how the world would soon be changed forever.
As the months slowly passed and the pandemic worsened, the songs of Christmas Night became a refuge and comfort to my soul. I became convinced that they would do the same for every listener, and…
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I have no doubt that the quiet beauty of these lovely songs will help to replenish your spirit at the end of what has been a really tough year. Christmas Night has certainly done that for me. The music of Christmas Night celebrates the spiritual meaning of Christmas while helping to restore some much-needed tranquility in a crazy stressful world.
The songs on Christmas Night feature some of the most beloved traditional Christmas carols, plus…
Read more(Greenville, SC – 9/14/20) - Christmas Night is coming! I’m very excited to be releasing this collection of beautiful Christmas carols in a few weeks. Here's my backstory to the album and a brief profile of each of the songs.
Christmas NIght was inspired, in part, by a wonderful holiday tradition: the annual BBC broadcast of the King’s College Christmas Eve service in Cambridge, England. Each year, millions around the world listen as the service begins with a choir boy’s single voice singing “Once in…
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I'm so happy to announce the release of Little Flower, the 3rd & final single from my 2019 album, Hushabye.
The song is one of my favorites from Hushabye, a gentle piano theme framed by strings & quiet voices. It was inspired by a vintage photo of a beautiful little girl holding daisies.
"Open and uncluttered - the simple melody is hypnotic." - Kathy Parsons, MainlyPiano.com
Little Flower is available from Amazon, Apple Music/iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and a host of other digital outlets.
You can listen to…
Read moreTo say 2020 has been crazy for all of us is total understatement. I'm thankful to share that I am staying safe at home, with the benefit of having plenty of time to work on our Christmas album project, as well as reformat our website (hope you like it!).
After months of work in my home studio, I am happy to report that Christmas Night is finished! Truth is, working on this project has been a Godsend during the lockdown. When I began production in February 2020, little did I know how the world would soon be…
Read moreEND OF YEAR PRESENT! So happy to see my Christmas single, "What Child Is This," debut at #17 on OWMR's Dec. singles chart! OWMR is Europe's #1 radio station for the genres covered. As my gift to you, "What Child Is This" is available FREE as a digital download thru December. http://ricksparksmusic.net/ricks_music_store/
Thanks to our new October release, Dreams of Peace: The Very Best of Rick Sparks, our Spotify listeners were up 532% over September's numbers! The gain was due to Spotify's feature, "Release Radar," which spotlights new releases & their artists.
It's great to see our Spotify listener totals grow so much in one month!