Current health concerns within our nation have affected touring musicians across many genres, but there’s at least one who is looking forward to greener pastures. While Larry Sparks will be staying close to home for the next few weeks, he says, “It takes dedicated fans and dedicated musicians to keep this music going. I’ve been [...]
There are very few artists that I will purchase a new album from unconditionally, without first previewing and skimming tracks, or perhaps downloading a few singles. It seems like so many albums these days are filler surrounding three or four good songs – not worth the forty-five minutes it takes to listen the whole way [...]
Nothing warms the heart quite like seeing the words, "new music from Larry Sparks" pop up on your screen. And this new album announced today will indeed be special, as it's a celebration of Larry's 50 years in the music business, New Moon Over My Shoulder, due July 19 on Rebel Records. This will be [...]
Jacob Wright is now the full time banjo player with Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers. The Blacksburg, VA native started out filling in on banjo with Larry last year, but is now working with him on a regular basis. Prior to joining The Lonesome Ramblers, Jacob had worked with Kody Norris. He is set [...]
The Kentuckians of Michigan have a long history of providing top notch bluegrass during the cold winter months in southeast Michigan. This past Friday was no exception. Larry Sparks brought the Lonesome Ramblers to the Kentuckians stage. He played to a big, appreciative crowd. One audience member brought a promo picture of Ralph Stanley and [...]
This one particular chilly November weekend found my wife Missy and I heading to the Cincinnati/Covington Kentucky region. We were on our way to Bob and Rita Small's beautiful home in Taylor Mill for some promo work for our festival, Mansfield Jamfest, and for Sammy Karr and Rick Greene's Samjam festival. Rita and Tim Strong's [...]
So often in the bluegrass world, we encounter artists from earlier times who had a profound impact on the region where they lived, while leaving little mark on the larger national or international scene. It happens less frequently now that anyone with a smart phone can post video online and capture millions of eyeballs and [...]
Two of bluegrass music’s biggest voices joined forces Friday, November 3 for an evening of traditional grass at the Breaks Interstate Park, located on the Virginia/Kentucky border. The Russell Fork River Bluegrass Show, a first-time concert that both the park and the musicians involved hope to make an annual event, paired Dave Adkins and Larry [...]
Rebel Records is continuing their efforts to digitize and re-release classic bluegrass recordings with their next project, Lonesome And Blue: More Favorites from Larry Sparks, due on March 17. The collections includes 14 classic tracks that span the 40 years that Sparks and Rebel have been together. 10 were taken from 7 out-of-print albums that [...]
We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every five minutes to see what Cyber Monday had to offer. After all that, we’re ready [...]
Current health concerns within our nation have affected touring musicians across many genres, but there’s at least one who is looking forward to greener pastures. While Larry Sparks will be staying close to home for the next few weeks, he says, “It takes dedicated fans and dedicated musicians to keep this music going. I’ve been [...] 
There are very few artists that I will purchase a new album from unconditionally, without first previewing and skimming tracks, or perhaps downloading a few singles. It seems like so many albums these days are filler surrounding three or four good songs – not worth the forty-five minutes it takes to listen the whole way [...] 
Jacob Wright is now the full time banjo player with Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers. The Blacksburg, VA native started out filling in on banjo with Larry last year, but is now working with him on a regular basis. Prior to joining The Lonesome Ramblers, Jacob had worked with Kody Norris. He is set [...] 
The Kentuckians of Michigan have a long history of providing top notch bluegrass during the cold winter months in southeast Michigan. This past Friday was no exception. Larry Sparks brought the Lonesome Ramblers to the Kentuckians stage. He played to a big, appreciative crowd. One audience member brought a promo picture of Ralph Stanley and [...] 
This one particular chilly November weekend found my wife Missy and I heading to the Cincinnati/Covington Kentucky region. We were on our way to Bob and Rita Small's beautiful home in Taylor Mill for some promo work for our festival, Mansfield Jamfest, and for Sammy Karr and Rick Greene's Samjam festival. Rita and Tim Strong's [...] 
So often in the bluegrass world, we encounter artists from earlier times who had a profound impact on the region where they lived, while leaving little mark on the larger national or international scene. It happens less frequently now that anyone with a smart phone can post video online and capture millions of eyeballs and [...] 
Two of bluegrass music’s biggest voices joined forces Friday, November 3 for an evening of traditional grass at the Breaks Interstate Park, located on the Virginia/Kentucky border. The Russell Fork River Bluegrass Show, a first-time concert that both the park and the musicians involved hope to make an annual event, paired Dave Adkins and Larry [...] 
Rebel Records is continuing their efforts to digitize and re-release classic bluegrass recordings with their next project, Lonesome And Blue: More Favorites from Larry Sparks, due on March 17. The collections includes 14 classic tracks that span the 40 years that Sparks and Rebel have been together. 10 were taken from 7 out-of-print albums that [...] 
We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every five minutes to see what Cyber Monday had to offer. After all that, we’re ready [...] 