November 18, 2016
Live For Live Music has the exclusive premier of “Don’t Try To Wake Me Up” off the forthcoming album Wooden. Check out the article about the album and stream the new song which features Ross Holmes on Fiddle, Royal Masat on bass, and Taylor Jones on drums. Ben Sparaco Releases New Single “Don’t Try To Wake Me Up” [Premiere]
September 3, 2016
“It took only the opening notes of the chugging Allman Brothers Band instrumental ?Hot ?Lanta,? to turn the sweat to satisfaction, as Sparaco, all of 18 years-old, delivered a building and blistering solo reminiscent of modern-day Brother Derek Trucks.” http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2016/08/13/butch-trucks-and-the-freight-train-band-narrows-center-for-the-arts-fall-river-ma-8-6
July 24, 2016
Ben Sparaco will be playing guitar in Butch Trucks and the Freight Train Band this summer. Dates include: 7/21/16?at The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton. See the review in Live for Live Music here, with the full recording and videos. 7/23/16?at The Music Ranch in Lakeland, FL 7/24/16?at The Side Bar Theatre in Tallahassee, FL ?See the review here 7/27/16?at Amp by Strathmore in Bethesda, MD 7/28/16?at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD 7/29/16?at The Egg in Albany NY …
July 8, 2016
Ben Sparaco is featured in the July 2016 issue of SFL Music Magazine. You can download the issue here.? The story begins on page 26.
June 6, 2016
“The Ben Sparaco Band?was up next. I was fortunate to have seen him at?AURA?and?Wanee, where they had tremendous sets. This one was a match. They kicked off with a real hot tune which went through a bunch of changes, first ?Machine Gun? (!!), then scat-singing and playing, finally into an Allman Brothers-like vibe, with a superb electric piano solo from the keyboard player. And that was the soundcheck! The 18-year-old guitarist then blistered ?Walk on the Levee,? the first tune …
May 23, 2016
Live for Live Music covered our EP Release on 5/17. “Hot off a busy spring touring schedule that included appearances at venues across the southeast including Aura Music and Arts Festival and Wanee Festival, the South Florida-based, soulful jam-rockers the Ben Sparaco Band have debuted their first studio release called Bring The Jubilee EP. Featuring five songs written by 18-year-old guitarist and vocalist Ben Sparaco including one live track from a show the band played in December of 2015, the …
April 22, 2016
“Music started right on time at 2:30 with?Bonnie Blue, an excellent Jacksonville quartet playing their engaging brand of Southern blues and rock.?Those early arrivals who made it to the?Mushroom Stage?got a real treat, and that joy continued with a set from the?Ben Sparaco Band?from Miami. It would be tempting to say that Sparaco channels Derek Trucks. Sounds similar. Plays similarly. One of his guitars is the same as Derek?s, I think. The set started with ?Volunteered Slavery.? And yet Sparaco, …
March 26, 2016
See the performance here
March 17, 2016
From Scott Hopkins at MFN: “As I made my way to the amphitheater, I heard the wonderful strains of Roland Kirk?s ?Volunteered Slavery,? done Derek Trucks-style. This was the Ben Sparaco Band from Coral Springs, north of Miami. Sparaco was playing a guitar that, to my amateur eyes, looked just like Trucks?, and he played the slide in much the same way. This is hardly a complaint; he and the band were excellent, a great start to the day. They …
March 3, 2016
Last night the Spring Tour for the Ben Sparaco Band kicked off with an Aura Pre-Party featuring Holly Bowling, Lather Up! and us at The Funky Buddha in Boca Raton. Here is the coverage in Live For Live Music featuring 2 videos of the band including one original. http://liveforlivemusic.com/show-reviews/watch-holly-bowling-cover-the-weeknd-in-the-middle-of-a-phish-song-full-show-audio/