EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso musician Jim Ward has a busy summer in store. He's touring the country with his band, Sparta. Later this summer he's helping to organize a local music camp for ...

Jim Ward has been Sparta‘s frontman for twenty years at this point, which is somewhat of a miracle, given the chaotic genesis of the band. But despite lineup changes and extended breaks, the indie ...

For its 70th bal masque, Sparta chose to focus on the music of New Orleans Mardi Gras and the compositions written just for it Friday in the Pontchartrain Center. Sparta searched the archives and ...

Tommy Lee Sparta’s incarceration on gun charges left a major void in the Sparta music fraternity, but that space may soon be filled as more artistes bearing the moniker of the Montego Bay contingent ...

Sparta Distribution has inked a new deal with the culture's music leading performance platform, From The Block Performance. Under this partnership, Sparta will distribute all the platform's current ...

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Sparta, Glassjaw, Hot Water Music, and Dredg have signed on for ArtistDirect's 2003 SnoCore tour, which will kick off Feb. 11 in Albuquerque, N.M., and run through late March. Tickets for some shows… ...

Rich Kulsar has had a passion for drumming since his early childhood, when he dumped out a can of Lincoln Logs toys, grabbed the two largest pieces and began tapping away on the empty container. The ...

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SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) – Music lovers in Monroe County have another chance together starting Friday. Sparta’s Music in Mueller Square start tomorrow at eight in the evening. Once a month, musicians will ...

Noah Gordon is one of the most successful Southern Illinois natives deeply embedded in Nashville’s complex country music industry. The Sparta native won a prestigious Grammy Award for Best Roots ...