Mykonos By Rick Sparks

 

Mykonos

By

Rick Sparks

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

I have been lucky enough to have reviewed much of Rick’s music over the past 12 years since the arrival of my first Sparks album called Endless back in 2014, Half Moon Bay from 2018 being one of my all-time favourites, but now we turn our gaze to the singles of which Rick has started to increasingly release to his eager fans and general public, and thus in 2026 I have the usual pleasure to write about another Greek Island, this time not my home in Cyprus, but Mykonos, which sits in the Aegean Sea and is a popular summer destination for travellers from all over the world.

Rick’s latest single, which happens to be from his forthcoming album “Eventide”, reflects the peace and quiet and soothing calm from one of the smaller Greek Islands, the music reflects this. For context, you can cross Mykonos in under an hour by car, crossing my country of Cyprus (east to west) can take 3–4 hours. Here Rick takes that charm of the island and manifests something utterly transcendent, from the guitar opening, the soothing pastiche of the pads under the bed of the song, and the chiming night life styled tones of the keyboard.

Mykonos by Rick Sparks therefore is a perfect representation of the subject matter by the artist, perhaps of the lights of the harbour at night, the soft lapis seas caressed by a blanket of stars, or the charming iconic Mykonos Windmills, all of which are beautifully illustrated by one of the finest single releases of his career on Mykonos by Rick Sparks, which of course is a guaranteed chart hit and perhaps more for the artist.