#LittleRockLP on SHERIFF’S ROCK & BLUES SHOW – Scotland69am – Friday 16 January

Just days from its imminent release, #LittleRockLP, will be featured on SHERIFF’s ROCK&BLUES show this Friday 16th January 2015, 11.30pm

http://www.scotland69am.com

A really great vehicle for us – eclectic musical curation – & with no ads or traffic reports …..

DJ Sheriff Ron Lancs is a passionate and enduring lover of music, so we are just thrilled we made the cut.

Bob will give listeners the stories behind the music, between radio play of #LittleRockLP selections

Hell, even I get a word in edgewise, since my track on #LittleRockLP – SUPERDOME – was blessed enough by the Sheriff’s consummate taste in music to get some broadcast play, too.

Can’t wait to hear it all on the radio this Friday!

 

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#LittleRockLP – https://twitter.com/hashtag/LittleRockLP?src=hash

Out on Harbour Song Records 19 January 2015 – pre-order http://www.harboursong.co.uk

… or from Lea Valley Records http://www.leavalleyrecords.com (#LittleRockLP official flavour of the month, tipped for early album of the year, 2015)

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We’re big in Belgium, Buster – ROOTSTIME.BE has spoken

When this stellar review of Bob Collum’s #LittleRockLP came out in ROOTSTIME.BE, I had a pretty good inkling that they liked us.  However, I couldn’t be sure til my great multi-lingual, cosmopolitan buddy, Justine Harcourt de Tourville gave me the skinny, via a smooth translation from Belgian to Texan.  A lone star salute to you Ms Justini, first your mother introduces my parents to one another, and now this.  The IOU is infinite, my dear friend! xxxxxxx

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Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but living in Essex county, near London, singer and songwriter Bob Collum has crafted an impressive musical career during the past years. He started as a solo artist in 1997 with the debut album More Tragic Songs Of Life followed by the album Low Rent Romeo in 2001 and a number of solo EPs.

The first recorded album, The Boy Most Likely To… , with his group “The Welfare Mothers,” in 2004 and its successor, Set The Stupid Set Free, in 2007 received rave reviews in Roots Time. They were followed by Twisted Rhymes & Mixed Up Lines in 2009, and The New Old Thing and The Ungrateful Depression, two EPs, so there was a wait until now for Bob Collum & The Welfare Mothers’ full second studio album to appear.

The Welfare Mothers is comprised of Bob’s muse, singer Marianne Hyatt, steel guitarist Allan Kelly, bassist Gareth Davies and drummer Paul Quarry. Along with the singer and guitarist, Bob Collum, they put ten songs on this new album Little Rock, the link to the video below will serve as an introduction.

With alternating rock songs and alt-country or Americana tunes, we are talking about a very successful record. With the exception of the beautiful song, “Superdome,” written and sung by Marianne Hyatt, all other songs flowed from Bob Collum’s composer pen.

Our favorite tracks from this album are the country-rock song “Wasted Wonderland,” the clever country ballad “Broken Down,” the rocking “Seven Kinds Of Sorrow,” the Nick Lowe-esque “Good Thing We’re In Love” that Bob and Marianne perform in duet form and the catchy closing song “Empty Hands Of Love” with strong steel guitar work by Allan Kelly.

As for us, we believe Bob Collum should not wait another seven years to release a new album, because if the quality of that future record would be similar to this Little Rock cd, then a follow-up can’t come soon enough.

http://www.rootstime.be/CD%20REVIEUW/2015/JAN1/CD26.html

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GOOD THING WE’RE IN LOVE got AmazingRadio play on DJ Baylen Leonard’s FRONT PORCH

First show of the year on THE FRONT PORCH at Amazing Radio, & DJ Baylen Leonard’s gotta have the best radio theme song ever…. just bloggin.  So thrilled BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS – http://www.bobcollum.com – made it to the playlist again!…. Saturday 10th January, but this time with a different song than before – GOOD THING WE’RE IN LOVE – from our big, up&comin #LittleRockLP.  It’s a little duet I co-wrote with superb Mr Bob.  So thrilled it’s on the album.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s a 4 track selection from BC & the WMs #LittleRockLP on Amazing Radio, 3 of which have made it to DJ Baylen Leonard’s impeccably tasteful playlist!

http://amazingtunes.com/mulefreedom/bobcollum

THE FRONT PORCH is just chock full of fabulous music, can’t believe we’re on Saturday’s show with Foghorn Leghorn’s grabass bluegrass ‘Petersburg Gal’ and Hank Wangford’s ‘Sunk without Trace’ – put your boots in the stirrups & waltz, Cowgirl! Immediately following us, Carleton Stone’s ‘Blood is Thicker than Water’ and Sons of Bill’s ‘Big Unknown’ are just dazzling to the ear.  Run Boy Run’s ‘Spin a Golden Thread’ is particularly swoon worthy.  Check out the whole show – ex post facto – right here.

http://amazingradio.com/shows/thefrontporch

DJ Mr Leonard mentioned that most releases for the new year happen on 26th January, but Alt C&W fans, BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS are beatin em all to the punch one week early!  That’s right, #LittleRockLP is out 19th January on Harbour Song Records, but you can pre-order it c/o their site http://www.harboursong.co.uk

Apparently you can get it here too, seeing as how Lea Valley Records have made #LittleRockLP ALBUM OF THE MONTH whew!

http://www.leavalleyrecords.com

For any and all things #LittleRockLP – https://twitter.com/hashtag/LittleRockLP?src=hash

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#LittleRockLP is Lea Valley Records’ ALBUM OF THE MONTH

In fact it’s an “early contender for ALBUM OF THE YEAR”, according to Lea Valley Records, an online record store specialising in UK americana / alt-country and alternative music.

#LittleRockLP is out 19 January 2015 – 10 days away –  but now there are two places you may pre-order.  Set out below for your consumption and pleasure

http://www.leavalleyrecords.com

http://www.harboursong.co.uk 

I’m thrilled to get some very honourable mention, including a co-writing credit with Mr Bob Collum, in our duet – ‘GOOD THING WE’RE IN LOVE.

“Good Thing We’re In Love … was co-authored with Marianne Hyatt (and could have been sung by Kenny & Dolly)…. Collum & Hyatt compliment each other so well, their harmonies are one of the best features of the album.”

It’s due for some radio play tomorrow, this Saturday 6pm, on AMAZING RADIO c/o Baylen Leonard’s Front Porch:

http://amazingradio.com/shows/thefrontporch

Mr Leonard is a true champ of #LittleRockLP and has played a few different tracks from Bob’s big up & comer, including ‘SUPERDOME’, which also gets mentioned in Lea Valley Records review:  “… a Hyatt composition in which her wonderful ‘southern’ vocals come into their own. It also features some lovely pedal steel guitar by Allan Kelly.”

http://amazingtunes.com/mulefreedom/bobcollum

 

 

 

 

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3 CHORDS & THE TRUTH give Bob another stunning Review

I’m not gonna hold back:  I got some winning attention here – thrilled speechless.

http://www.threechordsandthetruthuk.co.uk/2015/01/bob-collum-welfare-mothers-little-rock.html?m=1

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“Any further micro analysis of this record cannot go past a country duet of magnificent magnitude. Bob has worked with Marianne Hyatt on previous releases and together they have produced an ear catching number sparking marital chords around the land. ‘Good Thing We’re In Love’ is the only co-write on the record and rattles along in biting and cutting disunity, though forever thankful of the sanctity of the title. Positioning itself alongside the lofty perch of My Darling Clementine duets, this stand out song possess easily the best lyric for this and many a year ‘I do the jumping when you holler frog’. Another MDC link is the addition of Martin Belmont to the lengthy list of players joining the core of Bob’s band, wonderfully named The Welfare Mothers.”

&…. “Presently Bob is tied up with Harbour Song Records and it would be great if the album got promoted live around the country. Obviously integral to this would be Marianne who wrote and performed the track ‘Superdome’, a number wrapped in alt-indie sensibilities and is believed to be based on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.”   Spot on, David!  Bob got third billing on the whole of the site, just after Ryan Bingham’s new one, and Annie Keating.

Awwww check the parting gesture here:

“Making a New Year resolution to check out the work of Bob Collum and the Welfare Mothers is one of your easier January commitments and will definitely be a rewarding one. LITTLE ROCK is an album which won’t disappoint and that duet has got to be the final parting shot. Make sure by hook or by crook you check out ‘Good Thing We’re In Love’.”

Whew I need to smoke a fat one now!  Again, you can preorder your HNY copy b4 release 19th January 2015 c/o Harbour Song Records

http://www.harboursong.co.uk

Hashtag #LittleRockLP for mo:  https://twitter.com/hashtag/littlerocklp?src=hash

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Honourable Mention in UNCUT MAG (Feb ’15) for Bob Collum’s ‘Little Rock’ LP

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, BOB COLLUM & THE WELFARE MOTHERS’ new album – #LittleRockLP – is out 19th January, this year 2015.

Already we’ve been getting all kind of radio play, including the BBC!  We’ve just got our first big review for the year from Uncut Magazine (February 2015 issue), and I’ve got some mention for a song I wrote with Bob:  ‘It’s a Good Thing We’re in Love’

You can still pre-order your copy at Harbour Song Records – http://www.harboursong.co.uk

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