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The world will come to an end but music and love will endure (Irish)

N E W S from
Raymond McCullough

Independent Singer-Songwriter Contest - 2008-10-20

Independent Singer-Songwriter Association

"Though [it] did not receive an official nomination,
your material was still quite impressive. As such,
your song has been placed on the Honorable Mentions list."
Sincerely, Shyla Marie
President, Independent Singer Songwriters Association

Songwriting Competition - Honorable Mention

Raymond’s song, ‘Want to be Different’ received an Honorable Mention in the ISSA Song Contest.

The Australian Indie Radio Charts - Country Chart -
Week Ending 13/10/2008

‘China Bike Ride’ track in the ZFM Countrywide,
(ILR Network, Australia) Country Chart:
‘Ballad of Beijing (radio mix)’ at No. 6

New album, 'Different',

now available from

and CDBaby.com

AudioStreet.net - 2008-08-25

‘China Bike Ride’ tracks in the charts:
‘Ballad of Beijing (radio mix)’ at No. 10
‘Ar tir seo aguinne (Our Land)’ at No. 26

Indie Radio, LA 104.7 FM - 2008-08-20

Now three tracks playlisted:
‘Hey, hey!’
‘I heard it’
‘Want to be different’
on

Indie Radio, Los Angeles 104.7 FM

[ Search for ‘mccullough‘ and request a song ]
(1 request every 60 mins allowed!)

2008-06-23

The Australian Indie Radio Charts
(Week Ending 23/6/2008)

Lift your heads - No.10
in Christian chart

2008-06-09

The Australian Indie Radio Charts
(Week Ending 09/6/2008)

Lord, (You are my inspiration) - No.8
in Christian chart

2008-04-21

The Australian Indie Radio Charts
(Week Ending 21/4/2008)

Thank You for Your mercy - No.4,
All my needs - No.9
in Christian chart

2008-03-31

The Australian Indie Radio Charts
(Week Ending 31/3/2008)

Lord, You are my inspiration - No.9
in Christian chart

2008-02-04

The Australian Indie Radio Charts
(Week Ending 4/2/2008)

You fill my life - No.7 in Christian chart

2007-01-05

NOW - you can listen to all Raymond's songs on new lo-fi Podcast:

ILR Television and Radio network,
Australia

‘Hey, hey!’ in at No. 6 in

ILR World Independent chart*
(Week 42 - first week in chart - w/e 2006-10-29)

plus featured for 8 weeks on

World Indie Top 40 Countdown

Week 46 (w/e 2006-11-24); Week 44 (w/e 2006-11-10);

Week 41 (w/e 2006-10-20); Week 40 (w/e 2006-10-14);

Week 39 (w/e 2006-10-06); Week 38 (w/e 2006-09-29);

Week 35 (w/e 2006-09-08); Week 33 (w/e 2006-08-26)

on 143 stations (16 countries) worldwide!

[ *Vote for: Hey, hey! - Raymond McCullough ]
(Click & drag on the track info above to highlight, use CTRL ’C‘ to copy,
then click on the ’Vote for‘ link, use CTRL ’V‘ to paste and vote 10, or whatever)

Sharesong.org - 2006-10-13

Album tracks from ‘Into Jerusalem’,
‘Worship the Lord’, etc. - listed in

Top 100 songs (October)

[ Vote for these songs! ]

2006-10-08

[ New ]

‘Blog’ added, (replacing Forum)

courtesy of

(Visit Raymond’s Xianz site)

The Christian alternative to [ MySpace.com ]

2006-09

‘Into Jerusalem’

chosen as

Album of the Month

on

2006-09-17

Cell Ringtones
20 NOW available

via ‘MyxerTones.com’
($1.50 each)

Listen to them all and pick your favourite tone:

[ ‘The great China Bike Ride’ (4) ] [ ‘Into Jerusalem’ (15) ]

[ Hey, hey! (single) (1) ]

2006-04-01
Review of ‘Into Jerusalem’ by Paul Davis in
April edition of Country Music Round Up magazine (UK)

on sale in UK/Ireland newsagents

Martha's Vineyard Radio - 2006-02-24

New single track, ‘Hey, hey!’ playlisted on

Martha's Vineyard Radio - Local Music Cafe
(under Singletracks)

[ Play Track ] [ Send Feedback on ‘Hey, hey!’ to MVY Radio ]

EufOnia Radio, Monterrey, Mexico - 25th February 2006

Raymond McCullough, ‘Into Jerusalem’
chosen as
‘CD DE LA SEMANA!
CD OF THE WEEK’
on
EufOnia Radio Show (15th January - 25th February, 2006)

2006-02-21

The song, ‘Battle Cry’, is being played on ‘Mainstage USA’,
on Penn's Peak Radio tonight. (Tue, 28th 7:45 pm, ET approx.-
repeated on Sat morning, 7:45 am, ET approx.).

The song, ‘Pray’, has been played 3 times recently on ‘Mainstage USA’.

[ Playlist (Pray) 2005-11-22 ] [ Listen to Jim’s comment ]
[ Playlist (Pray) 2005-11-29 ]
[ Playlist (Pray) 2006-01-24 ]
[ Playlist (Battle Cry) 2006-02-21 ]
[ Playlist (Battle Cry) 2006-02-28 ] [ Jim O’Meara’s intro ]

(More info at Mainstage USA)

NCM Charts - 21st January 2006

‘I will lift my eyes up’ at:

No.10 in NCM Euro Chart (/60 - l/w No.11, p/w No.16)

No.6 in NCM Country Chart (/30 - l/w No.6, p/w No.7)

(The track, ‘I will lift my eyes up’, was included on the NCM#28 Compilation CD,
sent out on Jan. 1st, to 500 radio stations in Europe and around the world)

2006-01-11

All 12 Into Jerusalem tracks playlisted on ‘Celtic Radio’,
(internet radio from Boston, USA) [ View broadcast schedule ]

[ Request track, NOW! ]

2005-12-20
TV interview with Raymond on ‘Robin's Christmas Cracker’ show
- Northern Visions (NVTV), Belfast

(NVTV) video from 'Robin's Christmas Cracker' soon

'Bangor Spectator' newspaper (NI) article

2005-12-15
Article about ‘Into Jerusalem’ in
Bangor Spectator newspaper (NI)

2005-12-05
Full page (A3) interview with Raymond in
Country Music Round Up magazine (UK)

on sale NOW in newsagents

2005-12-04

Prayer for Ireland/Pipe Major's jig
included on Marc Gunn’s
Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #7

[ Play Marc's comments ]

2005-11-30
New streaming/download chart on album page

Raymond’s new Podcast of his 1993 radio show -

In tha Name a' Gawd! -
is now available on

2005-11-15

‘Ar tir seo aguinne (Our Land)’
spent 42 weeks in the ‘Celtic’ chart
at CMRadio.Net - No. 1 for 14 weeks!

‘Smoke goes up’ reached No.2 in the ‘Celtic’ chart.

‘Ballad of Beijing’ has now been playlisted on CMRadio.Net - ‘Celtic’.

[ Request Track ]

2005-11-03

Into Jerusalem news release included in ‘Cross Rhythms’.

[ See Forum post also ]

2005-11-03

Into Jerusalem news release included in ‘MPEG 3 NEWS’.

2005-11-02

Into Jerusalem news release included in ‘Cybergrass magazine’.

2005-10-01

I will lift my eyes up included on Marc Gunn’s
Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #3

(The Into Jerusalem album will also be featured on Irish and Celtic Music Podcast #7)

2005-09-08

Into Jerusalem and The great China Bike Ride albums playlisted on Celebrate Radio
- broadcasting to 350 million listeners via Hotbird 6 satellite (to UK, Europe, Russia, North Africa & the Middle-East - 9pm-9am, CET) and to Central & South America on short-wave radio

2005-08-23
Release of Into Jerusalem album featured news item on Irish Christians Online

New album, Into Jerusalem,
featured on USA West Coast radio station!

Winds of Praise Broadcasting,
(98.7 FM in Newport, Oregon),
played the full album 3 times through
on Wed 17th & Thur 18th August, 2005

New ‘China Bike Ride’ merchandise
NOW available at our CafePress stores!!

(T-shirts, sweatshirts, babywear, mugs, clocks, posters, stickers, etc.)

‘Into Jerusalem’ merchandise now available also!

Play MP3s/sample tracks from 'Into Jerusalem': Pray!

album release
(now available!):

Into Jerusalem

by Raymond McCullough

Two tracks, ‘I will lift my eyes up’, and ‘Worship the Lord’, from the new album, ‘Into Jerusalem’, are currently at No.6 & No.7 in the ‘Monthly’ chart at Christianbands.co.uk

2 ‘Reviewers' Picks awards’ for
‘Ar tir seo aguinne (Our Land)’
from GarageBand.com

Potential Soundtrack overall, week of 4Oct2004

Potential Soundtrack in Folk/Country, week of 4Oct2004

No. 45 in Irish Chart (All-time)