Singer/songwriter, Raymond McCullough, has been writing songs since 1973. He plays guitar (a George Lowden acoustic/electric, actually!), mandolin and, now and then, a little bit of keyboard.

He has travelled and performed, (literally busking for his supper, on one occasion!), in Israel, China (Beijing), Canada, USA, Scotland and Ireland, north and south - playing pubs, concerts, churches, live on radio - on the street, if required! At the Fiddler's Green International Festival in Rostrevor, Ireland recently he was described by one of the organisers as ""the discovery of the festival!""

He travelled to the People's Republic of China in 1999 - their anniversary year - to take part in a charity cycle event. He says, "Friends said just because I'd gone to China, I didn't need to make a song about it - of course, that is exactly what I DID do!" The 11-verse saga, 'Ballad of Beijing', unfolded bit by bit over the two weeks he spent there.

Raymond has had a very varied career; including college lecturing in computing, selling French perfume, running an Internet cafe, publishing an Irish magazine and two books, hosting his own radio show, producing TV and corporate video, and restoring a classic wooden boat!

	Want to be different A very personal ballad		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
	Hey, hey! Ballad of a very self-centred young lady, who takes advantage of everyone around her.		Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana

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