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INTO JERUSALEM

RAYMOND McCULLOUGH

27 February 2006
INTO JERUSALEM
PRECIOUS OIL
The UK’s worship scene is enriched by diversity of talent. This roots CD of reels, jigs and ballads is an earthy treatment and an unusual reading of familiar theological themes. Rather less sophisticated than most worship material, it is intense and passionate. This direct lyric-and-beat is ideal repertoire for folk-country-gospel worship interpretation. Although this music-mix is at times a la Israeli in flavouring, it remains ‘Irish and Scots’ Celtic’ to the core! Unruffled and underexposed, the songs may come from Mr. McCullough’s talented pen but they could be presented in a wider contemporary fashion too. His style has a robust yet sweet tone too, well suited for the repertoire paraded before Celtic-country instruments.

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