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Julie Felix
Charing Cross Theatre, London
SINCE arriving in England in 1964, California-born Julie Felix has spent over half a century singing for peace and equality. Though at one time considered too commercial for some folk purists, her career has always gone alongside support for nuclear disarmament, feminism, ecology and opposition to US policy in Latin America and the Middle East.
Felix's talents and social conscience are well to the fore in this celebration of her 80th birthday at packed Charing Cross Theatre. In a concert lasting over three hours Felix and fellow artists command the attention, with first-half highlights including Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye, a tribute to her friend Leonard Cohen and Woody Guthrie's Deportees.
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