Hallelujah by Julie Felix
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:29 pm
This info came from John Etherington!
Track Records will release a compilation of Julie Felix recordings on 6 September 2004 in the UK with worldwide release to follow shortly. These songs were hand picked by Julie as a representative selection of her work over the past 10 years or so.
Masters of War
Los Gatos
Ballad of Doris Kathryn Rodehaver
I Miss You
Half A Moon
Mr Tambourine Man (with John Paul Jones)
Woman
I Shall Be Released (with Kiki Dee)
In Paris
Hi Lily Hi Lo
Las Mananitas
La Barert De Oro
Children of Abraham
Hallelujah
Hard Rain
Wild Mountain Thyme
The Irish Farewell
Read on to see what Steve Harley feels about THE RAINBOW COLLECTION:
There are those among us who just have to play and sing; to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job, but a calling. Julie Felix is one such musician.
What began for little Julie as simple home entertainment, as her father and his friends played Mariachi music into the small hours of the morning, has actually been this remarkable woman¹s profession for more than 40 years.
And it¹s a tough business, music. Only the good and the genuine last the course.
On this definitive collection of Julie¹s work, you¹ll find plenty of reasons why she has endured; you¹ll hear every facet of a complex and enigmatic performer: Julie the Gemini, a river flowing in two directions at one and the same time, fired with passion by Dylan¹s protests or sweetly intoning her own Goddess dedications; the self-composed spirituals and the traditional. But Julie, the mystical dreamer (³From my teachers and guides, from my fellow travellers on this journey toward healingŠ²), is never far from reach. Just listen.
Listen to her reading of Leonard Cohen¹s joyous Hallelujah and Dylan¹s brooding Masters Of War which testify to her understanding of songs of great depth and mystery, those that either celebrate life itself or question its very meaning. Always, when Julie sings, an element of spirituality is obvious to the listener.
Julie has said, ³Music has always been an integral part of my life. Like breathing, it happens whether I am thinking about it or not.²
I first saw Julie perform in a folk club, an upstairs room of a rambling Edwardian pub in Colchester in the early 70s, at a time when I myself was a songwriter in embryo.
I first met her when we took part in a Guitars Against Landmines concert in 2002 and we have, since then, performed together on stage at one of her concerts; it brought me great joy to share a stage with that constantly beaming smile, with a performer of such commitment.
Julie cares passionately about this world and its future. And she cares deeply about music and its healing powers.
In here, in this fine and enchanting collection, you¹ll feel it all: the passion, the spirit and above all else, the love this remarkable woman generates through her beautiful voice.
Julie¹s is a voice that should be heard. Just listen.
copyright: STEVE HARLEY 2004
Track Records will release a compilation of Julie Felix recordings on 6 September 2004 in the UK with worldwide release to follow shortly. These songs were hand picked by Julie as a representative selection of her work over the past 10 years or so.
Masters of War
Los Gatos
Ballad of Doris Kathryn Rodehaver
I Miss You
Half A Moon
Mr Tambourine Man (with John Paul Jones)
Woman
I Shall Be Released (with Kiki Dee)
In Paris
Hi Lily Hi Lo
Las Mananitas
La Barert De Oro
Children of Abraham
Hallelujah
Hard Rain
Wild Mountain Thyme
The Irish Farewell
Read on to see what Steve Harley feels about THE RAINBOW COLLECTION:
There are those among us who just have to play and sing; to whom there can be no question of quitting; to whom their work is not a job, but a calling. Julie Felix is one such musician.
What began for little Julie as simple home entertainment, as her father and his friends played Mariachi music into the small hours of the morning, has actually been this remarkable woman¹s profession for more than 40 years.
And it¹s a tough business, music. Only the good and the genuine last the course.
On this definitive collection of Julie¹s work, you¹ll find plenty of reasons why she has endured; you¹ll hear every facet of a complex and enigmatic performer: Julie the Gemini, a river flowing in two directions at one and the same time, fired with passion by Dylan¹s protests or sweetly intoning her own Goddess dedications; the self-composed spirituals and the traditional. But Julie, the mystical dreamer (³From my teachers and guides, from my fellow travellers on this journey toward healingŠ²), is never far from reach. Just listen.
Listen to her reading of Leonard Cohen¹s joyous Hallelujah and Dylan¹s brooding Masters Of War which testify to her understanding of songs of great depth and mystery, those that either celebrate life itself or question its very meaning. Always, when Julie sings, an element of spirituality is obvious to the listener.
Julie has said, ³Music has always been an integral part of my life. Like breathing, it happens whether I am thinking about it or not.²
I first saw Julie perform in a folk club, an upstairs room of a rambling Edwardian pub in Colchester in the early 70s, at a time when I myself was a songwriter in embryo.
I first met her when we took part in a Guitars Against Landmines concert in 2002 and we have, since then, performed together on stage at one of her concerts; it brought me great joy to share a stage with that constantly beaming smile, with a performer of such commitment.
Julie cares passionately about this world and its future. And she cares deeply about music and its healing powers.
In here, in this fine and enchanting collection, you¹ll feel it all: the passion, the spirit and above all else, the love this remarkable woman generates through her beautiful voice.
Julie¹s is a voice that should be heard. Just listen.
copyright: STEVE HARLEY 2004
. I'd love to hear her renditions of Leonard's songs.