Christchurch Folk Music Club

Bringing these two favourites from Lyttelton to the Folk Club stage for a night of fab music, mixed with levity and laughs.
Adam McGrath

Adam McGrath is a folk singer and yarn spinner stationed wherever he can get a key!

He is the winner of the 2024 Aotearoa/New Zealand Folk Artist of the Year Award at the Aotearoa/New Zealand music awards. Described by RNZ as a “National Treasure” and the Herald as “NZ’s toughest minded songwriter”, Adam is more widely known as lead singer and songwriter with one of New Zealand’s most loved roots/country bands The Eastern. He spends 8 months a year on the road between NZ, Australia, Europe and parts beyond. With The Eastern and solo he has shared stages with and opened for Fleetwood Mac, Steve Earle, Old Crow Medicine Show, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes and many more. His song ‘Hope and Wire’ was the inspiration behind Gaylene Preston’s TV series of the same name, and he is known for his service orientated approach to music in the years since.

LiNDON PUFFiN

‘A fisherman trapped in a musician’s body’. Lindon Puffin first rose to prominence way back in the 90’s as the manic frontman of an outrageous glam rock band called The Puffins. After the make-up & costumes melted away, he became sidetracked hosting radio & tv for a few years before returning to his roots as a solo folk punk troubadour. Following the release of his first solo album, ‘Stuff Like That’ in 2003, he embarked on a punishingly endless tour of NZ as captured in the tragicomedy film Figure 8000 and screened on TV3 and Sky’ TVs Documentary Channel.
With record company support, Puffin’s next album 2007’s ‘Show Pony’ garnered nationwide radio play and led to tour supports with Billy Bragg, Tenacious D, Dave Dobbyn, but most importantly, his
ole mates The Eastern! The stars appeared to be aligning. Dobbyn’s manager had taken him on. There was even a ‘budget’ and a producer in a big studio for his third album, Hope Holiday. While
shooting the video for the first single ‘Outta Reach’ in Lyttelton, the terrible February quake hit & priorities evolved very quickly.

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Hope Holiday (most recent album):
Outta Reach (music video):
Drive By (music video):