Christchurch Folk Music Club
Father of NZ folk music – Otago Daily Times
8 April 2017, Dave Cannan/contributed folk musician.
Phil Garland may have been a born and bred, TrueBlue Cantabrian, but as the self-styled ‘father of New Zealand folk music’ his huge influence was felt nationwide, especially in Central Otago, for which he developed quite an affinity…Read more:
Phil Garland – Folk Music Awards 2007
The founder and life member of the Christchurch Folk Club, Phil Garland, won the Tui for the best folk album of 2007.
A Collection of Photos from John Flynn
The first 6 photos in this collection provided by John Flynn were taken by Brian Milne at the High Street Folk Center A very young Alistair Hulett Frank Fyfe Bush Band (L-R) Warwick Brock, Gordon Collier, Vic Brown, Frank Fyfe, Dave Hart, Mike...
Barry Davies
By Tony Hale Copyright 2017 Despite the Welshness of his name, Barry Davies is from South Devon, from Paignton to be exact and in 1971 he was a 23 year old guitar hero of the author who would sit in the front row of the Folk Centre taking notes. Each had...
Obituary – Brien Halpin
At the age of 84, another voice in the Christchurch Folk Music Club’s 49 year history speaks no more
The Folk Boom & Beyond
Folk music has been an integral part of the Christchurch music scene since the early 1960s.