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:
50th Weekend
Finding our folk at the Christchurch Folk Music Club's 50th celebrations. Thank you Warren Watson for recording these wonderful memories. Thank you to Tony Hale for selected captions
Camel Cottage, Andy Thompson in Concert
Ben the Hoose – winners of Tui for Best Folk Music Album of 2006
Scottish-born musicians Kenny Ritch and Bob McNeill of the duo Ben the Hoose are the winners of the Tui for Best Folk Music Album of 2006 for the album The Little Cascade.
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...