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:
The Folk Boom & Beyond
Folk music has been an integral part of the Christchurch music scene since the early 1960s.