Christchurch Folk Music Club

In Search of Native Song, Traditional Folksong Collecting in New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 

In Search of Native Song

Traditional Folksong Collecting in New Zealand

 

 

 

 

Article by Phil Garland. Click here to read.

 

Remembering Christchurch hangouts of the 80s and 90s

Recently, an academic friend pointed me towards the word solastalgia. Solastalgia is a kind of homesickness for a place that no longer exists, a "place that you did not leave but that somehow left you". Finally, a word for the Christchurch spaces, hangouts and quirky...

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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...

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March 2020 – Folk Club Goes Online

21 March 2020 - New Zealand went into Level 4 Lockdown - People were instructed to stay at home in their bubble and leave their residence only for essential travel. This meant the Club had to innovate -    

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