Christchurch Folk Music Club
Inside the Hair tribe, 1972 – Rosa Shiels
I was a teenager with my head in the clouds and Dylan songs on my brain and guitar when I first heard this chorus on the radio:
“Gliddy glub gloopy nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo/
Sabba sibby sabba nooby aba naba le le lo lo/
Tooby ooby wala nooby aba naba/ Early morning singing song/
Good morning, starshine …”
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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...
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