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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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.