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New Zealand folk musician (1942–2017)

Phil GarlandQSM
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Background information
Birth namePhilip Humphrey Garland
Born(1942-02-09)9 February 1942
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died (aged 75)
Hamilton, New Zealand
GenresFolk
Musical artist

Philip Humphrey Garland QSM (9 February 1942 – 15 March 2017) was a New Zealand folk musician. He was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to folk music, and was called the "Godfather of New Zealand folk music". He recorded 19 albums, and won the New Zealand Music Awards folk album of the year three times.

Garland died in Hamilton on 15 March 2017, aged 75, and was buried in the Rutherford Street (Woolston) Cemetery, Christchurch.

Discography

  • A Sense of Place
  • Billycan Ballads
  • Colonial Yesterdays
  • Damper, Duff & Doughboys
  • Down A Country Road
  • How Are You, Mate?
  • Hunger In The Air
  • No Place Like Home
  • One Hundred Years Ago
  • Southern Odyssey
  • Springtime In The Mountain
  • Swag o’ Dreams
  • Under The Southern Cross
  • Wind In The Tussock
  • The Phil Garland Songbook

Books

  • Faces in the Firelight

References

  1. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. Johnstone, Kirsten (17 March 2017). "'Singing Historian' Phil Garland dies". Radio New Zealand.
  3. "Phil Garland - AudioCulture".
  4. "Kiwi folk legend Phil Garland dies". 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  5. "Philip Garland obituary". The New Zealand Herald. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. "Cemeteries database". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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