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,[1] and was called the "Godfather of New Zealand folk music".[2] He recorded 19 albums,[3] and won the New Zealand Music Awards folk album of the year three times.

Phil Garland
Garland in 2014
Garland in 2014
Background information
Birth namePhilip Humphrey Garland
Born(1942-02-09)9 February 1942
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died (aged 75)
Hamilton, New Zealand
GenresFolk

Garland died in Hamilton on 15 March 2017, aged 75,[4][5] and was buried in the Rutherford Street (Woolston) Cemetery, Christchurch.[6]

Discography edit

  • 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 edit

  • Faces in the Firelight

References edit

  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.