Philip Humphrey Garland (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.

Phil Garland

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

Phil Garland

Books

Faces in the Firelight

References

1942 births

2017 deaths

Musicians from Christchurch

New Zealand folk musicians

Recipients of the Queen's Service Medal

Burials at Woolston Cemetery

Phil Garland