Phil Garland

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.

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

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