Philip Humphrey GarlandQSM (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.[6]