Up Home Tonight - "Twin Fiddles"
Sun, October 6, 2024, 1:00 PM (AST)
About this event
'Up Home Tonight' was a television show conceived and written by Gordon Stobbe (Host and Musical Director) and Barry Bramhill (Producer) for the ATV network in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It ran for eight seasons from 1982 until 1989 when, in spite of very high ratings, it was cancelled by the network to make way for a different type of show.
'Up Home Tonight" was a concept that put the music in it's natural environment. The centre of maritime social life for decades has always been the musical house party. So Stobbe and Bramhill put the music of the Maritime provinces in the kitchen, creating an informal and welcoming venue which quickly became one of the most popular shows on maritime television. The show was also carried by many TV stations across Canada. The legacy of 'Up Home Tonight' lives on in an endless variety of kitchen parties on radio, TV and live performances around the Maritimes.
This performance features the music of Stobbe and JJ Guy (fiddler from Saskatoon) joined by Skip & Kimberley Holmes. They take us on a musical ride through several genres of music—Canadian Old Time music, French Canadian fiddle, Eastern European, Cajun, rock and roll, blues, etc. Their music also pays tribute to people they have met and places they have been to in Canada. Just as UHT celebrated NS, SB, PEI and Celtic Cape Breton, Twin fiddles has. at it’s core, music that celebrates our entire country through tunes, stories, and humour.