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'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.
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Up Home Tonight celebrated the
virtues of acoustic roots music a decade before the 'O Brother!
Where You Bound' soundtrack brought it to the masses. And Gordon
Stobbe was in the centre of things as a kind of ringmaster/ master
of ceremonies who kept the music flowing.
- Ron Foley Macdonald,Halifax
Daily News
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| Talent was drawn from
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, as well as some well-known
artists from Ontario and the United States. A few of the performers
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