Gordon Stobbe
Gordon Stobbe is best known to Maritime audiences as the
co-creator and host of the long running TV variety program, "Up Home Tonight."
He plays fiddle, mandolin, guitar and clawhammer banjo.
Gordon's performance history includes theatre, radio host, television host,
composing and recording scores for CBC dramas, producing and performing on other
artist recordings, as well as composing and recording his own compositions. His
recordings of original tunes include the CDs "New Traditions" and "Small World."
He works in a number of musical configurations including the Gordon Stobbe Trio,
The Mighty Oak String Band, Razzmatazz for Kids and the John Gracie Band.
He has developed and continues a teaching program at the Canadian Conservatory
of Music in Halifax. He has conducted numerous fiddle workshops across Canada
and in the United States, including a repeat guest instructor at the Emma Lake
Fiddle Camp in Saskatchewan.
He has published seven fiddle instruction and fiddle tune books, which can be
found on his website, www.fiddlebooks.com. Gordon is also a regular contributor
to "Fiddler Magazine."
"Ranging from hoedowns to jazzy bluegrass and ending with a klezmer-style
Bulgarian groove tune, which had the audience shouting with unbridled
enthusiasm, Stobbe, Simm and Holmes created the first major mayhem of the
evening." (at the Lunenburg Folk Festival) - Stephen Pedersen, the Halifax Mail
Star
About Gordon Stobbe's recordings:
"The 14 tunes and medleys on this CD "New Traditions" are all Stobbe originals,
but they are soaked in a United Nation of traditions." - Stephen Pedersen, the
Sunday Herald
"Stobbe's playing, whether exuberant or restrained, is fine enough in itself,
but what makes the album "New Traditions" especially noteworthy are the
distinctive tunes. They stand out one from the other, and a few of them, such
as "Time Goes By," are instantly memorable." - Dirty Linen Magazine
"With his rich tone and playful personal style, Stobbe is like the Jacques
Cousteau of Canadian fiddling, exploring every nook and cranny of a sound that
runs briskly through our cultural veins." - Steven Cooke, the Halifax Mail Star
"Canadian Old-Time Fiddle Hits Volume 1" is like a fast train of musical
delights speeding across the horizons of your hearing. The ultimate traditional
fiddle album" - Gerry Taylor, The Telegraph Journal in Saint John, N.B.
Recordings
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