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Get Up in the Cool

Cameron DeWhittgetupinthecool.fireside.fm
Get Up in the Cool features conversations and musical collaborations with some of Old Time music's heaviest hitters, like Ken Perlman, Adam Hurt, Spencer & Rains, and Jake Blount. As an interviewer, Cameron balances an effusive curiosity for the potential of traditional music with a dogged respect for its origins. Serving as audience surrogate, Cameron asks illuminating questions to Old Time's best and brightest while telling the larger story of the tradition's modern era.
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Episodes

Episode 286: Alex Sturbaum (The Vashon Sessions, Old Time Accordion, Lift vs. Groove, and Wholesome Chanteys)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum. We recorded this last week when they visited me at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Rocky Road to Dublin (0:49) * Dorrigo (20:00) * Eklunda Polska #1 and #3 (25:31) * Cumberland Gap (35:24) * Captains and Ships (47:52) * New Harbor (from Don Stratton) (1:01:37) * Bonus track: Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain Download The Vashon Sessions: Volume IV...

Feb 16, 20221 hr 7 min

Episode 285: Erik Killops (Portland Trad Music Scenes, Earl White Acolytes, and Bowing for Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Erik Killops. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Old Time Fire on the Mountain (0:52) * Ora Lee (19:37) * Wolves A’ Howlin’ (26:30) * Old Hen She Cackled (40:07) * Road to Malvern (49:22) * Bonus track: Walk Along John to Kansas Visit Erik Killop’s band’s website: https://www.narosai.com/ See Erik and friends play Sundays and Mondays at ...

Feb 09, 202254 min

Episode 284: Tall Poppy String Band (w/ Special Guest Host Jake Blount!)

*note: Morgan Harris is called by a different name and different pronouns in this episode because they've since changed both. Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Morgan Harris, George Jackson, and me, as Tall Poppy String Band, with special guest host Jake Blount. We recorded this during IBMA back in February in Raleigh, NC. Tunes and songs in this episode: * The Coo Coo (John Snipes) * Old Cow Died * Go Away Pharaoh * Kiss Me Q...

Feb 02, 20221 hr 13 min

Episode 283: Clinton Davis (Kentucky Fiddle Tunes and Missouri Rules)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Clinton Davis. We recorded a few weeks ago at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Gate to Go Through (0:31) * Coondog (22:17) * Plowboy Hop (29:42) * The Wild Horse (35:09) * Give the Fiddler a Dram (39:27) * Bonus track: Cherry River Rag Visit Clinton Davis’ website to buy a copy of “If I Live And I Don’t Get Killed” http://clintonrossdavis.com/ Follow Clinton Davis ...

Jan 26, 202243 min

Episode 282: Ella Korth (Folk Songs, Flatpicking, and Clawhammer Banjo)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ella Korth. We recorded at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Tall Buildings (1:16) * Wild Heart (13:27) * Coondog (19:39) * Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song) (26:24) * Red Prairie Dawn (31:54) * Bonus track: Free Again Visit Ella Korth’s website: https://www.ellakorth.com/ Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ella.korth/ Like and follow her on Facebook: htt...

Jan 19, 202236 min

Episode 281: Dwight Hawkins (Street Performing, Playing the Saw, and Black Stringband and Blues Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dwight Hawkins. We recorded this last week at his home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * You Just As Well Let Her Go (0:43) * Pal Of Mine (16:55) * Chasing Rainbows (26:36) * My Gal Sal (37:07) * Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (49:03) * Bonus track: Crow Jane Contact Dwight Hawkins for booking! Phone: (504) 442-9520 email: negroartist@gmail.com Cash app: $sea4d Support Get ...

Jan 12, 202255 min

Episode 280: Michelle Yu (Tunes with Nothing to Hide Behind)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Michelle Yu. We recorded this on Sunday in her home in San Francisco. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Crockett’s Hornpipe (0:50) * Bitter Creek (12:10) * Poor Little Mary Sitting In a Corner / Lost Everything (31:51) * Grey Eagle (49:32) * Adieu, False Heart / Highlander’s Farewell (57:11) * Bonus track: Possum Hollow Visit Lonesome Still’s website: https://www.lonesome-still.com/ and follow ...

Jan 05, 20221 hr 5 min

Episode 279: Kaden Hurst (Old Time Mandolin, Never Come Down, and Sierra Fiddle Camp)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kaden Hurst. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Stump Tail Dolly (0:35) * Meg Gray (12:22) * Soggy’s Slip Jig (29:44) * Purdon Crossing (44:46) * Geese Honking (50:25) * Bonus track: Won’t You Come And Sing For Me Visit Kaden’s band’s website: https://nevercomedownband.com/ Follow Never Come Down on instagram: https://www.instagram....

Dec 29, 202154 min

Episode 278: Kate O'Brien (Teaching and Learning the Fiddle)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate O’Brien. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Polly Put the Kettle On (0:38) * Pretty Little Widow (13:12) * Snake Chapman’s Tune (31:43) * Uncle Charlie Barnett Lowe’s Tune (49:37) * Old Chattanooga (58:11) * Bonus track: Gilsaw Mosaic String Academy: https://www.mosaicstringacademy.com/ Portland Fiddle Camp: https://www.portlan...

Dec 22, 20211 hr 3 min

Episode 277: Get Up in the Yule (with Hog-Eyed Man)

Welcome to Get Up in the Yule: Old Time Christmas Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Rob McMacon and Jason Cade of Hog-Eyed Man. We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Zoom. Tunes and songs in this episode: * The Holly and the Ivy / Joy to the World (1:13) * Marcus Martin’s Jig / Snowbird (16:35) * Lullay, Lullay / Byard Ray’s Polly Put the Kettle On (46:14) * Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella / Christmas Eve (1:13:59) * The Snowstorm (1:27:15) * Bonus track: Deck t...

Dec 15, 20211 hr 32 min

Episode 276: Emma Swartz and Baron Collins-Hill (Expat Folk Music and Maine Fiddle Camp)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Emma Swartz and Baron Collins-Hill. We recorded this last Saturday at their home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Roaring River (0:38) * Lookout Blues (19:36) * Flatwoods (33:37) * Saturday Night Waltz (1:00:40) * Old Mother Logo (1:09:49) * Bonus track: Horses in the Canebrake Check out MandoLessons.com! https://www.mandolessons.com/ Support MandoLessons on Patreon: htt...

Dec 08, 20211 hr 14 min

Episode 275: Keith Billik (The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast / Get Up in the Cool Crossover!)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts! Tunes and songs in this episode: * Farewell Trion (0:50) * Jeff Sturgeon (28:04) * Avalon Quickstep (1:01:19) * Daley’s Reel (1:13:22) * Road to Malvern (1:37:10) * Bonus track: H...

Dec 01, 20211 hr 41 min

Episode 274: Kate Gregory (Old Time and Irish Fiddle)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate Gregory. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Hunting the Buffalo (0:37) * Laughing Boy (16:39) * The New Broom Sweeps Clean / The Blackbird Hornpipe (37:59) * Ducks on the Millpond (48:52) * Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain (1:00:10) * Bonus track: Walk Along John to Kansas Visit Ministry of Folk’s website and sign up for their ne...

Nov 24, 20211 hr 5 min

Episode 273: Magic Tuber Stringband (Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan of Magic Tuber Stringband. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * John Cole (0:42) * Fort Smith Breakdown (10:21) * Wolves in the Woods (22:35) * Lost Child (33:46) * Sleepy Joe (39:59) * Bonus track: Flander’s Dream Buy Magic Tuber Stringband’s albums on bandcamp: https://magictuberstringband.bandcam...

Nov 17, 202144 min

Episode 272: Sinner Friends (Country Gospel Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Grace Van’t Hof and Conner Steven Vlietstra of Sinner Friends. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * I Live with Memories that Bless and Burn (0:33) * Broadminded (14:19) * Mythological Blues (19:12) * Nearer My God to Thee (26:18) * The Pride of Man (33:21) * Bonus track: Rita Visit Sinner Friends’ website (buy their albums and me...

Nov 10, 202137 min

Episode 271: Brandi Waller-Pace, Nelson Williams, and Jake Blount (Old Time Bass, FWAAMfest, and Post-Quarantine Touring)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Brandi Waller-Pace, Nelson Williams, and Jake Blount. We recorded this in September at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Big Sciota (0:37) * Running in the Whist Oaks (11:20) * Will Adams’ Wild Horses at Stony Point (20:11) * Sittin’ On Top of the World (31:23) * Piney Woods Gal (38:49) * Bonus track: Sally Gooden Follow Nelson Williams on Instagram: https://w...

Nov 03, 202143 min

Episode 270: George Jackson (Hair & Hide)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the fourth and final week of Get Up in the Cool month; every year I post some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guest is George Jackson! We recorded this about a month ago at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Peter Francisco (2:18) * Town’s End (14:24) * Mississippi Sawyer (25:57) * Neighbor Mike (39:45) * Lady ...

Oct 27, 202156 min

Episode 269: The Wicked Chicken (Gus and Huck Tritsch)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the third week of Get Up in the Cool month; I’m posting some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guests are Gus and Huck Tritsch of The Wicked Chicken! We recorded this last month at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Too Young to Marry (2:40) * Deviled Eggs (15:19) * Clear Cut (26:43) * Can’t Decide (43:48) * The ...

Oct 20, 202156 min

Episode 268: Anh Phung (Flute in Old Time and Trad Music Code-Switching)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the second week of Get Up in the Cool month; where I share some extra special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s extra special guest is Anh Phung! You may know her as the flautist from Twisted Pine. We recorded this last month at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Karen Collins’ Tune (2:46) * Indian Eat the Woodchuck (19:12) * Over the Road ...

Oct 13, 20211 hr 8 min

Episode 267: Tristan Scroggins (Mandolin, IBMA, and Banjo Dads)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the first week of this year’s Get Up in the Cool month; I just got back from IBMA where I recorded some extra special interviews for October in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. Which is why this week’s friend is Tristan Scroggins. We recorded this last week in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Chirps and Williams (2:27) * Old Reel of Eight (16:56) * Half Past Four (27:37)...

Oct 06, 20211 hr 22 min

Episode 266: Anna Sandys (Bb Tunes and Violin Making)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Anna Sandys. We recorded this in her backyard last week in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: * The Bb Rag (0:18) * Sunset Waltz (13:45) * Cotton Picker’s Rag (25:28) * Chinese Breakdown (38:40) * Tanner’s Rag (51:05) * Bonus track: Hawkins Rag Visit the Sandys Violin website: http://www.sandysviolin.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupintheco...

Sep 29, 202156 min

Episode 265: Vivian Williams (Old Time Music from the Pacific Northwest)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Vivian Williams. We recorded this in her home a couple weeks ago in Seattle, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Tennessee Grey Eagle (0:40) * The Unfortunate Dog (25:45) * St. Adele’s Reel (44:22) * Pete’s Breakdown (1:06:24) * Peter Barnes (1:11:25) * Frog Heaven (1:18:53) * Bonus track: Peekaboo Waltz Visit the Voyager Records website for Vivian and Phil’s CD’s and books: https://f...

Sep 22, 20211 hr 22 min

Episode 264: Heidi Kristenson (Banjo Duets)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Needlecase (0:50) * Spotted Pony (12:02) * Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41) * Dull Chisel (34:18) * Roscoe (41:18) * Bonus track: Old Molly Hare Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like ...

Sep 15, 202147 min

Episode 263: River Scheuerell (Playing Banjo on Other Instruments and the Olympia Old Time Community)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is River Scheuerell. We recorded this a few weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * James Roberts’ Tune (0:39) * Lost Girl (20:10) * Highlander’s Farewell (29:48) * Karen Collins’ Tune (39:39) * Billy in the Lowground (46:15) * Bonus track: Bound to Have a Little Fun River’s website: https://www.riverscheuerell.com/ Buy River and Sage’s album ...

Sep 08, 202151 min

Episode 262: Robyn Burns (Oregon Fiddling and Earl White's Mark on Portland)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Robyn Burns. We recorded this a few weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Maiden Rock Waltz (0:38) * Possum on a Rail (10:57) * Folding Down the Sheets (16:22) * Boll Weevil (28:12) * Katie Dear (33:26) * Bonus track: Chinese Breakdown Buy Robyn Burns’ album Learning in the Dark on Bandcamp: https://robynburns.bandcamp.com/releases Visit ...

Sep 01, 202137 min

Episode 261: Brian Zimmerman (Midwestern Old Time and Standard A Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brian Zimmerman. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Shipping Port (1:15) * Five Miles To Town (22:36) * Jack of Diamonds (37:43) * The Fox Chase (49:18) * Give the Fiddler a Dram (58:09) * Bonus track: Centerville Visit No Name String Band’s website: https://nonamestringband.com/ Buy their albums at their band...

Aug 25, 20211 hr 4 min

Episode 260: Lillian and Adam Kology (Making Instruments, Old Time In-Laws, and Boston Thumbs-Up Style)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Lillian and Adam Kology. We recorded in July at the Harry Smith Frolic in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Tunes and songs in this episode: * La Grondeuse (1:07) * Oak Ridge Stomp (17:22) * Wimbush Rag (25:37) * Old Mother Flanagan (41:44) * Sand Lake (via Crooked Jades) (48:51) * Bonus track: Salty River Reel Visit the Kology Violins website: https://www.kologyviolins.com/ Follow Adam on Instagram:...

Aug 18, 202153 min

Episode 259: Wendy Robinson and Phil Watson (The Harry Smith Frolic and the Legacy of Jon Bekoff)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Wendy Robinson and Phil Watson. We recorded this last month at the Harry Smith Frolic in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Tunes and songs in this episode: * What Made the Wildcat Wild (1:39) * Jon Bekoff’s Little Birdie (15:09) * Cotton Baggin’ (24:09) * Blackberry Waltz (35:03) * Crockett’s Honeymoon (47:47) * Bonus track: Tanner’s Reel Harry Smith Frolic’s website: http://www.sacrasoft.com/HarrySm...

Aug 11, 202152 min

Episode 258: Bach Bui and Alex Kramer (G Tunes in F, Treyf Old Time, and Armchair Epidemiology)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Bach Bui and Alex Kramer. We recorded this at the Harry Smith Frolic in Greenfield, Massachusetts a few weeks ago. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Blue Goose (in F) (1:36) * Old Yeller Dog Went Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (in F) (15:06) * Ghost Woman Blues (33:53) * High Up on Tug (in F) (46:54) * Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap (in F) (57:02) * Bonus track: Marcus Martin’s Boatsman (in...

Aug 04, 20211 hr 6 min

Presents: Basic Folk with Mali Obomsawin

It's a Basic Folk feed drop! Subscribe to Basic Folk wherever you get podcasts, and visit them online at http://basicfolk.com/. Mali Obomsawin (http://www.maliobomsawin.com/) is the mighty bassist/songwriter/singer from Lula Wiles (http://www.lulawiles.com/), whose musical talents run tandem to her activist spirit. She really had no choice in the matter, seeing that her parents met through their advocacy for Abenaki and First Nations sovereignty battles. Mali’s dad is a member of the Odanak Aben...

Aug 01, 20211 hr 1 min
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