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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 346: Jhana Allan (Old Time, Romanian Music, and Songwriting)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jhana Allan. We recorded this back in February in Kansas City. Tune in this episode: * Elzic’s Farewell (0:34) * The Concert Reel (11:11) * Hora Moldoveneasca (21:58) * Scheming Plans (Jhana Allan original) (34:18) * Chapel Hill Deer Stalk (George Jackson original) (46:47) * Bonus track: Shaking Down the Acorns JhanaAllanMusic on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jhanaallanmusic/) Sign up for...

Apr 12, 202352 min

Episode 345: Sweater Weather String Band (The Cascadia Book of Fiddle Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Sweater Weather String Band. We recorded this last month in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tune in this episode: * Grandma’s in the Kitchen (She Ain’t Got No Shoes On) (1:49) * Coyote Highway (13:46) * Little Pine Siskin (20:02) * Blossom Bar / Mule Canyon (28:55) * The Star of Munster (35:46) * Bonus track: The Sun Sets Faster Every Day Visit Sweater Weather String Band’s website (https://sweat...

Apr 05, 202339 min

Episode 344: Flynn Cohen (Edden Hammons, Irish Music, and Flatpicking Fiddle Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Flynn Cohen. We recorded this last month in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tune in this episode: * Shetland Jumper / Andrea Corr’s Jig (1:20) * Fine Times at Our House / The Falls of Richmond (15:28) * Young Emily (33:03) * The Girl Who Broke My Heart / Murphy’s Hornpipe / Tuamgraney Castle (37:57) * Neo-Gothic Revival Breakdown (45:27) * Bonus track: Fletch Taylor / The Cleveland Boy Flynn Cohen’...

Mar 29, 202349 min

Episode 343: Tray Wellington (Bluegrass Banjo and Oppositional Self Expression)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass. Tune in this episode: * Half Past Four (1:20) * Squirrel Hunters (21:55) * Crooked Mind (Tray Wellington original) (33:41) * Moon in Motion One (Tray Wellington original) (41:02) * Valley Forge (49:06) * Bonus track: Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting Tray Wellington’s website (https://traywellington.com/) Follow ...

Mar 22, 202355 min

Episode 342: Carolyn Kendrick (Old Time Identity vs. Old Time Enjoyment)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Carolyn Kendrick. We recorded this a few weeks ago in Bellevue, Washington on the last day of Wintergrass. Tunes in this episode: * Hooker’s Hornpipe (0:54) * Muddy Creek (12:32) * Over the Hill (21:02) * Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting (26:21) * Jenny on the Railroad (33:30) * Bonus track: L&N Rag Carolyn Kendrick’s website (https://www.carolynkendrick.com/) Follow them on Instagram (https...

Mar 15, 202339 min

Episode 341: Amelia and Dirk Powell (Making and Sustaining Musical Family)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass. Songs in this episode: * Greasy Coat (1:04) * Jack of Diamonds (11:32) * Breakin’ Up Christmas (23:01) * I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly (Dirk Powell original) (35:02) * Fortune (42:25) * Bonus track: Polecat Blues Visit Dirk ...

Mar 08, 202347 min

Episode 340: Noah VanNorstrand (Playing for Contras and Trad Music Family)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Noah VanNorstrand. We recorded this in an AirBnB in Kansas City about a month ago. Tunes in this episode: * Christmas Eve (0:37) * Billy in the Lowground (16:25) * Asheville Farewell (Noah VanNorstrand original) (26:24) * Wingspan (Noah VanNorstrand original) (41:04) * Ways of the World (49:14) * Bonus track: Apple Blossom Great Bear Music’s website (https://greatbearmusic.com/) Follow them on I...

Mar 01, 202353 min

Episode 339: Cristina Vane (Old Time Banjo, Delta blues, and Songwriting)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Cristina Vane. We recorded this a few weeks ago in her home in Nashville. Songs in this episode: * Pretty Little Shoes (0:39) * Duck River (11:25) * The Mountain (Cristina Vane original) (22:29) * Nine Pound Hammer (33:21) * Backstep Cindy (38:38) * Bonus track: Rock Andy Follow Cristina Vane on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cristinavanemusic/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cristinav...

Feb 22, 202342 min

Episode 338: Rachel Krause (Sensitive Missouri Fiddle Tunes, Bethel Youth Fiddle Camp, and Music for the Body)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rachel Krause. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in their home in Kansas City, Missouri. Songs in this episode: * Lee Stoneking’s Sally Johnson (0:40) * Old Grey Goose (14:34) * Old Mother McCarthy (37:56) * Johnny Don’t Come Home Drunk (55:36) * The Red Fox Waltz (1:03:10) * Bonus track: Mississippi Snagboat Rachel Krause on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/_sauer.krause/) The Oddball Hoe...

Feb 15, 20231 hr 7 min

Episode 337: Meredith Moon (Folk Revival, Recorded Friends, and Bob Carlin Confidence)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Meredith Moon. We recorded this last weekend in Kansas City, Missouri. Songs in this episode: * Soldier’s Joy (0:34) * Black Eyed Susie (9:34) * The Hills of Mexico (15:31) * Waterbound (23:06) * Snowdrop (27:21) * Bonus track: Chilly Winds Visit Meredith Moon’s website to pre-order her new album Constellations and see her tour dates! (https://www.meredithmoon.com/) Buy tickets to her album rele...

Feb 08, 202330 min

Episode 336: Corner House (Brighton House, Berklee, and Paths to Old Time Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Corner House. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Farewell Trion (0:39) * Muddy Creek (12:51) * Mags’ 21st (28:39) * Rolling Home (45:50) * Caribou Party (55:34) * Bonus track: They Stole My Wife Last Night Corner House’s website (https://www.cornerhouseband.com/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellocornerhouse/) Facebook (https://www.facebook....

Feb 01, 20231 hr

Episode 335: The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee (Old Time Music as Performance)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny! Songs in this episode: * 16 Days in Georgia (0:51) * Wild Over Me (15:25) * Let Me Fall (31:49) * I’ll Be No Stranger There (49:35) * Cold Wind (58:38) * Bonus track: East Virginia Blues No. 1 Alum Ridge Boys (https://alumridgeboys.com/) and their Facebook (https://www.face...

Jan 25, 20231 hr 3 min

Episode 334: Sujata Allan (Sourcing Music from Friends and Naming Tunes After Dogs)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sujata Allan. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Fortune (0:53) * Sleepy Cooper (Sujata Allan original) (12:55) * Possum on a Rail (22:42) * Mist in the Valley / Crumpet Amongst the Chickens (Jhana Allan originals) (35:33) * Dorrigo (42:51) * Bonus track: Nest of Leaves (Sujata Allan original) Whoa Mule on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/4f91...

Jan 18, 202351 min

Episode 333: Karen Dale (Old Time, Irish, and Contra Dance Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Karen Dale. We recorded this on Monday in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Banished Misfortune (1:20) * Over the Waterfall (20:32) * Elzic’s Farewell (33:04) * Miss McLeod’s Reel / Hop Light Ladies (47:52) * Da D Jig / Crossing Over (1:04:47) * Bonus track: Over the Moor to Maggie / Waynesboro Find out more about Karen Dale’s Tune Explorers series! https://trailjams.org/events/t...

Jan 11, 20231 hr 9 min

Episode 332: Patrick Gunning (Melodic Old Time Guitar, Cittern, and Swedish Fiddle)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Patrick Gunning. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Sandy River Belle (in D) (1:25) * Skråp-Ollas Polska efter Glysen (22:26) * Sexdrega Polonӓs #32 (45:55) * Slӓngpolska från Mörkö (55:39) * Road to Malvern (1:01:15) * Bonus track: Coondog Thanks to Anna Sandys Violins for sponsoring this episode! http://www.sandysviolin.com/ Stay tuned for news on L...

Jan 04, 20231 hr 6 min

Episode 331: Devin Forest-Hines (Bring Nonchalant Back to Old Time)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Devin Forest-Hines. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Boatin’ Up Sandy (0:58) * Give My Dogs Away (14:29) * West Virginia Highway (28:39) * Sugar in the Gourd (34:56) * Cousin Sally Brown (46:19) * Bonus track: Salyer’s Barlow Knife Book Rats Gone to Rest for your square dance: ratsgonetorest@gmail.com Sign up for my January beginner and intermediate...

Dec 28, 202251 min

Episode 330: Dave Mount (Old Time Phases, Kentucky Square Bowing, and Learning Fiddle Under Pressure)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dave Mount. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Uncle Bunt Stephens’ Sail Away Ladies (0:32) * Rooshin’ Rabbit (8:06) * Bob Walters’ Cuckoo’s Nest (23:26) * Bill Driver’s Scott #2 (28:04) * The Beaux (36:23) * Bonus track: Thomas Dillon’s Grey Eagle Subscribe to Dave Mount YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gambarunner Sign up for my January beginner an...

Dec 21, 202239 min

Episode 329: Don Minnerly (Learning from Tommy Jarrell)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Don Minnerly. We recorded this last week in his home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Arkansas Traveler (1:34) * Jimmy Sutton (12:42) * Cumberland Gap (18:13) * John Henry (27:48) * June Apple (31:28) * Bonus track: John Brown’s Dream Love old-time music, dance, art, & craft? Immerse yourself in Appalachian culture at the beautiful John C. Campbell Folk School. Located in Western No...

Dec 14, 202236 min

Episode 328: Lillian Sawyer (Leaving Bluegrass for Sparkly Tunes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lillian Sawyer. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR. Songs in this episode: * Golden Ticket (1:02) * Willow Creek (14:21) * Polska i Smålandstradition (31:38) * Booth Shot Lincoln (39:31) * Jeff Sturgeon (45:15) * Bonus track: Chinquapin Hunting Love old-time music, dance, art, & craft? Immerse yourself in Appalachian culture at the beautiful John C. Campbell Folk School. L...

Dec 07, 202251 min

Episode 327: Kendl Winter (Clawhammer and Three-Finger Banjo)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kendl Winter (and maybe a special guest in the middle of the episode). We recorded this last weekend at her home in Olympia, WA. Songs in this episode: * Farewell Princeton (1:25) * Sandy Boys (12:50) * Escape from Yellowstone (Palmer T. Lee original) (25:20) * This House (Adam Roszkiewicz original) (31:24) * Lost Girl (38:04) * Bonus track: Roscoe’s Gone (Hank Bradley original) Visit The Lowest...

Nov 30, 202242 min

Episode 326: Maya Whitmont and Melissa Mark (Old Time in the Pacific Northwest)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Maya Whitmont and Melissa Mark. We recorded this last weekend at their home in Seattle. Songs in this episode: * Tater Roll (0:47) * Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (14:31) * Lafayette (27:52) * Betsy (45:22) * Twinkle Little Star (51:01) * Bonus track: Sally Johnson Love old-time music, dance, art, & craft? Immerse yourself in Appalachian culture at the beautiful John C. Campbell Folk School...

Nov 23, 202254 min

Episode 325: Chris Bracken and Nicole Singer (Social Singing and Centering Youth in Traditional Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Chris Bracken and Nicole Singer. We recorded this two weekends ago at Raise the Rafters Traditional Song Weekend in Rhododendron, OR. Songs in this episode: * Cape Cod Girls (1:20) * Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron (18:44) * Bright Morning Stars (29:38) * Rattlin’ Bog (52:16) * Three Jolly Fisherman (58:17) * Bonus track: Pleasant and Delightful Registration opens December 1st for Youth Tra...

Nov 16, 20221 hr 3 min

Episode 324: Mary Garvey (Writing Regional Traditional Songs)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mary Garvey. We recorded this last weekend at Raise the Rafters Traditional Song Weekend in Rhododendron, OR. Songs in this episode: * Bring the Salmon Home (2:20) * Tie It Up and Let It Rot (12:24) * The Forest and the Tree (18:30) * Oysterman (34:22) * The Harp that Once Through Tara’s Halls (39:39) * Astoria’s Bar (45:46) * Bonus track: Salmon Calling Song Email Mary to buy her CDs! maryogarv...

Nov 09, 202247 min

Episode 323: Jake Loew (MIDI Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Trolling, and Missouri Repertoire)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Loew. We recorded this in August at his home in Denver, Colorado. Tunes in this episode: * Arkansas Traveler (2:17) * Who’s Gonna Talk to Dinah (15:30) * Saddle Old Spike (27:35) * Wiley Laws (34:01) * Maysville (40:45) * Gilsaw (50:23) * Bonus track: Ship in the Clouds Buy and Stream Jake Loew’s album Return of the Son of Old-Time Fiddle: https://jakeloew.com/ Follow him on YouTube: https:...

Nov 02, 202253 min

Episode 322: Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose (Banjo Identity Crises and Bonus Notes)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado. Tunes in this episode: * Josie-O (0:51) * Katydid (13:50) * Hop High (26:36) * Heart of Mine (41:06) * Jinny Pup (50:06) * Bonus track: Little Billy Wilson Visit Sam’s website for their albums, merch, and lessons: https://samazmusic.com/ Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjosamjo/ and Ti...

Oct 26, 202253 min

Episode 321: Frank Evans (Clawhammer, Clifftop, and Nashville)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Frank Evans. We recorded this in August at Clifftop in West Virginia. Tunes in this episode: * Grub Springs (0:43) * Chinese Breakdown (10:33) * Miss McLeod’s Reel (20:24) * Muskrat (32:04) * Indian Ate the Woodchuck (39:25) * Bonus track: Arkansas Traveler Visit Frank Evans’ website to contact him for lessons: https://frankevansmusic.com/ Visit The Slocan Ramblers’ website: https://slocanramble...

Oct 19, 202244 min

Episode 320: Megan Lynch Chowning (Contest Fiddling, the Pleasure of Teaching, and The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Megan Lynch Chowning. We recorded this in August at the home of Rachel Baiman and George Jackson in Nashville, TN. Tunes in this episode: * Forked Deer (1:12) * Leather Britches (15:35) * St. Anne’s Reel (38:18) * John Rice (Hartford) (58:40) * Tennessee Politics (Hartford) (1:19:34) * Bonus track: Whiskey Before Breakfast Visit Megan’s website at https://www.fiddlestar.com/ Instagram https://ww...

Oct 12, 20221 hr 23 min

Episode 319: Stillhouse Junkies (Off the Clock Music)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Stillhouse Junkies. We recorded this in September at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: * Bob’s Farewell (2:06) * Dry and Dusty (23:33) * Roscoe (42:04) * Haskell Town (57:21) * Road to Malvern (1:11:12) * Bonus track: Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain Visit Stillhouse Junkies’ website to buy their new album Small Towns and check their tour schedule: https://stillhousejunkie...

Oct 05, 20221 hr 15 min

Episode 318: Bill Meyer (Old Time in the 70's and 80's)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Bill Meyer. We recorded this last week at his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: * Snowbird in the Ashbank (0:36) * Cotton Eyed Joe (09:39) * J.B. Miller’s Hornpipe (19:00) * Bob Wills Stomp (29:20) * Root Hog or Die (35:49) * Lake Erie (39:35) * Bonus track: Grand Spy Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, p...

Sep 28, 202244 min

Episode 317: Daniel Ullom (Old Time Mandolin, Guitar Dads, and Ella Haley)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Daniel Ullom. We recorded this last week at his home in Puyallup, Washington. Tunes in this episode: * Grey Eagle (0:51) * Wild Horse (11:24) * Ragtime Annie (24:44) * Haleys’ Ida Red (33:54) * Wild Hog in the Woods (43:18) * Bonus track: Clyde Davenport’s Lost Girl Visit Daniel Ullom’s website and buy his new album The Swannanoa Sessions: https://danielullom.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool on P...

Sep 21, 202249 min
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