Get Up in the Cool
422 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 196 ratingsGet 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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Episode 264: Heidi Kristenson (Banjo Duets)
September 15, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWelcome 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...
Episode 263: River Scheuerell (Playing Banjo on Other Instruments and the Olympia Old Time Community)
September 08, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 262: Robyn Burns (Oregon Fiddling and Earl White's Mark on Portland)
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBWelcome 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 ...
Episode 261: Brian Zimmerman (Midwestern Old Time and Standard A Tunes)
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWelcome 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 thei...
Episode 260: Lillian and Adam Kology (Making Instruments, Old Time In-Laws, and Boston Thumbs-Up Style)
August 18, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBWelcome 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 Inst...
Episode 259: Wendy Robinson and Phil Watson (The Harry Smith Frolic and the Legacy of Jon Bekoff)
August 11, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWelcome 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/Ha...
Episode 258: Bach Bui and Alex Kramer (G Tunes in F, Treyf Old Time, and Armchair Epidemiology)
August 04, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBWelcome 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 Boatsma...
Presents: Basic Folk with Mali Obomsawin
August 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBIt'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 A...
Episode 257: Em Hammond (Old Time Banjo, Bass, and Flatfooting)
July 28, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Em Hammond (with special guest musician Rachel Eddy!). We recorded this in their home in the DC area a few weeks ago. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Kansas City Reel (1:37) * Newt Payne’s Tune (13:18) * If I Needed You (34:28) * My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It (46:50) * Billy in the Lowground (55:22) * Bonus track: Grey Eagle Buy the Old Time Sweethearts albums! http://dittyville.com/store...
Episode 256: Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater (Falling on the Melody, One Way or Another)
July 21, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Nicole Ball and Max Rainwater. We recorded this in my front yard a few weeks ago. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Florida Blues (1:34) * Kenny Baker’s Sail Away Ladies (22:26) * Old Yeller Dog Come Trottin Through the Meetinghouse (35:13) * Three In One Two-Step (45:26) * Beaumont Rag (54:06) * Bonus track: Chattanooga Visit The Mapletones’ website! https://mapletones.band/ Leo Dance ...
Episode 255: Dear Crow (Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay)
July 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Dear Crow, Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay! We recorded this back in June in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Hollow Poplar (2:32) * Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Hunting the Buffalo (18:11) * Liza Jane / Indian Corn (30:40) * Waiting for the Ferry with the Boys (43:03) * The Band Waltz (56:08) * Bonus track: May Day Waltz Visit Dear Crow’s website: https://dearcrowmusi...
Episode 254: McKain Lakey (Polyphony, Bad-Ass Ladies, and a Full-Circle Hodge-Podge of Joy)
July 07, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is McKain Lakey! We recorded this on Monday in my front yard. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Sugar in My Coffee (2:18) * The Silk Merchant’s Daughter (17:22) * Johnny On the Water (31:33) * I Have Found the Way (40:13) * Cicadas (1:01:19) * Bonus track: Bowling Green Visit McKain Lakey’s website to buy her albums, follow her on social media, and check her tour schedule: https://www.mckainla...
Episode 253: Palmer T. Lee (Old Time Melodic Three-Finger Banjo)
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Palmer T. Lee! We recorded this a few weeks ago in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Ducks on the Pond (0:41) * Glory in the Meetinghouse (14:36) * When First Unto this Country (24:40) * Elk River Blues (31:02) * Tennessee Politics (40:59) * Bonus track: Roscoe’s Gone Visit The Lowest Pair’s website: https://thelowestpair.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelo...
Episode 252: Jesse Partridge (Trad Music Barriers, David Kaynor, and Queer Optics)
June 23, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Jesse Partridge! We recorded this a week and a half ago in Olympia, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Remember What You Told Me (0:40) * Bearen Dance (13:27) * Sweet Nell (Rob Pine and Jim Mullany) (23:43) * The Talencore (39:29) * Crossing the Little Doe River (44:58) * Bonus track: Kennesaw Mountain Rag Buy the Vashon Sessions albums: https://thevashonsessions.bandcamp.com/ D...
Episode 251: String and Shadow (Puppets, Masks, Busking, and Old Time)
June 16, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Emily McHugh and Donald Palardy of String & Shadow! We recorded this on Sunday in Olympia, Washington, in a barn at the house of Emily Teachout, Erik Neatherlin and former guest of the show Ruby Neatherlin of the Sassafras Sisters. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Goddess (1:47) * Shady Grove (13:50) * Reel de Joie (29:26) * Going Down to Georgia O (41:09) * Julianne Johnson (46:24) * B...
Episode 250: Judy Hyman (The Horseflies, Ithaca Style Old Time, and Inevitable Change in Tradition)
June 09, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Judy Hyman and special guest accompanist Jeff Claus! We recorded this about a week and a half ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Sandy River (2:53) * Norman Edmonds’ Old Cotton Eyed Joe (15:25) * Norman Edmonds’ Ship in the Clouds (31:35) * Long Tailed Duck (44:18) * Flatwoods (56:10) * Bonus track: Pretty Little Widow Visit Judy H...
Episode 249: The Wules (Christina Osborn and Michael Cullinan)
June 02, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are The Wules, Christina Osborn and Michael Cullinan! I recorded them yesterday in my front yard, no masks, not socially distant, because we’re all vaccinated. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Old Time Billy in the Lowground (1:07) * Roscoe (9:59) * Turkey Tracks (23:22) * L&N Rag (32:12) * Farewell Trion (45:27) * Bonus track: Five Miles from Town Follow The Wules on Instagram: https://www...
Episode 248: E.V. Sheldon (Senseless, Post-Rational Love)
May 26, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is E.V. Sheldon! I recorded them a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * The Death of John Henry (1:51) * The Tongue Unknown (17:17) * My Time Done Come (32:56) * Cluck Ol’ Hen (51:23) * Lily Brown (1:04:58) * Bonus track: Annachie Gordon Contact E.V. Sheldon: [email protected] Subscribe to E.V. Sheldon on YouTube: http...
Episode 247: Ethan Hawkins (Old Time Guitar and Fiddle)
May 19, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ethan Hawkins! We recorded this a couple weeks over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Come On Old Paint, Let's Get On Up That Hill (0:45) Sweet Marie (13:33) Maple on the Hill (21:56) Money in Both Pockets (30:48) Rose Had Her New Calf Late Last Spring (37:09) Bonus track: Needlecase Like and Follow Ethan Hawkins on Facebook: https://www.faceb...
Episode 246: Devon Flaherty (Collecting 78's and Banjo Self-Actualization)
May 12, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Devon Flaherty! We recorded this a couple weeks over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Camp Creek Boys’ Fire on the Mountain (1:04) * The Telephone Girl (17:03) * The Spotted Pony (28:09) * Shipping Port (44:25) * Down in the Old Home Town (54:24) * Bonus track: Nell Flaherty’s Drake Follow Devon Flaherty on Instagram: https://www.instagram...
Episode 245: Casey Murray & Molly Tucker (Writing Original Tunes and Contra Dance Music)
May 05, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 47.3 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Casey Murray & Molly Tucker! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Wilbur’s March (0:49) * First Parking Ticket / Newcastle (11:17) * Green Grows the Laurel (23:11) * Walnut Home (41:40) * Through the Gates (47:04) * Bonus track: Turtle in the Grass / Mariposa / Da Auld Foula Pre-order Casey Murray & Molly Tucke...
Episode 244: Gaye Harrison (Selections from Dear Old Illinois)
April 28, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gaye Harrison! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Crooked Road Walk Old Shoe, Heel Come A'Draggin Sailor Springs Prairie du Rocher Motion Molly Kiss Your Darling 4 & 20 Blackbirds Dancing on a Fawn Skin Bonus track: Wolf Creek Contact Gaye for Motherlode CD’s (I’ll forward any emails to her): http://getupinthecoo...
Episode 243: Sheila & Jesse (Twin Fiddling)
April 21, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Sheila & Jesse! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Grayson Dervishes New Five Cent Piece Going Down to Georgia O Truck, then a Bird Shark Week Bonus track: Jenny Get Around This episode is brought to you in part by my dear friends at Earful of Fiddle who want to let you know about a special event coming THIS SA...
Episode 242: Kalia Yeagle (Professing Old Time Music, Asking Better Questions, and the Alaska Fiddle Sound)
April 14, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kalia Yeagle! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Cowan Powers’ Paddy on the Turnpike Old Cumberland J.D. Harris’ Grey Eagle Sugar in the Coffee Charlie Bowman’s Forked Deer Bonus track: Cowtown Rag Preorder happy again at Bill and the Belles’ website: https://billandthebelles.com/ And like and follow them on so...
Episode 241: Seth Shumate (Old Time Harmonica)
April 07, 2021 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Seth Shumate! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Bill Cheatham Blowin’ the Quills Old Hen Cackle Pike’s Peak Dunbar Bonus track: Soldier’s Joy Visit The Ozark Highballers’ website and buy their albums: https://www.theozarkhighballers.com/ Subscribe to Seth Shumate’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user...
Episode 240: Carling Berkhout (Paths to Old Time, Writing Original Tunes, and Musical Identity)
March 31, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carling Berkhout! We recorded this two weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Indian Summer Mulberry Sky Omen Wandering Boy Quince Dillon Bonus track: Angeline the Baker Visit Carling & Will’s website: https://carlingandwill.com/ Buy their albums: https://carlingandwill.bandcamp.com/ Like and Follow them on Facebook: https://www.f...
Episode 239: Sarah Kate Morgan (Mountain Dulcimer)
March 24, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sarah Kate Morgan! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Cumberland Gap Muddy Creek / Weddington’s Reel The Raunchy Old Rag See That Rainbow Shine Geese a’Honkin’ / Maysville Bonus track: Goodbye My Honey I’m Gone Visit Sarah Kate Morgan’s website: https://www.sarahkatemorgan.com/ Follow her on Facebook: ...
Episode 238: Dante and Eros Faulk (Old Time, Celtic, and Original Cello and Fiddle Music)
March 17, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Dante & Eros Faulk! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Billy in the Lowground Lost Shades The Star of Munster Artisanal Grilled Cheese O’Sullivan’s March / Hangman’s Reel Bonus track: Mirage Get Up in the Cool is brought to you in part this week by the Handmade Music School in Floyd Virginia. Now offe...
Episode 237: Betse and Clarke (The Music in the Water)
March 10, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Betse & Clarke! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Going Across the Sea Walk Along John Question to Lay Your Burden Down Dry and Dusty/I Ride an Old Paint January Waltz Bonus track: Goner Visit https://www.betseandclarke.com/ to study with Betse & Clarke, hire them for studio work, and book them! Buy ...
Episode 236: Shohei Tsutsumi (Old Time Electric Guitar)
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Shohei Tsutsumi! We recorded this about a month ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Pretty Polly Emily West (https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/perspectives-african-american-history/yellow-rose-texas-ironic-origins-state-song/) Greasy Coat Little Maggie Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand Bonus track: Did You Ev...
Episode 235: Cameron Knowler (Old Time Sensitive Flatpicker)
February 24, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Cameron Knowler! We recorded this a few weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Old Beech Leaves/Sonora Road Tombigbee Waltz/Blake’s March Kuyina Farewell Trion Monroe’s Farewell to Long Hollow Bonus track: Norman Blake’s Done Gone Buy Guitars Have Feelings Too (Cameron Knowler’s flatpicking instructional book) and Pre-order “Anticip...
Episode 234: Sophie Wellington (Loves Her Complex)
February 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington, with special guest guitarist Dan Bui! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Bound to Have a Little Fun Marion Reece’s Cumberland Gap Sullivan’s Hollow Bugs in the Taters Granddad’s Favorite Bonus track: Hy Patillion Visit Sophie Wellington’s website: https://www.sophiewellington.com/ Follow Soph...
Episode 233: Beverly Street String Band (Janie Rothfield, Allan Carr, and Bill Wellington)
February 10, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Janie Rothfield, Allan Carr, and Bill Wellington of the Beverly Street String Band! We recorded this a few weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Breakin’ Up Christmas Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel Porter’s Reel Theo’s Waltz Goodbye Miss Liza Jane Bonus track: Jake Phelps’ Durang’s Hornpipe Follow Beverly Street String Band on F...
Episode 232: Eden and Lukas Pool (The Ozark Banjo Co.)
February 03, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Eden and Lukas Pool! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Mike in the Wilderness Hills of Mexico Sandy River Bonaparte’s Retreat Polly Put the Kettle On Bonus track: Keep on the Sunny Side Visit The Ozark Banjo Co. website for lessons, banjos, and their album The Lost Gander: https://ozarkbanjo.com/ Sign up for...
Episode 231: Annie Staninec (The Bluegrass vs. Old Time Dichotomy, Improvisation, and Musical Upbringing)
January 27, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Annie Staninec! We recorded this in person, outside my front door, socially distant back in early November. Tunes and songs in this episode: Salt River Steely Rag Old Dirty Boot (Betse Ellis original) All the Way Across Texas (Paul Schelasky original) I’ve Always Been a Rambler Bonus track: Elzic’s Farewell Annie Staninec’s website: https://anniestaninec.com/ Follow Annie on Facebook for li...
Episode 230: Isa Burke (Fiddle Camp, Murder Ballad Discourse, and Choosing a Music Career)
January 20, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.7 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Isa Burke! We recorded last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: What Will We Do If We Have No Money Golden Ticket Bad Guy Rymer’s Favorite Wake Up Bonus track: Hares on the Mountain Visit Isa Burke’s website to subscribe to her newsletter, inquire about lessons, and find other ways to support her music: https://isaburke.com/ Visit Lu...
Episode 229: Alicia Jardine (Clawhammering Swedish Tunes and Queering Traditional Music)
January 13, 2021 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alicia Jardine! We recorded in December over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Halling efter Tuven Bockeluras Polska Vals efter Pål Karl Cindy Scotchman Scotchman Bonus track: Red Rocking Chair Like and Follow Happy Heartaches on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HappyHeartaches/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyheartaches/ S...
Episode 228: Ken Kolodner (Hammered Dulcimer)
January 06, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ken Kolodner! We recorded in December over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Oklahoma Rooster Coleman’s March Southern Cross Cowboy Waltz / Down Home Waltz Lonesome John Bonus track: North Carolina Breakdown Ken Kolodner’s website: https://www.kenkolodner.com/ Ken and Brad’s website: https://www.kenandbrad.com/ Buy Ken’s albums: https://shop...
Episode 227: Brandon Olszewski (Tradition vs. Evolution and How to Build an Old Time Scene)
December 30, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brandon Olszewski! We recorded this in October, 6 feet apart in Melissa Takush’s backyard in Eugene, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: Lawry’s Reel New Five Cents Pig Ankle Rag Duck’s Eyeball Wish I’d Stayed in the Wagon Yard Bonus track: Cincinnati Rag Breakers Yard’s: https://breakersyardmusic.com/ Mud City Old Time Society: http://www.mudcityoldtime.org/ Get your early bird tickets ...
Episode 226: Melissa Takush (Old Time Music Community Building)
December 23, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Melissa Takush! We recorded this in October, 6 feet apart in her backyard in Eugene, OR. Tunes and songs in this episode: Roscoe Gentleman From Virginia Waynesboro Skagit (Gabrielle Macrae original) In the Moment (Jane Rothfield original) Bonus track: I’ll Reap What I’ve Sown (Rhys Jones original) Mud City Old Time Society: http://www.mudcityoldtime.org/ Get your early bird tickets for the...
Episode 225: Morgan Harris (Old Time Guitar)
December 16, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MB*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 friend is Morgan Harris! We recorded last month over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Sid Hemphill’s Rye Straw * Lost Girl * High Up On Tug * Ducks on the Millpond * Benton’s Dream * Bonus track: Yew Piney Mountain Visit Morg...
Episode 225: Mark Harris (Old Time Guitar)
December 16, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Harris! We recorded last month over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Sid Hemphill’s Rye Straw Lost Girl High Up On Tug Ducks on the Millpond Benton’s Dream Bonus track: Yew Piney Mountain Visit Mark’s website to buy his album Old Time Guitar, find his YouTube channel, and contact him for guitar lessons: https://www.markharrisguitar.com/ ...
Episode 224: Kathleen Parks (Bluegrass, Songwriting, and Altruism)
December 09, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kathleen Parks! We recorded last month over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes and songs in this episode: Willow Creek Other Than Yourself $7.50 to Denmark Spider Shoe Long Hot Summer Day Bonus track: Blue Yodel Number Three Visit Kathleen Parks’ website for fiddle lessons, recordings, and news: http://www.kathleenparksmusic.com/ Visit Twisted Pine’s website: https://ww...
Episode 223: Molly McBride (Gatekeeping, Compulsory Heterosexuality, and Old Time Erotic Fiction)
December 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Molly McBride! We recorded this in October in Melissa Takush’s backyard in Eugene, Oregon, 6 feet apart. Tunes in this episode: Goodbye My Honey I’m Gone Brass Town Byard Ray’s Polly Put the Kettle On Elderberry, Maple, and a Cow’s Horn Benton Flippen’s Bile Them Cabbages Down Bonus track: Jake’s Got a Belly Ache Come watch “Georgia On Our Minds” on Sunday, December 6th at 5:30pm, Pacific! ...
Episode 222: Adam Hurt (Gourd Banjo)
November 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the final week of Get Up in the Cool month; the month where I release some extra-special interviews I’ve been saving in hopes that you’ll support the show. This week’s friend is Adam Hurt! We recorded this a few weeks ago over skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Bowback Horses in the Canebrake / The Morning Star Biddy Wolves in the Wood Lily of the Valley Bonus track...
Episode 221: Kaia Kater (Non-Consensual Mentors, The Death Knell of the CD Table, and Overeager Allies)
November 18, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBWelcome 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 saved some very special interviews hoping you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s friend is songwriter, old time musician, and banjoist Kaia Kater. We recorded this last month over skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Little Pink Valley Forge Undone in Sorrow Skating on the Harbourfront (Chris Coole (https://www.chris...
Episode 220: Kim Johnson (Playing Banjo with the Great West Virginia Fiddlers)
November 11, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBWelcome 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; I’ve been saving some very special interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. This week’s friend is Kim Johnson, banjo player for legendary West Virginia fiddlers such as Frank George, Lester McCumbers, and Wilson Douglas. Also joining us on the fiddle is Cody Jordan, her bandmate in The Modock Rounders. We recorded this last month over skype and...
Episode 219: Elizabeth LaPrelle (Old Time Ballads)
November 04, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the first week Get Up in the Cool month; I’ve been saving up some very exciting interviews in hopes that you’ll be moved to support the show. Which is why this week’s friend is ballad singer and banjoist Elizabeth LaPrelle. We recorded this last month over skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Songs in this episode: The Wagoner’s Lad The Hills of Mexico The House Carpenter Love Has Brought Me To...
Episode 218: The Vox Hunters (Filipin{x/a/o} Music)
October 28, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Armand Aromin and Benedict Gagliardi of The Vox Hunters! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Magtanim ay di Biro (Planting Rice is No Joke) Chotis Vintarina Prelude Etnika The Violin Maker’s Alphabet Have You Got a Girlfriend Yet? Jesusita en Chihuahua (Palo-sebo) Bonus track: Cariñosa The Vox Hunters’ website: https://th...
Episode 217: Linda Danielson (Oregon Old-Time Fiddling)
October 21, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Linda Danielson! We recorded this last weekend in person, socially distanced, in her carport in Eugene, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Spruce Topper’s Polka Soldier’s Joy My Dad’s Polish Wedding Waltz Little Burnt Potato Sacramento Mountain Rag Bonus track: Paddy on the Handcar “Live and Kickin’” from the Slow Ponies, can be purchased at bandcamp.com or on the Ponies’ website: https://www.s...