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Get Up in the Cool

422 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 196 ratings

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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Episode 216: Karen Celia Heil (Dork Demographics, Visiting the Geezers, and The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention)

October 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Karen Celia Heil! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Possum Up a Gum Stump Clyde Davenport’s Blackberry Blossom The Kimble Family Bill Cheatham Marion Reece’s Jimmy Sutton Angeline the Baker Bonus track: Jim Bowles’ Calico Visit Karen Celia Heil’s website for lessons and to learn more about her projects: https://www.karenc...

Episode 215: Alex Sturbaum (Newfoundland tunes, Loomings, and Mitch McConnell)

October 07, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.1 MB

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 a couple days ago in front of my house, over 6 feet apart. Tunes and songs in this episode: Boxing Day Big Black Bird Like You Would / Kitty’s Gone A-Clinking / The Buffet Double Song for McConnell Tom Paine’s Bones Stand Steady Bonus track: Minnie White’s / Hughie Wentzell’s / Fogo Island Mussels (Singles) Alex Sturbaum’s website (bio, links to all albums, c...

Episode 214: Rachel Dunaway (Old Time Banjo)

September 30, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rachel Dunaway! We recorded this a couple weeks ago over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: L&N Rag Ashland Breakdown Logan County Blues Caroll County Blues Jeff Sturgeon Bonus track: Hell and Scissors Email Rachel Dunaway for banjo lessons: [email protected] Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get ...

Episode 213: Ian Boone (Has to Be the Only Person with this Banjo Origin Story)

September 23, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.2 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ian Boone! We recorded this in person on Monday evening on my front porch, 6 feet apart with masks. Tunes in this episode: Josie-O Old Aunt Jenny With Her Nightcap On Matokie Slaughter’s Georgie Lee Sexton’s Cumberland Gap Duck on a Mountain Bonus track: Matokie Slaughter’s Big Eyed Rabbit Follow Ian Boone on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ianbooneanimation/ Support Get Up in the Coo...

Episode 212: Matt Brown (Two-Finger Banjo)

September 16, 2020 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Matt Brown! We recorded this last week over Skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Songs in this episode: June Apple Wildwood Flower Wade Ward’s Shady Grove Down the Road Rachel Bonus track: Sandy River Belle Matt Brown’s Two-Finger Banjo site: https://twofingerbanjo.com/ Matt Brown’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/mattbrownsdream Matt Brown’s Two-Finger Facebook group: http...

Episode 211: Leela Grace (Family Bands, Songwriting, and Undoing Bad Music Education)

September 09, 2020 06:15 - 1 hour - 90.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Leela Grace! We recorded this last week in person in her backyard, a little more than six feet apart. Songs in this episode: Squirrel Hunters Water, Wood, and Wind Queen of the Earth, Child of the Stars Rock the Cradle Joe Sundown Bonus track: Needlecase Leela’s website: http://leelagracemusic.com Rose City Folk School website: http://rosecityfolkschool.com Her email address: leelagracemu...

Episode 210: Aaron Jonah Lewis (Classic Banjo and Ragtime)

September 02, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Aaron Jonah Lewis and special guest accompanist Grace van’t Hof! We recorded this in June for Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp, over Zoom in front of a lovely Zoom audience. Songs in this episode: Banjoland Walk Round Frog Legs Rag Three In One Two Step Freight Train Moan Bonus track: Albie’s Waltz Support Aaron Jonah Lewis on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronjonahlewis Visit Aar...

Episode 209: Grace van't Hof (Pop, Country, and Queerness in the Early 20th Century)

August 26, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Grace van’t Hof! We recorded this via Skype a few weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Songs in this episode: I’m Sad (Grace van’t Hof original) I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now My Wife Went Away And She Left Me Mr. Mary Blues Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now Bonus track: Sadegurer Chusidl Visit Grace van’t Hof’s website: http://www.gracevanthof.com/ Visit Sinner Friends’ w...

Episode 208: Maddie Witler (Mandolin in Old Time and Lateral Learning)

August 19, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maddie Witler! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Poplar Bluff Dunbar Cranberry Rock Cherry River Rag Bonaparte’s Retreat Bonus track: John Henry Della Mae on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/firstsongdancers/posts and website: https://www.dellamae.com/ Lonely Heartstring Band’s record with Maddie Witler: http://smarturl.i...

Episode 207: Nicole Singer (Traditional Unaccompanied Singing)

August 12, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nicole Singer! We recorded this via Skype two weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Long Hot Summer Day When I Get To The Other Side Way-Worn Traveler Nobody Knocking Witch Hazel Flower Bonus track: The Old Church Yard Visit Nicole’s website: https://nicolesinger.com/ Buy Nicole’s album Long Hot Summer Days: https://nicolesinger.bandcamp.com/releases Vi...

Episode 206: Rupert Deese (Far Flung Fiddle Contest)

August 05, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 90 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rupert Deese! We recorded this in person in July in front of my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Dull Chisel Willie Moore Wink the Other Eye Hand Me Down My Old White Hat Apple Blossom Bonus track: Waiting for Nancy Support and participate in the next Far Flung Fiddle Contest! https://www.patreon.com/farflungfiddlecontest Follow Far Flung Fiddle Contest on Facebook: https://...

Episode 205: Tatiana Hargreaves (Music For Others and Music For Yourself)

July 28, 2020 23:45 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tatiana Hargreaves! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Vesta Johnson’s Sugar In My Coffee-O Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy Denver Belle Emma Lee Dickerson’s Blackberry Blossom Laughing Boy Bonus track: Waynesboro Visit Tatiana Hargreaves’ website to buy her albums and contact her for lessons: https://www.tatianahargreaves.com/ ...

Episode 204: Brandi Pace (Decolonizing the Music Room)

July 22, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brandi Pace! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Brother Can You Spare a Dime Sittin’ On Top of the World Brandi’s Tune Say Darlin’ Say Feat. Phoenix Pace Fort Worth Blues Bonus track: Ain’t Misbehavin’ DONATE TO DECOLONIZE THE MUSIC ROOM: https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/donate Decolonizing the Music Room’s website: htt...

Episode 203: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (Hold Each Other Up)

July 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Hold Each Other Up Shout and Shine Jump Up Ginger Maybelle Played Guitar Tear Down the Fences Bonus track: Angeline the Baker Join email list at https://www.cathymarcy.com/ Follow on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathyandmarcy/ Take lessons online with ...

Episode 202: Josh Larios (Explains Low-Latency Online Jamming)

July 08, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Josh Larios! We recorded this via JamKazam last week, Josh in Seattle, me in Portland, and unlike my recent Skype episodes, we played the musical portions at the same time, while hearing each other, and this episode is all about how that is possible! Tunes in this episode: Five Miles of Ellum Wood Buffalo Gals Mace Bell’s Civil War March Five Miles to Town Nickerson’s Reel Bonus track: John...

Episode 201: Albin Ekman (Swedish Fiddle Music and Dance)

July 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 94.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Albin Ekman! We recorded this via Skype recently and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Handlarns Vals Chased Old Satan Polska efter Axel Sundström Swedish Drinking Song Kadrilj efter Lorens Brolin Farängladagen Slängpolska Andreas Dalgren Bonus track: Policeman Like and follow Happy Heartaches’ Facebook page: https://facebook.com/happyheartaches Follow Alb...

Episode 200: Cameron DeWhitt (Episode 200! Ft. Rachel Eddy)

June 24, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s guest HOST is Rachel Eddy! They graciously agreed to interview me for this, Get Up in the Cool’s 200th episode. We recorded this via Skype recently and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Porter’s Reel Sarah Armstong’s Paddy on the Turnpike The Heel and Toe Polka Grey Eagle Gays of the World Bonus track: Buffalo Girls Visit Rachel’s website to contact them for lessons, book...

Episode 199: Jake Blount (Spider Tales)

June 17, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 98.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards. Tunes in this episode: Old-Timey Grey Eagle Roustabout Brown Skin Baby The Angels Done Bowed Down Beyond This Wall Bonus track: Rocky Road to Dublin Buy Spider Tales from Bandcamp on June 19: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales And buy it on Free Dirt the rest of the ti...

Episode 198: Tony Mates (Old Time Community Service)

June 10, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tony Mates, with special guest guitarist Kate Lichtenstein! This is my last pre-covid 19 episode. We recorded this in Olympia Washington during the Oly Old Time Festival. Tunes in this episode: Midnight Serenade Coming Through the Canebrake (To Shoot the Buffalo) Little Brown Jug Chattanooga The Good Indian Bonus track: Muddy Roads Join the Seattle Old-Time Music group on Facebook for jam an...

Episode 197: Eric Schweizer (Old Time Fiddlers Associations, Bluegrass, and Trad Music Commitment Issues)

June 03, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Eric Schweizer! We recorded this over 6 feet apart, with masks, outside my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Soppin’ the Gravy Fisher’s Hornpipe Cincinnati Maple Sugar Salt Spring Cherokee Shuffle Bonus track: Happy Hollow/Walking Back to Texas Visit The Oly Mountain Boys’ website and preorder their new album! https://olymountainboys.com/ Like and Follow The Oly Mountain Boys...

How to help/where to donate! Support George Floyd and the protestors in Minneapolis

May 31, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 7.33 MB

Thanks to former guest of the show Sonya Badigian for compiling this awesome list! HOW TO HELP/WHERE TO DONATE: 1) Minnesota Freedom Fund - bailout fund https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate 2) Black Visions Collective https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ (donate button at bottom of page) 3) Communities Against Police Brutality https://www.cuapb.org/ 4) Reclaim The Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home 5) Support George's fiance Courteney as she takes time off work to mourn the loss of her...

Episode 196: Helen Hakanson (Hakanson Family Old Time Matriarch)

May 27, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Helen Hakanson, with special returning guest Ellie Hakanson. We recorded this at Helen’s home outside of Portland. Tunes in this episode: Ashokan Farewell Snow Deer I Love You Honey The Ballad of Anne Boleyn Keep on the Sunny Side Bonus track: Westphalia Waltz Join Helen and Ellie every Tuesday at 4:30 Pacific Time for a concert! https://www.facebook.com/elliehakanson/ Sign up for Earful ...

Episode 195: Ruthie Dornfeld (Likes a Lot of Things)

May 20, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ruthie Dornfeld. We recorded this back in February at her home in Seattle, Washington. Tunes in this episode: Piney Woods Gals Broken Down Gambler Ways of the World Cowboy’s Dream John Brown’s Dream Bonus track: The Belled Buzzard Check out Ruthie’s livestream concert with Covid Concerts II: Tradcafe Edition: https://www.fiddle-online.com/concerts/covid2.php Visit Ruthie’s website for lesson...

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! Dear Crow (Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay)

May 15, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.2 MB

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! A Plan B for my dear friends and former guests of the show whose incomes have been interrupted by COVID-19. And a plan B for you, my dear listeners, who otherwise would be watching these shows in person. In this episode former guests of the show Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay play a special set just for you as their duo, Dear Crow! Check out their earlier appearances on Get Up in the Cool here: https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/161 https://...

Episode 194: Collin Stackhouse (Has a New Album and No Tour)

May 13, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this a month ago in my front yard in Portland, Oregon, about 8 feet apart, with masks. Tunes in this episode: Donald Blue Spotted Pony Master of My Fate (Collin Stackhouse original) Pawtuxet (Armand Aromin original https://thevoxhunters.com/) Lockstep (Collin Stackhouse original) Bonus track: Far From Home Preorder Collin’s new album on Kickstarter: https://www...

Episode 193: Jerry Gallaher (Banjo Playing is Smoke and Mirrors)

May 06, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jerry Gallaher. We recorded this in February in Jerry’s home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: The Rooster Tone Blues Cider Mill Half-Shaved Mississippi Sawyer New River Train Bonus track: I’m Not Worried Download Piney Woods, Jerry’s album with Forest Carroll: https://www.amazon.com/Piney-Woods-Forrest-Carroll/dp/B06XWXKDJ4 Download The Hurricane Ridge Runners’ FRC album: https://fieldrec...

Episode 192: Ella Korth (Bluegrass Guitar and Clawhammer Banjo)

April 29, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ella Korth. We recorded this in February during the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, Washington. Tunes in this episode: Duck River Cindy Hard Times Come Again No More Whiskey Before Breakfast Pretty Fair Maid in the Garden Bonus track: Bold Riley Ella Korth’s website: https://ellakorth33.wixsite.com/mysite-1 Register for Cameron’s Old Town School of Folk Music Workshops for Single-String...

Episode 191: West of Roan (Channing Showalter and Annie Schermer)

April 22, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62.2 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Channing Showalter and Annie Schermer of West of Roan. We recorded this in February during the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia Washington. Tunes in this episode: Morningside Sweet Marie Molly’s Cut My Hair The Dowie Dens o Yarrow Trim the Wick/Friday Tune Bonus track: Sweet Nell West of Roan’s website: http://www.westofroan.com/ And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/westofroan/ An...

Episode 190: Joel Brown (Is Over 6 Feet Away, I Promise)

April 15, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joel Brown. We recorded this last week in my front yard in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Jawbone Bob Walters’ Tune Phoebe Ice Snowbirds on the Ashbank Ike Ward Bonus track: Burl Hammons’ Boatin’ Up Sandy Join the Quarantine Happy Hour Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1106385289724371/ Buy tickets for Cameron’s streaming set for Earful in the Parlour (or a day pass t...

Episode 189: Josh Larios (The Gateway Drug to Oldtime, Male Privilege, and Oldtime Etiquette in Digital Spaces)

April 08, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Josh Larios. We recorded this back in February at the Ballard Library in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Carthy Sisco’s Freda Fly By Night String Band’s Cumberland Gap Henry King’s Reel Bound to Have a Little Fun Sweet Nell (from Rob Pine and Jim Mullany) Pretty Little Shoes Bonus track: Lowery’s Quadrille Come to the Slower Than Dirt jam in Seattle and contact Josh to help out! https://sl...

Episode 188: Kate Lichtenstein (Bruce Greene Tunes, Voluntary Recorder Lessons, and the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering)

April 01, 2020 07:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kate Lichtenstein. We recorded this during the Oly Old Time Festival in February at the home of former guests of the show Ellie and Annie Davis from The Sassafras Sisters. Tunes in this episode: Moonlight Jenny Won’t You Get Some Good Old Cider Johnny Had a Wedding and Phoebe Wouldn’t Go Newport Breakdown Crockett’s Honeymoon Bonus track: Sugar Hill Like and Follow The Piney Gals on Facebook...

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! Steptune (Danielle Enblom, Oona Grady, and James Gascoyne)

March 27, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 62.3 MB

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! A Plan B for my dear friends and former guests of the show whose incomes have been interrupted by COVID-19. And a plan B for you, my dear listeners, who otherwise would be watching these shows in person. In this episode former guest of the show Danielle Enblom and her trio Steptune play some trad and original Irish music! Check out her earlier appearance on Get Up in the Cool here: https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/167 Virtual tip jar link - paypa...

Episode 187: Devon Legér (Acadian Fiddling)

March 25, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.1 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Devon Legér. We recorded this in February at his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Gigue à Jérome Québécois and Acadian St. Anne’s Reel Théotime à Six-pouces/Narcisse à John Cé fret su’l picassau Valse à Aurélien Jomphe Bonus track: Québécois Double File Learn more about Acadian fiddling: http://www.acadianfiddle.com/ Get Devon’s family band album: https://lafamilleleger.bandcamp.com/...

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! Andrew Finn Magill (Evolution of Irish & Scottish Fiddletunes in American Music)

March 20, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 54 MB

Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! A Plan B for my dear friends and former guests of the show whose incomes have been interrupted by COVID-19. And a plan B for you, my dear listeners, who otherwise would be watching these shows in person. In this episode, former guest of the show Andrew Finn Magill gives a thoroughly musical workshop on the evolution of Irish and Scottish Fiddletunes in American Music! Check out his earlier appearance on Get Up in the Cool here: https://getupintheco...

Episode 186: Kaitlin Chamberlin (Canadian Banjo Players)

March 18, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Kaitlin Chamberlin. We recorded this a few weeks ago at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: American Refugee (Chris Coole original) Wait a While (Old Man Luedecke original) Los Algodones (Kaitlin Chamberlin original) Love Song (Kaitlin Chamberlin original) Nancy Bonus tracks: Cherokee Shuffle Visit The High Quadra Ramblers’ website to buy their new album and check their tour...

Episode 185: W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow (Explain West Coast Trad Music in the 70's)

March 11, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are W.B. Reid and Bonnie Zahnow. We recorded this a few weeks ago at their home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Bulldog Rye Straw Tohono Special Polka A Lazy Farmer Boy I Once Loved a Sailor Bonus tracks: Hold That Woodpile Down Visit W.B. and Bonnie’s website for tour dates and to buy their album. That’s http://wbandbonnie.com/ W.B.’s band the Todalo Shaker’s website: http://todaloshakers....

Episode 184: Lisa Ornstein (Politcal Organizing, Trad Music Mentors, and Original Tunes)

March 04, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lisa Ornstein! We recorded this a few weeks ago at her home in Olympia during the Oly Old Time Gathering. Tunes in this episode: Lazy Kate Rochester Shaddish Reel St. Jean Fruit Fly Blues (Pete Sutherland original) Annie and Ellie (Lisa Ornstein original) Bonus tracks: June Apple Buy Lisa’s albums: http://lebruitcourtdanslaville.com/en/ Visit Lisa’s website: http://www.lisaornstein.com/ He...

Episode 183: Joe Seamons (NW Folk Music and What You Get When You Give Up Whiteness)

February 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Seamons! We recorded this at the house of future guests of the show WB Reid and Bonnie Zahnow in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Timberbound Pasture of Plenty Nail that Catfish to a Tree Oregon Again Single Girl Married Girl (featuring Briar) Bonus tracks: Who’s That Knocking at My Window Joebanjo.net: https://www.joebanjo.net/ Follow Joe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joebanjo...

Episode 182: Sami Braman (Of The Onlies)

February 19, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sami Braman of The Onlies! We recorded this at my home back in January during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. Tunes in this episode: Snow Town Karen Collins’ Tune Boogerman All Young (introduced as Grey Eagle) Thomas Dillon’s Grey Eagle Bonus tracks: Bob Walter’s Tune The Onlies’ website: http://theonlies.com/ And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theOnlies/ And Instagram: https://w...

Episode 181: Rina Rossi and AJ Srubas (Half of Steam Machine!)

February 12, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Rina Rossi and AJ Srubas of Steam Machine! We recorded this at my home during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering back in January. Tunes in this episode: Ladies on the Steamboat Casey’s Reel The Plantation Medley Sarah’s Reel My Mama Always Talked to Me Bonus tracks: Hooker’s Hornpipe Check out Steam Machine's website: https://www.steammachinemusic.com/ and their Facebook: https://www.fa...

Episode 180: The Sassafras Sisters (Live at The Portland Old Time Music Gathering)

February 05, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellie Davis, Ruby Neatherlin, and Annie Davis, AKA The Sassafras Sisters! We recorded this at the Portland Old Time Music Gathering back in January. Tunes in this episode: Woods and Fields (from The Paper Wings) Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss Great Big Taters in the Sandy Land Billy in the Lowground Long Black Veil (from Johnny Cash) Bonus tracks: Where’s that Preacher with the Rabbi’s W...

Episode 179: The Canote Brothers (Teaching Stringband Class, Old Time Community, and The Peculiar Modern Folk Process)

January 29, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Canote Brothers! We recorded this at my home a couple weeks ago during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. Tunes in this episode: Meat and Potatoes Sheeps and Goats Go to Pasture Stone Mountain Wobble Obama’s March to the Whitehouse Wilson Douglass’ Durang’s Hornpipe Down in the Old Hometown Bonus tracks: Cherokee Rag Visit The Canote Brothers’ website to buy their albums, check ou...

Episode 178: Mark Tamsula and Barbara Rosner (SW Pennsylvania Tunes)

January 22, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Mark Tamsula and Barbara Rosner! We recorded this at their room in the Northwest Portland Hostel last week during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. Tunes in this episode: Walter Ireland’s Reel Jim Brynner’s Quadrille Saratoga Hornpipe Harry Elliot’s The Jay Bird Bummer’s Reel Old Number Third Bonus tracks: Jinny in the Lowland Download Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers’ albums and che...

Episode 177: Jinny Macrae (Old Time Country Songs)

January 15, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jinny Macrae! We recorded this in my home in Portland Oregon last Friday. Tunes in this episode: I Am a Pilgrim Won’t You Come and Sing For Me Cousin Sally Brown Blue Kentucky Girl Highlander’s Farewell Jump the Mississippi Bonus tracks: Goodbye Girls I’m Going to Boston Portland Old Time Music Gathering’s website: http://bubbaguitar.com/gathering/ And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/por...

Episode 176: Fanny Rose (Kauai Old Time Gathering)

January 08, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Fanny Rose, organizer of the Kauai Old Time Gathering. We recorded this right before the festival in Waimea. Tunes in this episode: No Answer (Fanny Rose original) Johnny Johnny Don’t Get Drunk Worm Hunters (Chris Jennings original) Left Alone (Fanny Rose original) Waterbound Bonus tracks: Blue Eyes Dancing (Matt Heckler original) Kauai Old Time Gathering’s website: https://www.kauaioldtime...

Episode 175: Evie Ladin (Live at the Kauai Old Time Gathering 2019)

January 01, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evie Ladin, with special guest Keith Terry! We recorded this at the Kauai Old Time Gathering back in November. Tunes in this episode: Five Miles from Town Jenny Get Around Lonesome John Precious Days I Love My Honey Bonus tracks: Say Darling Say and a certain 90’s R&B song that will not be named for copyright reasons mashed up with Hunting the Buffalo Evie Ladin’s website: http://www.evielad...

Episode 174: Get Up in the Christmas (with Ellie and Amy Hakanson)

December 22, 2019 23:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Christmas: Christmas Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's guests are Ellie and Amy Hakanson! We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Breakin’ Up Christmas Old Christmas Morning I denne søte juletid Lantzens Julpolska O Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Bonus track: O Come, O Come Emmanuel Like and Follow Ellie Hakanson on Facebook for news about upcoming performances and contact her for fiddle and vocal lessons! htt...

Episode 173: Little Missy (Shona Carr and Jane Rothfield)

December 18, 2019 08:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Shona Carr and Jane Rothfield of Little Missy! We recorded this in their cabin at the Kauai Old Time Gathering back in November. Tunes in this episode: New Jordan Grey Owl Two Ravens (Traditional lyrics adapted by Allan Carr, tune by Rick Lee) Harry Garrison (Jane Rothfield original) Simple Love (Shona Carr original) Bonus track: Foxy and Buddy (Jane Rothfield original) Jane Rothfield’s ...

Episode 172: Lone Piñon (Live at the Kauai Old Time Gathering 2019)

December 10, 2019 17:30 - 45 minutes - 63.1 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Tanya Nuñez, Jordan Wax and Noah Martinez of Lone Piñon! We recorded this at the Kauai Old Time Gathering back in November. Tunes in this episode: La de Mariano Romero La Princesa New Mexico Polka Cotillo Medley Indita Bonus track: Las Conchitas Visit Lone Pinon’s website! https://www.lonepinon.com/ Buy their albums! https://lone-pinon.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lonep...

Episode 171: Hank Bradley (Looking for Geezers in the Hills and Writing New Tunes)

December 04, 2019 08:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MB

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hank Bradley! We recorded this at his home in Seattle back in October. Tunes in this episode: Sullivan’s Hollow (in C) Hobb Dye Ain’t Broke Hexadecimal Rag Roscoe’s Gone Bonus track: Mississippi Sawyer Hank Bradley’s website: https://www.hankandcathie.com/ See Hank Bradley play with Roscoe’s Gone at the Fiddler’s Inn Pub in Seattle on February 23rd: https://www.facebook.com/events/4703997...

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