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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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- 2 days ago1h 0m
Episode 532: Heather Blackbird (Unaccompanied Songs about Death and the Afterlife)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this on Halloween at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Young Girl Cut Down (from Texas Gladden) Beyond the Dark Sea The City That Lies Four Square Idumea When I Can Read My Titles Clear BONUS TRACK: I Wish the Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen original) Buy Heather Blackbird’s albums Come see A Very Tradwife Christmas at The Showdown Dec 12! and with Never Come Down and Silk and Steel at Trout Lake Hall on New Year’s Eve! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram follow Tradwife Stringband on Instagram
- 1 weeks ago1h 10m
Episode 531: Brooks Masten (Do Luthiers Get to Retire?)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brooks Masten! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Fire on the Mountain Five Miles of Ellum Wood Salt River Lovely Jane The Red Brick House in Georgia Town BONUS TRACK: Bound to Have a Little Fun Visit Brooks’ website and follow him on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- 2 weeks ago55 min
Episode 530: Lena Jonsson (The Good Tunes Will Be Around Forever)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Lena Jonsson! We recorded this earlier in the month in Järvsö, Sweden. Tunes in this episode: Lost Girl Polska efter August Nyholm Shipping Port Snickar Erik Booth BONUS TRACK: Polska efter Ante Sundin Visit Lena Jonsson’s website Buy her albums on Bandcamp Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- 3 weeks ago56 min
Episode 529: Northern Resonance (in Sweden with Tall Poppy String Band)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Northern Resonance, with special guests Tall Poppy String Band! We recorded this last week in Järvsö, Sweden. Tunes in this episode: Route 83 (Anna Ekborg Hans-Ers original) Belle of Lexington Voia Lilla Barnet (Jonas Olsson original) Låtten som bed om noko Resignation (Cameron DeWhitt original) BONUS TRACK: The Grounded Cat (Albin Broberg original) Visit Northern Resonance’s website Buy their albums on Bandcamp Follow them on Instagram and Facebook Buy The Old Time 100 Vol. 4 on Bandcamp (coming soon) See Morgan Harris on tour with Nate Sabat! Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- Oct 7, 20261h 24m
Episode 528: Victor Furtado (Innovating Clawhammer Banjo)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s guest is Victor Furtado! We recorded this last month at his home in Nashville, TN. Tunes in this episode: Roscoe L&N Rag Chattanooga Hide and Seek (Victor Furtado original) Ducks on the Mill Pond BONUS TRACK: Ragged Coat Visit Victor’s website and follow him on Instagram and Facebook Follow the Sam Grisman project on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- Sep 30, 202655 min
Episode 527: Carter Bancroft (Old Time in Alaska and New Fiddle Tunes)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carter Bancroft! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Over the Flatlands (Garry Harrison original) Gnome Home (Peter Hamre original) Garfield Twisted Willow (Scotty Meyer original) Blue Sky on Walnut (Sam Bartlett original) BONUS TRACK: Sunday Drive (Michael Cleveland original) Visit Big Chimney Barn Dance’s website, buy their EP, and get Carter’s app TuneSheet Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- Sep 23, 202647 min
Episode 526: Blind House (Bluegrass Boybands, Evil Situationships, and Windowless Cabins)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Blind House: Cody Bauer, Ryan Dunaway, Duck Ryan, Nick Jernigan, and George Colyer! We recorded this last weekend at the South Carolina Old Time Fiddlers Convention. Tunes in this episode: Evening Prayer Blues / Rye Straw / Katy Hill Rain Check (Duck Ryan original) Father William (The Mammals original) Modal Mountain (Cody Bauer original) Elzic’s Farewell BONUS TRACK: Little Rabbit Book Blind House for your festival! blindhouseknox@gmail.com Visit Blind House’s website and follow them on Instagram and TikTok Buy their album on bandcamp Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
- Sep 16, 202644 min
Episode 525: The Wild Tune Snakes (Alex Sturbaum, River Scheuerell, and Cameron DeWhitt)
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Alex Sturbaum and River Scheuerell, my bandmates in The Wild Tune Snakes! We recorded this earlier in the month in Centralia, WA before our album release show. Tunes in this episode: Snake’s Wild Tune (Snake Chapman original) Ernie Carpenter’s Cripple Creek Rocky Palace Ragged Coat Icy Mountain BONUS TRACK: Sheeps and Goats Go to Pasture Buy the Wild Tune Snakes’ album! Follow Alex Sturbaum,River Scheuerell,and Cameron DeWhitt on Instagram Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website and follow us on Instagram follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram [Ernie Carpenter playing Cripple Creek from Berea library](index.php)
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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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