Podcast

Get Up in the Cool

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

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.

Music Interviews chart
#118
Episodes
542
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
57 min
On air since
2016
Latest episode
1 week ago

Episodes

542 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 531: Brooks Masten (Do Luthiers Get to Retire?)

    Show notes

    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 (0:34)
    • Five Miles of Ellum Wood (13:52)
    • Salt River (35:32)
    • Lovely Jane (47:02)
    • The Red Brick House in Georgia Town (1:06:22)
    • BONUS TRACK: Bound to Have a Little Fun

    Visit Brooks’ website
    and follow him on Instagram

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    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
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    1 hr 11 min
  2. Episode 530: Lena Jonsson (The Good Tunes Will Be Around Forever)

    Show notes

    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
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    56 min
  3. Episode 529: Northern Resonance (in Sweden with Tall Poppy String Band)

    Show notes

    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) (0:55)
    • Belle of Lexington (11:38)
    • Voia Lilla Barnet (Jonas Olsson original) (22:34)
    • Låtten som bed om noko (39:08)
    • Resignation (Cameron DeWhitt original) (48:14)
    • 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
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    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
    and follow us on Instagram
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    57 min
  4. Episode 528: Victor Furtado (Innovating Clawhammer Banjo)

    Show notes

    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 (0:44)
    • L&N Rag (23:54)
    • Chattanooga (41:42)
    • Hide and Seek (Victor Furtado original) (1:12:04)
    • Ducks on the Mill Pond (1:17:26)
    • 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
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    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
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    and follow us on Instagram
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr 24 min
  5. Episode 527: Carter Bancroft (Old Time in Alaska and New Fiddle Tunes)

    Show notes

    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) (0:26)
    • Gnome Home (Peter Hamre original) (10:34)
    • Garfield (31:24)
    • Twisted Willow (Scotty Meyer original) (42:00)
    • Blue Sky on Walnut (Sam Bartlett original) (51:08)
    • BONUS TRACK: Sunday Drive (Michael Cleveland original)

    Visit Big Chimney Barn Dance’s website, buy their EP, and get Carter’s app TuneSheet

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    55 min
  6. Episode 526: Blind House (Bluegrass Boybands, Evil Situationships, and Windowless Cabins)

    Show notes

    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 (0:36)
    • Rain Check (Duck Ryan original) (11:54)
    • Father William (The Mammals original) (27:10)
    • Modal Mountain (Cody Bauer original) (37:46)
    • Elzic’s Farewell (43:56)
    • 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

    Support Get Up in the Cool

    48 min
  7. Episode 525: The Wild Tune Snakes (Alex Sturbaum, River Scheuerell, and Cameron DeWhitt)

    Show notes

    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) (0:46)
    • Ernie Carpenter’s Cripple Creek (11:36)
    • Rocky Palace (18:03)
    • Ragged Coat (25:25)
    • Icy Mountain (38:52)
    • 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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    45 min
  8. Episode 524: Tim Cape (Tunes that Speak to Us)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tim Cape! We recorded this in August at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Bound to Have a Little Fun
    • Snowdrop
    • Come On Boys Let’s Go to Anaky
    • Old Baldy Kickin’ Up
    • Tallapoosa Bound
    • BONUS TRACK: Scott No. 1

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
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    57 min
  9. Episode 523: Leather Britches (Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.

    Tunes and songs in this episode:

    • Sally Goodwin (0:30)
    • Kittypuss (7:54)
    • Jonah in the Windstorm (20:06)
    • The War it Is A-Raging (30:22)
    • Dubuque (39:13)
    • BONUS TRACK: Hannah at the Springhouse

    Follow Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell on Instagram!

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
    Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
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    43 min
  10. Episode 522: Forsyth (Isn’t a Cult)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Forsyth: Kate Knudsvig, Kat Wallace, Helen Kuhar, and Erin Hogan! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR.

    Tunes and songs in this episode:

    • Hen of the Woods (Helen Kuhar original) (0:38)
    • Magpie (Kat Wallace original) (19:36)
    • Lark in the Clear Air (the tune is a Kate Knudsvig original) (46:42)
    • Nelson’s Lament (Kat Wallace original) (1:06:20)
    • Blacksmith (1:22:55)
    • BONUS TRACK: Old Miner

    Visit Forsyth’s website and follow them on Instagram, and TikTok

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    1 hr 29 min
  11. Episode 521: NoaBass (Old Time Bass)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is NoaBass, with special guest friends Collin Stackhouse and Kaden Hurst! We recorded this a few hours ago. Sorry this episode’s out late.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Red Prairie Dawn (Garry Harrison original) (0:46)
    • High Up on Tug (20:50)
    • The Red Brick House in Georgia Town (37:29)
    • Moderate (NoaBass original) (51:37)
    • Spotted Pony (1:11:15)
    • BONUS TRACK: Cold Mountains (Texas Gladden original)

    Buy NoaBass’s solo album Late Bloomer on Bandcamp
    Follow NoaBass on Instagram
    and TikTok

    Subscribe to the Healthcare for All Oregon podcast

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
    and follow us on Instagram
    follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram

    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr 15 min
  12. (episode 521 will be slightly delayed) Bonus

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    1 min
  13. Episode 520: Hayden Stern (Classic Tunes for the Post-Yearning Era)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Hayden Stern! We recorded this at his home in Seattle back in May.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Farewell to Santa Ana (Hayden Stern original) (0:32)
    • Susie’s (Hayden Stern original) (12:29)
    • Pit Trap (Hayden Stern original) (29:24)
    • Pretty Little Dog (42:23)
    • Rhodendenron (Hayden Stern original) (49:33)
    • BONUS TRACK: Barlow Knife

    Sign up for Hayden Stern’s mailing list at his website
    Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
    Pre-order his new album The Morning Dark
    Stream Boston Harbor Welcome, the single from his new album on Spotify, and Apple Music

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    53 min
  14. Episode 519: Jordan Wankoff (Learning and Teaching Traditional Music and Writing Tipping Back the Corn)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming. This week’s friend is Jordan Wankoff! We recorded this on Sunday at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Marmaduke’s Hornpipe (0:47)
    • Cowhide Boots (10:22)
    • Grand Picnic (Joe Politte original) (22:01)
    • Walk Old Shoe Heel Come A Draggin’ (42:21)
    • Tippin’ Back the Corn (Jordan Wankoff original) (56:56)
    • BONUS TRACK: Lacy Brown

    Study fiddle with Jordan Wankoff at the Old Town School of Folk Music

    [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows)

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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr
  15. Episode 518: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 4)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Richmond Blues with Rachel Eddy
    • Cumberland Gap with Earl White
    • Wade Ward’s Peach Bottom Creek with Maggie Lind
    • Wind and Rain with Carolyn Kendrick
    • Won’t You Come and Sing with Me with Anna RG
    • BONUS TRACK: Mississippi Sawyer

    [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows)

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr 12 min
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  17. Episode 516: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 2) (FIXED AUDIO)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • La de Mariano Romero with Lone Piñon
    • Davey Davey with Nic Gareiss
    • See that Rainbow Shine with Sarah Kate Morgan
    • Whispering Forest with Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms(original song by Marijohn Wilkin)
    • Breakin’ Up Christmas with Amelia and Dirk Powell
    • BONUS TRACK: Bound to Have a Little Fun

    [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows)

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
    and follow us on Instagram
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    54 min
  18. Episode 515: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 1)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Get Up in the Cool is 10 years old! We’re going to spend this month looking back in four parts.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Sugar Hill with Spencer Family and Friends
    • Molly Ban + Sullivan’s Hollow with Jess McIntosh
    • Chigule with Peter Mawanga
    • Mississippi Sawyer with Paul Brown
    • Moccasin Shuffle / Saddle Old Paint with Jamie Fox (and Scotty Leach)
    • BONUS TRACK: Last of Harris

    [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows)

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr 10 min
  19. Request For Upcoming Call Up In The Cool 10 Year Anniversary Edition Bonus

    Show notes

    Next week is the ten year anniversary of Get Up in the Cool! I'm going to do a call up in the cool episode, but I need your questions/favorite moments from the last 10 years/tune and song requests. You can email a voice memo or written submission to getupinthecool@gmail.com

    I'll be working on this Monday and Tuesday, so try and have these in before the weekend is over if you're going to participate. Thanks y'all!

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    1 min
  20. Episode 514: Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser (of The Ridge Ramblers)

    Show notes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at Redwing Roots Festival in Virginia.

    Tunes in this episode:

    • Sam Hill (0:40)
    • Otis Burris’s Fortune (09:14)
    • Winderslide (Joe LeRose original melody, Lorie Lichtenwalner original lyrics) (30:16)
    • Peas in the Pot (56:56)
    • Flatwoods (1:01:07)
    • BONUS TRACK: Critters in the Stuff (Dan Newitt original)

    Follow The Ridge Ramblers on Instagram
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    [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows)

    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    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

    Support Get Up in the Cool

    1 hr 4 min