Podcast
Get Up in the Cool
Hosted by Cameron DeWhitt · EN
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 516: Get Up in the Cool 10th Anniversary Look Back (Part 1)
1w ago01:09:32Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 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
Transcribe →Request For Upcoming Call Up In The Cool 10 Year Anniversary Edition
2w ago00:00:24Tap to summarizeNext 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!Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 514: Lizzie Cahalin and Perry Blosser (of The Ridge Ramblers)
2w ago01:04:08Tap to summarizeWelcome 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 and Facebook [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows) 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
Transcribe →Episode 513: Justin Golden (Blues Guitar and Old Time Banjo)
3w ago00:39:35Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Justin Golden! We recorded this last weekend in Richmond, VA. Tunes in this episode: My Creole Bell (0:40) You Got To Walk that Lonesome Valley (12:53) Bad Luck Blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson original) (22:42) The Rain Done Fell on Me (29:53) You Don’t Know My Mind (36:09) BONUS TRACK: Sitting on Top of the World (Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon original) Follow Justin Golden on Instagram and Facebook [Buy your tickets for Tall Poppy String Band’s upcoming shows!](tallpoppystringband.com/shows) 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
Transcribe →Episode 512: Sweeten the Third (Banjo and Flatfooting) (see show notes for supercut of dancing)
4w ago00:55:56Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Afton Coombs, here to talk about our new band, Sweeten the Third! We recorded this earlier in the month at TransTrad in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Kilby Snow’s Troubles / Rain Water (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:11) Wind and Rain (25:39) Greasy Coat / Tam Lin (40:01) Wild Mountain Thyme / Last of Harris / Chattanooga (48:31) BONUS TRACK: Supercut of dance moments in this episode Follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram and TikTok [Visit the John C Campbell Folk School website to find out who’s playing their Centennial Sounds series this summer](folkschool.org/sounds) 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
Transcribe →Episode 511: Miriam Hacksaw (Malayali Tunes, Political Music, and Liberatory Spirituality)
Jun 1000:58:01Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Miriam Hacksaw! We recorded this last weekend at TransTrad in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Thunhayenikkeshuvaam (0:41) Silent Bullet (Miriam Hacksaw original) (17:02) Kuttanadan Punjayile (32:14) Vandi Pukavandi (49:24) Sally in the Garden (54:24) BONUS TRACK: Waterbound (Dirk Powell original) Miriam Hacksaw’s Bandcamp Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube 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
Transcribe →Episode 510: Tall Poppy String Band (Tunes You Can Jam from our Second Album)
Jun 301:14:22Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are my friends in Tall Poppy String Band, Morgan Harris and George Jackson! Mostly Morgan, but George sent a couple fiddle recordings over. We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Nine Eagle Feathers in a County Cork Park (Cameron DeWhitt original) (1:16) Seafoam (George Jackson original) (15:44) Eggshells (Morgan Harris original) (26:27) Resignation (Cameron DeWhitt original) (54:08) Mirrorball (George Jackson original) (1:05:47) BONUS TRACK: Anvil Cloud (Morgan Harris original) Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter! Tall Poppy String Band is going on tour! See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland Come to TransTrad! See Tradwife open for Creekbed Carter Hogan at The Showdown in SE Portland June 12 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
Transcribe →Episode 509: Sasha Stolasz (Cool Fiddle Moms and Learning from YouTube)
May 2700:46:20Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sasha Stolasz! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Duck River (0:58) Pony Boy (Mark Simos original) (9:32) Polska efter Lars August Bejtsson (23:51) Wandering Boy (35:06) Neck Belly (42:10) BONUS TRACK: Road to Westfield Follow Sasha Stolasz on Instagram for more tunes! Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter! Come to TransTrad! See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland 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 InstagramSupport Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 508: Simon Chrisman (Hammered Dulcimer)
May 2001:13:44Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Simon Chrisman! We recorded this Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Last Chance (1:25) Arkansas Traveler (15:55) Wild Hog in the Woods (33:51) Happy Hollow (1:00:05) Three Forks of Cheat (1:07:47) BONUS TRACK: Maloney Creek (David Keenan original) Visit The Bee Eaters’ website Follow Simon’s collaborators on Instagram: Jeremy Kittel Tony Furtado Wes Corbett Nic Gareiss Visit the John C Campbell Folk School’s website Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter! Come to TransTrad! See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland 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
Transcribe →Episode 507: Devon Léger (Music Journalism and Publicity for Traditional Music)
May 1301:42:00Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Devon Léger! We recorded this Friday afternoon at his home in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Reel de la Bière Alpine (André à Toto original) (1:12) Jig à Jos Léger (21:20) Bake the Bread (49:28) Charley Kahana’s Pigtown Fling (1:16:45) Avant-deux fredonné (1:38:35) BONUS TRACK: Valse d’Inkerman Ferry (André à Toto original) Follow Hearth Music on Instagram Support Tall Poppy String Band’s second album on Kickstarter! Come to TransTrad! See Sweeten the Third at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland 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
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