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 490: Butterchurch (Smörkyrka)
Jan 1400:42:34Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Liam Barnes, Isabel Dammann, and Collin Stackhouse of Butterchurch, AKA Smörkyrka! We recorded this on Saturday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Slängpolska efter Juringius (0:42) 1814 (8:14) Eklundapolska 1 (17:06) Slängpolska från Barsebäck (32:41) Vrigstad (39:48) BONUS TRACK: Nail that Catfish to a Tree Follow Butterchurch on Instagram See Tradwife in Vancouver and at the Bellingham Folk Festival 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 489: Will McKay (Old Time Songs and How to Insert them into Jams)
Jan 700:45:21Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Will McKay! We recorded this on Monday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: All the Good Times Are Past and Gone (0:36) I Am a Pilgrim (12:13) Booth (19:40) Tear Down the Fences (Ola Belle Reed original) (28:28) Silver Dagger (to the tune of Ola Belle Reed’s Undone in Sorrow) (41:51) BONUS TRACK: Rain and Snow Buy Old Barn Preservation Society’s album on Bandcamp Follow them on Instagram See Tradwife in Vancouver and at the Bellingham Folk Festival 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 444: Natterjack (Contra Dance Music and Compulsory Non-Binary Identity)
Feb 26, 202500:56:38Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Natterjack, Ezra Jane Landsman, Hayden Stern, and Alex Sturbaum! We recorded this earlier in the month in Seattle. Tunes in this episode: Hollow Poplar (0:40) Emancipation (10:05) Björntösen (26:51) Flying Home (41:19) Lost Girl (52:30) Bonus Track: Cumberland Gap Buy Natterjack’s album on Bandcamp Visit Transtrad’s website Get a Tattoo from Ezra Jane Landsman Visit Hayden’s Stern website and follow him on Instagram Buy Countercurrent’s new record Visit Alex Sturbaum’s website Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 443: T-Claw (Square Dance Calling)
Feb 19, 202501:00:35Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is T-Claw! We recorded this on Saturday at the Oly Old Time Festival in Olympia, WA. Tunes in this episode: Found Girl (T-Claw original) (0:38) Rats Gone to Rest (10:02) Paddy Won’t You Drink Some Good Old Cider (19:42) Wild Hog in the Woods (34:51) Fortune (57:33) Bonus Track: McLeod’s Reel Visit the John C. Campbell Folk School website Buy Fiddle Pie’s albums on Bandcamp Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 442: Heather Blackbird (Unaccompanied Ballad Singing)
Feb 12, 202501:13:38Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Pretty Saro Moonshiner West Virginia Mine Disaster Amazing Grace How can I Keep from Singing Bonus Track: Locks and Bolts Contact Heather Blackbird about their PCC courses at hlgblackbird@gmail.com Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 441: Whiskey Deaf (Annie Staninec and John Kael)
Feb 5, 202501:00:01Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Annie Staninec and John Kael of Whiskey Deaf! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: High Dad in the Morning (0:37) You Must Come in at the Door (08:51) No Burdens Pass Through (29:32) Suwannee River Hoedown (43:47) Long John Dean (55:41) Bonus Track: Mule to Ride Visit Whiskey Deaf’s website Follow them on YouTube and on Facebook Visit Annie Staninec’s website Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 440: Richard Melling & Karen McCracken (Old Time Duet Singing)
Jan 29, 202500:56:24Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Richard Melling & Karen McCracken! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: My Texas Girl (0:35) Pretty Little Pink (11:07) Black Robe (25:47) Moses on the Mountain (Richard Melling original) (44:46) Beautiful (53:08) Bonus Track: Light in Your Eyes (Richard Melling original) Visit Ross Island Ramblers’ website and follow them on Facebook Catch the Ross Island Ramblers at Multnomah Grange #71 on Feb 8 Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 439: Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens (Old Time in Upstate New York)
Jan 22, 202500:49:56Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Brushy Run (0:42) The Death of John Henry / Edward Chops a Tree Down (11:39) Walking Up Georgia Row (24:24) Benzinho (35:03) Leland’s Waltz (Foghorn Stringband original) (38:48) All I Wanna Be (Benny Bleu original) (45:49) Bonus Track: I’ve Endured (Ola Belle Reed original) Visit Benny Bleu’s website Sign up for his newsletter Buy his albums Take his 1/25 banjo workshop at Dusty Strings in Seattle Come see Tradwife Stringband open for Rachel Sumner on February 26th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon Follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 438: Dan Leif (Old Time Music in Portland, Oregon)
Jan 15, 202501:11:14Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Dan Leif! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign Marvin Gaster’s Shady Grove Chips and Sauce (Ira Bernstein original) Uncloudy Day Susanna Gal Bonus Track: Railroading on the Great Divide Buy Gathered, the Portland Old Time Music Gathering compilation Buy Old Barn Preservation Society’s album 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
Transcribe →Episode 437: Call Up in the Cool No. 6
Jan 8, 202501:04:12Tap to summarizeWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are you all, because it’s another Call Up in the Cool episode where you send me your questions and prompts and tune and song requests! Tunes in this episode: Waynesboro (1:49) Waverly (22:43) Little Satchel (38:28) Courting Waltz (48:25) Oklahoma Rag (59:55) Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird Sign up for Tricia Spencer’s Free Saturday Sessions at her website Stream The Canote Twins 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 Support Get Up in the Cool
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