Get Up in the Cool

Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends

About the show

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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Episodes

  • Episode 428: Sadie Gustafson-Zook (Old Time Fiddle and Songwriting)

    November 6th, 2024  |  57 mins 12 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, original songs, songwriting

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sadie Gustafson-Zook! We recorded this in October in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 427: Morgan Harris (Alone Will Tell)

    October 30th, 2024  |  50 mins 15 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, flat picking, flat picking guitar, flatpicking, guitar, old time banjo, old time guitar, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Morgan Harris! I interviewed her back in August in NY state on a day off of tour with Tall Poppy String Band. Thanks again to Lillian and Adam Kology for hosting us!

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    Episode 426: Call Up in the Cool No. 5

    October 23rd, 2024  |  49 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time, old time banjo, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. It’s another Call Up in the Cool episode! Thanks for your questions and tune requests, folks.

  • Episode 425: Hildaland (Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan)

    October 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
    banjo, clawhammer, mandolin, octave mandolin, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time mandolin, orkney, scottish fiddle

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Louise Bichan and Ethan Setiawan of Hildaland! We recorded this at my place a few weeks ago.

  • Episode 424: Bex Bee and Will Jevne (Old Growth Old Time)

    October 9th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Bex Bee and Will Jevne, organizers of Old Growth Old Time in Seattle! We recorded this at Will’s place on Saturday in Port Townsend, WA.

  • Episode 423: Tristan Scroggins (The Old Time 100)

    October 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 40 mins
    banjo, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, mandolin, old time, old time banjo, old time mandolin, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tristan Scroggins! We recorded this last month at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 422: Maggie Lind (Teaching Old Time, Banjo Tunes, and Women Banjoists)

    September 25th, 2024  |  46 mins 41 secs
    2 finger banjo, banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time guitar, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maggie Lind. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 421: Adam Hinkel (Black Sheep Banjos)

    September 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Hinkel of Black Sheep Banjos. We recorded this yesterday at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician)

    September 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 22 mins
    banjo, banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, old time, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Olitsky. We recorded this last month at the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. Thanks for having us!

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    Episode 419: Zach Meyer (Old Time in Seattle and Boston)

    September 4th, 2024  |  44 mins 30 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, country song, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Zach Meyer. We recorded this last month at his home in Cambridge, MA.

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    Episode 418: Joe Z. Johnson (Black Banjo Scholar)

    August 28th, 2024  |  52 mins 3 secs
    banjo duet, black banjo, black history, old time banjo, old time guitar

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

  • Episode 417: Jesse Milnes (Growing Up Old Time in West Virginia)

    August 21st, 2024  |  36 mins 47 secs
    banjo, blues guitar, blues song, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, polka

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jesse Milnes. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

  • Episode 416: Sophie Wellington (Melodic Old Time Guitar)

    August 14th, 2024  |  40 mins 17 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, flat picking, flat picking guitar, guitar, old time banjo, old time guitar, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sophie Wellington. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

  • Episode 415: Scott Prouty (West Virginia Crookedness, Melvin Wine’s Birthday, and Writing Tunes)

    August 7th, 2024  |  50 mins 35 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Scott Prouty. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

  • Episode 414: Justin Robinson (German Influence and Old Time Down the Mountain)

    July 31st, 2024  |  55 mins 30 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, polka, schottische

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Justin Robinson. We recorded this last week at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

  • Episode 413: Nathan Vargo (Diva Fiddling and Flatfooting)

    July 24th, 2024  |  57 mins 33 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, flatfooting, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nathan Vargo. We recorded this on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh.