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 206: Rupert Deese (Far Flung Fiddle Contest)

    August 5th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, fretless banjo, guitar, harmonica, minstrel banjo, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time harmonica, old time music

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rupert Deese! We recorded this in person in July in front of my home in Portland, Oregon.

  • Episode 205: Tatiana Hargreaves (Music For Others and Music For Yourself)

    July 28th, 2020  |  53 mins 37 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Tatiana Hargreaves! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 204: Brandi Pace (Decolonizing the Music Room)

    July 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 20 mins
    banjo duet, black string band music, clawhammer banjo, jazz, 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 Brandi Pace! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 203: Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (Hold Each Other Up)

    July 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    banjo, cello banjo, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer uke, old time music, uke, ukulele

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 202: Josh Larios (Explains Low-Latency Online Jamming)

    July 8th, 2020  |  57 mins 13 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Josh Larios! We recorded this via JamKazam last week, Josh in Seattle, me in Portland, and unlike my recent Skype episodes, we played the musical portions at the same time, while hearing each other, and this episode is all about how that is possible!

  • Episode 201: Albin Ekman (Swedish Fiddle Music and Dance)

    July 1st, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, swedish fiddle, swedish music, swedish trad

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Albin Ekman! We recorded this via Skype recently and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 200: Cameron DeWhitt (Episode 200! Ft. Rachel Eddy)

    June 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 41 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 guest HOST is Rachel Eddy! They graciously agreed to interview me for this, Get Up in the Cool’s 200th episode. We recorded this via Skype recently and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 199: Jake Blount (Spider Tales)

    June 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 25 mins
    banjo, banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, fretless banjo, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, tackhead banjo

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

  • Episode 198: Tony Mates (Old Time Community Service)

    June 10th, 2020  |  42 mins 25 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Tony Mates, with special guest guitarist Kate Lichtenstein! This is my last pre-covid 19 episode. We recorded this in Olympia Washington during the Oly Old Time Festival.

  • Episode 197: Eric Schweizer (Old Time Fiddlers Associations, Bluegrass, and Trad Music Commitment Issues)

    June 3rd, 2020  |  50 mins 24 secs
    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 friend is Eric Schweizer! We recorded this over 6 feet apart, with masks, outside my home in Portland, Oregon.

  • How to help/where to donate! Support George Floyd and the protestors in Minneapolis

    May 31st, 2020  |  8 mins
    bailout, donations, george floyd, justice, protest, reparations

    Thanks to former guest of the show Sonya Badigian for compiling this awesome list!

  • Episode 196: Helen Hakanson (Hakanson Family Old Time Matriarch)

    May 27th, 2020  |  58 mins 25 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, country songs, fiddle, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, twin fiddle

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Helen Hakanson, with special returning guest Ellie Hakanson. We recorded this at Helen’s home outside of Portland.

  • Episode 195: Ruthie Dornfeld (Likes a Lot of Things)

    May 20th, 2020  |  31 mins 56 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Ruthie Dornfeld. We recorded this back in February at her home in Seattle, Washington.

  • Get Up in the Cool Presents: Save the Tour! Dear Crow (Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay)

    May 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 7 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music

    Check out Penka Jane and Brian's wonderful duo in this set just for you!

  • Episode 194: Collin Stackhouse (Has a New Album and No Tour)

    May 13th, 2020  |  47 mins 35 secs
    banjo, banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer duet, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, original songs, original tunes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this a month ago in my front yard in Portland, Oregon, about 8 feet apart, with masks.

  • Episode 193: Jerry Gallaher (Banjo Playing is Smoke and Mirrors)

    May 6th, 2020  |  41 mins 56 secs
    banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, original tune

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jerry Gallaher. We recorded this in February in Jerry’s home in Seattle.