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
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Episode 162: Genevieve Koester (Live at the Old Town School of Folk Music)
October 2nd, 2019 | 58 mins 19 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, guitar, 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 Genevieve Koester, Illinois fiddler extraordinaire and daughter of Gary Harrison. Also joining us is special guest guitarist Smith Koester. We recorded this in front of a live audience at The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, Illinois.
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Episode 161: Penka Jane Culevski (Suzuki, Star Trek, and Beating Up Satan)
September 25th, 2019 | 54 mins 7 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Penka Jane Culevski! We recorded this at the Centralia Campout in Centrlia, WA.
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Episode 160: Maggie Shar (Clawhammer Banjo)
September 18th, 2019 | 42 mins 15 secs
banjo, banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer duet, 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 Maggie Shar! We recorded this at Clifftop a few months ago in the Long Point String Band tent.
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Episode 159: Coral Nast (Takes an Old Time Fast)
September 11th, 2019 | 51 mins 7 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Coral Nast! We recorded this at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington.
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Episode 158: Gray Buchanan (Contradancing in Heelys and Trad Dad Music)
September 4th, 2019 | 44 mins 23 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Gray Buchanan; we recorded this at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band Tent!
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Episode 157: Brian Lindsay (Contra Dances, Irish Fiddle, and Pop Country)
August 28th, 2019 | 44 mins 6 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, contra dance, fiddle, irish fiddle, irish music, old time fiddle, old time music, sam amidon
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brian Lindsay! We recorded this in August at the 2019 Centralia Campout in Centralia, WA.
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Episode 156: George Jackson (Tune Titles and Tall Poppies)
August 21st, 2019 | 46 mins 48 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, old time fiddle, old time music, original tunes
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is George Jackson! We recorded this a few weeks ago at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band tent!
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Episode 155: Becky Hill (Has a Dance Basket)
August 14th, 2019 | 47 mins 50 secs
clawhammer banjo, flatfooting, old time banjo, old time music, percussive dance
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Becky Hill! Becky is a percussive dancer, so this episode is great in it’s audio-only form, but it’s even better if you watch the video, which is available on YouTube and Get Up in the Cool’s Facebook page. We recorded this at Clifftop in the Long Point String Band tent! Thank you so much, Long Point String Band, for hosting us!
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Episode 154: Ben Smith (Oldtime Central Can Take You Where You Want to Go)
August 7th, 2019 | 52 mins 58 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Ben Smith, the founder of Oldtime-Central! We recorded this last week at Clifftop.
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Episode 153: Christine Williams (Fiddle Teacher)
July 31st, 2019 | 38 mins 54 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, fiddle tunes, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, waltzes
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Christine Williams! We recorded this in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.
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Episode 152: Kris Stableford and Bruce Bauman (Live at Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp 2019)
July 24th, 2019 | 50 mins 50 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 friends are Kris Stableford and Bruce Bauman! We recorded this in June at the music and dance camp they run with Nic Gareiss, the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.
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Episode 151: Micah Ling (Old Time Cello, Folklore, and Festival Dress)
July 17th, 2019 | 55 mins 30 secs
banjo, banjo duet, cello, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer duet, old time banjo, old time cello, old time music
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.
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Episode 150: Nic Gareiss (Asking Questions Through the Body)
July 10th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
clawhammer banjo, clogging, dorrigochallenge, flatfoot, flatfooting, irish dance, jigs, old time music, percussive dance
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nic Gareiss! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.
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Episode 149: Ruby John (The Fiddle Is Good Medicine)
July 3rd, 2019 | 1 hr 43 secs
bb tunes, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, metis, metis fiddle, native fiddling, old time fiddle
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ruby John! We recorded this last week at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan!
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Episode 148: Bill Harlow (All the Kids Are Playing Old Time)
June 26th, 2019 | 33 mins 50 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Bill Harlow! We recorded this about a week and a half ago at the Fiddler’s Festival in Weiser, Idaho.
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Episode 147: Judy Lungren (The Duchess of Stickerville)
June 19th, 2019 | 40 mins 11 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo. old time banjo, fiddle, 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 Judy Lungren, the Duchess of Stickerville! We recorded this a few days ago at the Fiddler’s Festival in Weiser, Idaho.