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 447: Ellie Hakanson (Proto-Feminist Bluegrass Songs, John Hartford, and Hazel Dickens)March 19th, 2025 | 1 hr 7 minsbanjo, bluegrass, bluegrass fiddle, bluegrass songs, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time musicWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Ellie Hakanson! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 446: Carolyn Kendrick (Tradition, Reactionary Politics, and the Satanic Panic)March 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 14 minsbanjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, fiddle tunes, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, old time songs, songwriting, traditional music, traditional songsWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Carolyn Kendrick! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 445: Kat Wallace (Old Time Fiddling and Writing Songs)March 5th, 2025 | 49 mins 10 secsbanjo, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, original songsWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kat Wallace! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 444: Natterjack (Contra Dance Music and Compulsory Non-Binary Identity)February 26th, 2025 | 56 mins 38 secsbanjo, button accordion, celtic guitar, contra dance music, dadgad guitar, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, scandi tunes, scandinavian musicWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 443: T-Claw (Square Dance Calling)February 19th, 2025 | 1 hr 35 secsbanjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, original songs, songwritingWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 442: Heather Blackbird (Unaccompanied Ballad Singing)February 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 minsballad singing, ballads, old time music, old time singing, unaccompaniedWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 441: Whiskey Deaf (Annie Staninec and John Kael)February 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 secbluegrass, bluegrass songs, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time backup guitar, old time fiddle, old time songs, old time tunes, stanley brothersWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 440: Richard Melling & Karen McCracken (Old Time Duet Singing)January 29th, 2025 | 56 mins 24 secsbanjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time songsWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 439: Benny Bleu and Titus Stevens (Old Time in Upstate New York)January 22nd, 2025 | 49 mins 56 secsbanjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time backup, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitarWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 438: Dan Leif (Old Time Music in Portland, Oregon)January 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 minsbanjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time, old time banjo, old time guitar, old time music, old time songs, tunes with wordsWelcome 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. 
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    Episode 437: Call Up in the Cool No. 6January 8th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 minsbanjo, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, old time, old time musicWelcome 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! 
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    Episode 436: Joe Pomianek (Old Time Flatpicking Guitar and Mandolin)January 1st, 2025 | 41 mins 12 secsclawhammer banjo, fiddle, flat picking, guitar, mandolin, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time mandolin, old time musicWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Joe Pomianek! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 435: Countercurrent (Original Tunes and Writing Anti-Capitalist Folk Music)December 25th, 2024 | 56 mins 51 secsbanjo, banjo duet, celtic music, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer duet, dodgad guitar, fiddle, guitar, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, political folk songs, protest songsWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 434: A Very Church for Dogs Christmas (with Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts)December 18th, 2024 | 59 mins 37 secsbanjo, carols, christmas, christmas carols, christmas music, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, holiday songs, old time, old time fiddle, old time music, old time piano, pianoHappy holidays and welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Seasonal Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts, which makes this a Church for Dogs Christmas Special! We recorded this Monday night at Jonathan’s home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 433: Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn (Original Tunes, Galico Tuning, and Old Time Cello)December 11th, 2024 | 54 mins 17 secsbanjo, cello, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time, old time banjo, old time cello, old time fiddle, old time music, original tunesWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR. 
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    Episode 432: Brandon Godman (Buying Violins for a Living, Groovy Fiddling, and Writing Original Tunes)December 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 minsbanjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, original tunesWelcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brandon Godman! We recorded this in November at Brandon’s San Francisco shop, The Fiddle Mercantile. 
