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 388: Miriam Hacksaw and Rye (Old Time and Samba)

    January 31st, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, pandeiro, samba

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Miriam Hacksaw and Rye! We recorded this earlier this week at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 387: The Canote Twins (with Larry Edelman)

    January 24th, 2024  |  56 mins 55 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, original fiddle tunes

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Greg and Jere Canote, with special guest Larry Edelman! We recorded this a couple weeks ago at the NW Portland Hostel in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 386: Nadine Landry & Stephen "Sammy" Lind (Old Time in Quebec and Foghorn Stringband)

    January 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 35 secs
    banjo, cajun music, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time backup 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 Nadine Landry & Stephen “Sammy” Lind. We recorded this last week at my place in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 385: Lillian Sawyer and Patrick Gunning (All Joy, No Wisdom)

    January 10th, 2024  |  56 mins 8 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, scandi tunes, swedish music, twin fiddling

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Lillian Sawyer and Patrick Gunning. We recorded this last week at my place in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 384: Nate Calkins (Banjo Maker)

    January 3rd, 2024  |  49 mins 39 secs
    banjo, banjo duet, banjo maker, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, two-finger banjo

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Nate Calkins. We recorded this a few weeks ago at his home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 383: Countercurrent (Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay)

    December 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins
    banjo, celtic guitar, celtic music, clawhammer banjo, dadgad, dadgad guitar, fiddle, flatpicking guitar, irish music, 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 Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay of Countercurrent. We recorded this a couple weeks ago at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 382: River & Annie (Old Time in Olympia, WA)

    December 20th, 2023  |  43 mins 13 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, flat-picking guitar, guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, twin fiddling

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are River & Annie, River Scheuerell and Annie Davis’ new duo. We recorded this a few weeks ago at Annie’s place in Olympia, WA.

  • Episode 381: Evan Snoey (NW Fiddling, Playing for Dances, and Fiddle Tunes on Saxophone)

    December 13th, 2023  |  43 mins 45 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, old time saxaphone, saxophone

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evan Snoey. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Olympia, WA.

  • Episode 380: Isabel Dammann (Creativity in Tradition)

    December 6th, 2023  |  56 mins 13 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, 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 Isabel Dammann. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 379: Neil Pearlman (TradCafe Crossover)

    November 29th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, duet, old time banjo, old time music, old time piano, piano, trad piano

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! AND welcome to Tradcafe with Neil Pearlman. Because this is a trad music podcast crossover episode! Haven’t done one in a while. We recorded this at my home in Portland, OR a couple weeks ago.

  • Episode 378: Morgan Harris (Old Time Backup Guitar)

    November 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, old time backup 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 Morgan Harris with special guest fiddler George Jackson. We recorded this at my home in Portland, OR at the end of our recent tour as Tall Poppy String Band.

  • Episode 377: Jonathan Vocke (Two-Finger Banjo, Fiddle, and the Subdivision Train)

    November 15th, 2023  |  48 mins 3 secs
    banjo, banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, two-finger banjo

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jonathan Vocke. We recorded this at his home in Baltimore, Maryland.

  • Episode 376: Neal Pressley (Raising an Old Time Community)

    November 8th, 2023  |  55 mins 12 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 Neal Pressley. We recorded this at his home in Lancaster, PA.

  • Episode 375: Call Up in the Cool No. 2

    November 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 20 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, original tunes, three finger banjo, three-finger banjo

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This is a special call-in episode. Thanks for submitting your questions and requests, folks! I'd love to do this again, so send submissions to getupinthecool@gmail (thanks)!

  • Episode 374: Mark Graham (Old Time Harmonica)

    October 25th, 2023  |  59 mins 31 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, harmonica, old time banjo, old time harmonica, old time music, old-time

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week's friend is Mark Graham. We recorded this last weekend at the Old Growth Old Time Festival in Seattle, WA.

  • Episode 373: Tristan Clarridge (Old Time Cello)

    October 18th, 2023  |  37 mins 11 secs
    5-string banjo, banjo, cello, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Tristan Clarridge. We recorded this at Valley of the Moon.