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

  • Send in your tune requests and questions for Call Up in the Cool No. 2!

    October 16th, 2023  |  48 secs

    Send in your tune requests and questions to [email protected] and I might feature them on next week's episode!

  • Episode 372: Natalie Haas (Old Time Cello)

    October 11th, 2023  |  47 mins 5 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 Natalie Haas. We had a lovely little jam and chat at Valley of the Moon between classes.

  • Episode 371: Rachel Baiman (John Hartford, Fiddle Camp Kids, and Commercial Validation)

    October 4th, 2023  |  46 mins 11 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, john hartford, old time banjo, old time fiddle, 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 Rachel Baiman. We recorded this at Valley of the Moon.

  • Episode 370: Evie Ladin (Body Music, Banjo, and Fiddling for Fun)

    September 27th, 2023  |  56 mins 24 secs
    banjo, banjo duet, body music, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, flatfooting, old time banjo, old time fiddle, 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 Evie Ladin. We recorded this at her home in Oakland, CA.

  • Episode 369: Dante & Eros Faulk (In Person at Valley of the Moon)

    September 20th, 2023  |  38 mins 4 secs
    5-string banjo, banjo, cello, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time cello, 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 friends are Dante & Eros Faulk. We recorded this at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling Camp in the Santa Cruz mountains.

  • Episode 368: Laura Risk (Québécois Fiddle)

    September 13th, 2023  |  56 mins 29 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, quebecois fiddle

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Laura Risk. We recorded this at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling Camp in the Santa Cruz mountains.

  • Episode 367: Suzy Thompson (Cultural Appropriation and Extraction, Women in Old Time, and the BOTMC)

    September 6th, 2023  |  48 mins 11 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 Suzy Thompson! We recorded this in her home in Berkeley, California.

  • Episode 366: Erica Weiss (Old Time Guitar)

    August 30th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 sec
    backup guitar, 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 Erica Weiss with special guest friend and fiddler Mitch Depew. We recorded this at Clifftop!

  • Episode 365: Drew Najor (Old Time in Michigan, Pretty Shaky String Band, and Age in Fiddle Tune Titles)

    August 23rd, 2023  |  59 mins 20 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 Drew Najor. We recorded this in his home in Detroit, Michigan.

  • Episode 364: Liz Pickard (Old Time Guitar)

    August 16th, 2023  |  48 mins 21 secs
    back-up guitar, 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 Liz Pickard on guitar with special guest friend and fiddler Clarke Williams.

  • Episode 363: Hills of Belgium (Jérémie Fraboni and Lorcan Fahy)

    August 9th, 2023  |  42 mins 13 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, old time songs

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Jérémie Fraboni and Lorcan Fahy of the old time duo Hills of Belgium. We recorded this last week at Clifftop.

  • Episode 362: Sam & Charlie Sheie (Old Time Fiddle and Guitar)

    August 2nd, 2023  |  33 mins 22 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 friends are Sam and Charlie Sheie. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 361: Finn Tobias (Flatpicking Old Time Tunes)

    July 26th, 2023  |  49 mins 57 secs
    bluegrass guitar, bluegrass music, clawhammer banjo, fiddle tunes on 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 Finn Tobias. We recorded this a few weeks ago in Port Townsend, WA.

  • Episode 360: Nora Brown & Steph Coleman (Old Time in NYC and Chicago)

    July 19th, 2023  |  39 mins 39 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 friends are Nora Brown & Steph Coleman. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 359: Athena McKown (Cotillions, Hand-Me-Down Fiddles, and Barbed Wire Radios)

    July 12th, 2023  |  40 mins 21 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 Athena McKown. We recorded this last week in Port Townsend, WA.

  • Episode 358: Shohei Tsutsumi (Melorhythmic Guitar and Lap Dulcimer)

    July 5th, 2023  |  56 mins 50 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, lap dulcimer, melorhythmic guitar, old time banjo, old time dulcimer, old time fiddle, old time guitar, 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 Shohei Tsutsumi. We recorded this last month in Osaka, Japan.