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 342: Carolyn Kendrick (Old Time Identity vs. Old Time Enjoyment)

    March 15th, 2023  |  38 mins 53 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 Carolyn Kendrick. We recorded this a few weeks ago in Bellevue, Washington on the last day of Wintergrass.

  • Episode 341: Amelia and Dirk Powell (Making and Sustaining Musical Family)

    March 8th, 2023  |  47 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, string bass, twin fiddling, upright bass

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Amelia and Dirk Powell, with special guest friends Jason Sypher and River Scheuerell. We recorded this last week in Bellevue, Washington on the last evening of Wintergrass.

  • Episode 340: Noah VanNorstrand (Playing for Contras and Trad Music Family)

    March 1st, 2023  |  52 mins 34 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, contra dance music, contra dancing, contra fiddle, 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 Noah VanNorstrand. We recorded this in an AirBnB in Kansas City about a month ago.

  • Episode 339: Cristina Vane (Old Time Banjo, Delta blues, and Songwriting)

    February 22nd, 2023  |  41 mins 44 secs
    banjo duet, clawhammer banjo, delta blues, old time banjo, old time music, songwriting

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Cristina Vane. We recorded this a few weeks ago in her home in Nashville.

  • Episode 338: Rachel Krause (Sensitive Missouri Fiddle Tunes, Bethel Youth Fiddle Camp, and Music for the Body)

    February 15th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, missouri fiddle tunes, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, squaredancing

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Rachel Krause. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in their home in Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Episode 337: Meredith Moon (Folk Revival, Recorded Friends, and Bob Carlin Confidence)

    February 8th, 2023  |  30 mins 9 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, guitar, old time banjo, old time guitar, old time songs

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Meredith Moon. We recorded this last weekend in Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Episode 336: Corner House (Brighton House, Berklee, and Paths to Old Time Music)

    February 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 28 secs
    banjo, cello, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, flatpicking, flatpicking guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, scottish fiddle

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

  • Episode 335: The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee (Old Time Music as Performance)

    January 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins
    banjo, bluegrass banjo, bluegrass music, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, larry richardson, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time guitar, old time music, scruggs style banjo

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are The Alum Ridge Boys and Ashlee. We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Jinny Macrae’s home in Portland, OR. Thanks Jinny!

  • Episode 334: Sujata Allan (Sourcing Music from Friends and Naming Tunes After Dogs)

    January 18th, 2023  |  51 mins 26 secs
    banjo, banjo duet, 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 Sujata Allan. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 333: Karen Dale (Old Time, Irish, and Contra Dance Music)

    January 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, contra dance music, fiddle, irish 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 Karen Dale. We recorded this on Monday in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 332: Patrick Gunning (Melodic Old Time Guitar, Cittern, and Swedish Fiddle)

    January 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins
    banjo, cittern, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, flatpicked guitar, flatpicking, flatpicking guitar, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, scandi tunes, scandinavian music, swedish fiddle

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Patrick Gunning. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 331: Devin Forest-Hines (Bring Nonchalant Back to Old Time)

    December 28th, 2022  |  51 mins 1 sec
    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 Devin Forest-Hines. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 330: Dave Mount (Old Time Phases, Kentucky Square Bowing, and Learning Fiddle Under Pressure)

    December 21st, 2022  |  38 mins 57 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, kentucky fiddling, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, square bowing

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Dave Mount. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 329: Don Minnerly (Learning from Tommy Jarrell)

    December 14th, 2022  |  36 mins 9 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, round peak, tommy jarrell

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Don Minnerly. We recorded this last week in his home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 328: Lillian Sawyer (Leaving Bluegrass for Sparkly Tunes)

    December 7th, 2022  |  51 mins 16 secs
    banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, old time banjo, old time fiddle, old time music, scandi tunes, scandinavian music, swedish fiddle

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Lillian Sawyer. We recorded this last week in my home in Portland, OR.

  • Episode 327: Kendl Winter (Clawhammer and Three-Finger Banjo)

    November 30th, 2022  |  42 mins 10 secs
    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 week’s friend is Kendl Winter. We recorded this last weekend at her home in Olympia, WA.