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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 326: Maya Whitmont and Melissa Mark (Old Time in the Pacific Northwest)
November 23rd, 2022 | 54 mins 22 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, 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 Maya Whitmont and Melissa Mark. We recorded this last weekend at their home in Seattle.
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Episode 325: Chris Bracken and Nicole Singer (Social Singing and Centering Youth in Traditional Music)
November 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
a'capella, social singing, traditional music, unaccompanied singing
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Chris Bracken and Nicole Singer. We recorded this two weekends ago at Raise the Rafters Traditional Song Weekend in Rhododendron, OR.
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Episode 324: Mary Garvey (Writing Regional Traditional Songs)
November 9th, 2022 | 47 mins 29 secs
ballad, original songs, pacific northwest, social singing, traditional song
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mary Garvey. We recorded this last weekend at Raise the Rafters Traditional Song Weekend in Rhododendron, OR.
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Episode 323: Jake Loew (MIDI Fiddle Tunes, Old Time Trolling, and Missouri Repertoire)
November 2nd, 2022 | 53 mins 17 secs
banjo, clawhammer banjo, fiddle, midi fiddle tunes, missouri tunes, novelty 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 friend is Jake Loew. We recorded this in August at his home in Denver, Colorado.