Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Banjo Duet”

Episode 496: Evan Coombs (Green Day, Maritime Folk, and Hiking the AT)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Evan Coombs! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, Oregon.

Tunes in this episode:

Little Pine Siskin (John Reischman original) (1:22)
Rattletrap (22:06)
I Wash Myself with a Rag on a Stick (Kieran Towers & Charlotte Carrivick original) (45:16)
The Cuckoo (52:15)
The Black Ball Line (Alex Sturbaum original) (1:01:29)
BONUS TRACK: Speed the Plough

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Episode 468: Humbletown (Morgan Carnes, Dylan Lewis, and James Schrag)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are the members of Humbletown: Morgan Carnes, Dylan Lewis, and James Schrag! I recorded them yesterday at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

Five Miles From Town (0:25)
Last Chance / Missouri River Weave (Morgan Carnes original) (9:57)
Little Pine Siskin (John Reischman original) (26:10)
River Dreams (Morgan Carnes original) (39:02)
Going Down to Greenleaf (Morgan Carnes original) (50:10)
BONUS TRACK: Benton’s Dream

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Episode 458: Micah Ling (Dressing Tradition)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this at her home in Lansing, MI, then we ran out of time, and we finished at Wheatland Traditional Arts Weekend.

Songs and tunes in this episode:

Le Valse de la Rebec (Bruce Ling original) (1:05)
Are You Tired of Me, My Darling (19:19)
Maggie Meade (46:43)
Sister Thou Art Mild and Lovely (1:21:24)
Adieu False Heart (1:32:55)
BONUS TRACK: Coleman’s March

Email Micah Ling if you want to read her dissertation: micah.j.ling@gmail.com
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The last Earful of Fiddle Music & Dance Camp will happen in central Michigan on June 22-27. Join me, Becky Hill, Ben Nelson, AJ Srubas, Rina Rossi, Ruby John, Sheila Graziano, Bruce Bauman, Ethan Setiawan, Louise Bichan, Grace van’t Hof, Lindsay McCaw, and more for 5 days of classes, jams and dances. Learn from and hang with world-class contemporary trad musicians and dancers in a beautiful lakeside setting. For more information or to register, go to earfuloffiddle.com, which is linked in the show notes. See you at Earful!

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Episode 435: Countercurrent (Original Tunes and Writing Anti-Capitalist Folk Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800

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 last week at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

Mississippi Snagboat (1:16)
Brighter / No Fun Allowed (Countercurrent original) (13:24)
The Fox (Nancy Kerr original) (21:21)
Six Workers Dead in Illinois (Alex Sturbaum original) (37:23)
The Reptile Room (Countercurrent original) (51:55)
Bonus Track: Ursa Minor (Countercurrent original) / Little Billy Wilson

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Episode 420: Mark Olitsky (Changing as a Musician)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Mark Olitsky. We recorded this last month at the Minnesota Bluegrass August Festival. Thanks for having us!

Tunes in this episode:

John Brown’s Dream (1:05)
Georgia Railroad (19:52)
Elk River Blues (38:46)
Darling Nellie Gray (59:20)
Possum On a Rail (1:16:49)
Bonus Track: Garfield’s Blackberry Blossom

Mark Olitsky’s albums with Cary Moskovitz

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Episode 418: Joe Z. Johnson (Black Banjo Scholar)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Joe Z. Johnson. We recorded this last month at Augusta Old Time Week in Elkins, WV.

Tunes in this episode:

Camptown Hornpipe (0:37)
John Snipes’ The Coo Coo (14:53)
Marching Jaybird (31:11)
Leather Britches (43:57)
Altamont (49:29)
Bonus Track: Cora Dye

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Episode 394: Hal Cannon (Old Time in Utah and Cowboy Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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

Tune in this episode:

Peter Francisco (0:54)
Frosted Horses (Hal Cannon original) (14:02)
Dust Devil (Hal Cannon original) (28:47)
Crippled Up Blues (Hal Cannon original) (36:12)
Utah Trail March (Hal Cannon original) (51:17)
Texas Traveler (1:00:09)
Bonus Track: Hometown (Hal Cannon original)

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Episode 393: Kendl Winter (Banjo Mantras)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0800

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 week at my home in Portland, OR.

Tune in this episode (all Kendl Winter originals):

Tuesday’s Noods (0:57)
Corduroy Pillows (23:59)
Roscoe’s Blooping (33:25)
Apple Core (48:54)
One Blanket to Rule them All (59:06)
Bonus Track: Island Mantra

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Episode 389: Matthew Lynn (Banjo Maker)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800

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

Tune in this episode:

Wandering Boy (0:39)
Snake River Reel (14:33)
Chinquapin Hunting (29:55)
Chirps and Williams (Calvin Vollrath) (41:17)
Banjonique (Walt Koken original) (52:54)
Bonus Track: Fortune

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Episode 384: Nate Calkins (Banjo Maker)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Tune in this episode:

Cumberland Gap (0:29)
Sail Away Ladies (20:04)
Soldier’s Joy (30:14)
Marching Jaybird (37:46)
Western Country (45:33)
Bonus Track: Sugar Hill

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

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Tune in this episode:

Goin’ to Town (0:38)
Mississippi Sawyer (16:22)
Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July (23:48)
Cumberland Gap (36:02)
Blue Bonnet (44:01)
Bonus Track: Last of Harris

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

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700

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.

Tune in this episode:

My Epitaph (1:38)
Horse and Buggy-O (26:14)
Only You (33:43)
Jenny Get Around (41:36)
John Brown’s Dream (50:15)
Bonus Track: Swing Lady Home

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Evie Ladin Band on Spotify

See Tall Poppy String Band on our Mid-Atlantic tour!
Sign up for Cameron’s Fall Old Time Songs Banjo Workshop Series
Find out more about Old Growth Old Time, Seattle’s new old time festival!

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Episode 343: Tray Wellington (Bluegrass Banjo and Oppositional Self Expression)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tray Wellington. We recorded this last month in Bellevue, Washington at Wintergrass.

Tune in this episode:

Half Past Four (1:20)
Squirrel Hunters (21:55)
Crooked Mind (Tray Wellington original) (33:41)
Moon in Motion One (Tray Wellington original) (41:02)
Valley Forge (49:06)
Bonus track: Art Stamper’s Chinquapin Hunting

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The CBA Summer Music Camp takes place June 11th through the 14th at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. Daily instrument classes, workshops, jams, square dances, and faculty concerts are all attended outdoors among the pine trees. This year’s world class faculty include: Jake Blount, Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, John Reischman, Mike Witcher, and the band Mile Twelve, among others. You can learn more about the camp and register online at cbacamp.com

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

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Songs in this episode:

Pretty Little Shoes (0:39)
Duck River (11:25)
The Mountain (Cristina Vane original) (22:29)
Nine Pound Hammer (33:21)
Backstep Cindy (38:38)
Bonus track: Rock Andy

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

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Songs in this episode:

Fortune (0:53)
Sleepy Cooper (Sujata Allan original) (12:55)
Possum on a Rail (22:42)
Mist in the Valley / Crumpet Amongst the Chickens (Jhana Allan originals) (35:33)
Dorrigo (42:51)
Bonus track: Nest of Leaves (Sujata Allan original)

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Rocky Bottom Girls on Facebook

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Episode 322: Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose (Banjo Identity Crises and Bonus Notes)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose. We recorded this in August at Swallow Hill in Denver, Colorado.

Tunes in this episode:

Josie-O (0:51)
Katydid (13:50)
Hop High (26:36)
Heart of Mine (41:06)
Jinny Pup (50:06)
Bonus track: Little Billy Wilson

Visit Sam’s website for their albums, merch, and lessons: https://samazmusic.com/
Follow them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjosamjo/
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Episode 321: Frank Evans (Clawhammer, Clifftop, and Nashville)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Frank Evans. We recorded this in August at Clifftop in West Virginia.

Tunes in this episode:

Grub Springs (0:43)
Chinese Breakdown (10:33)
Miss McLeod’s Reel (20:24)
Muskrat (32:04)
Indian Ate the Woodchuck (39:25)
Bonus track: Arkansas Traveler

Visit Frank Evans’ website to contact him for lessons: https://frankevansmusic.com/
Visit The Slocan Ramblers’ website: https://slocanramblers.com/
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Episode 313: Janie Rothfield (Clifftop '22)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Janie Rothfield! We recorded this at Clifftop a few weeks ago.

Tunes in this episode:

Merriweather (01:36)
Tater Patch (08:56)
Zoe in the Pines (18:00)
Five Miles from Town (31:14)
Old Bob (39:27)
Bonus track: Greasy Coat

Visit Janie Rothfield’s website: https://janierothfield.com/

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Episode 303: Alex MacLeod (Melodically Crooked Tunes, Instrument Building, and Square Dance Calling)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex MacLeod. We recorded this last weekend in his home in Seattle.

Tunes in this episode:

Chinquapin Hunting (0:37)
New Castle (8:58)
Granddad’s Favorite (18:06)
Boatin’ Up Sandy (33:03)
Gone Indian (40:58)
Bonus track: Brushy Fork of John’s Creek

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Episode 275: Keith Billik (The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast / Get Up in the Cool Crossover!)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! Also, welcome to The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast! Keith Billik and I did a crossover podcast back in early October at IBMA in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you’re not already subscribed, go follow Picky Fingers wherever you get your podcasts!

Tunes and songs in this episode:

Farewell Trion (0:50)
Jeff Sturgeon (28:04)
Avalon Quickstep (1:01:19)
Daley’s Reel (1:13:22)
Road to Malvern (1:37:10)
Bonus track: Home Sweet Home

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Support the podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/banjopodcast
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Episode 264: Heidi Kristenson (Banjo Duets)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heidi Kristenson. We recorded this back in August at the Centralia Campout in Centralia, Washington.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

Needlecase (0:50)
Spotted Pony (12:02)
Boys Them Buzzards are Flying (23:41)
Dull Chisel (34:18)
Roscoe (41:18)
Bonus track: Old Molly Hare

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Episode 254: McKain Lakey (Polyphony, Bad-Ass Ladies, and a Full-Circle Hodge-Podge of Joy)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is McKain Lakey! We recorded this on Monday in my front yard.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

Sugar in My Coffee (2:18)
The Silk Merchant’s Daughter (17:22)
Johnny On the Water (31:33)
I Have Found the Way (40:13)
Cicadas (1:01:19)
Bonus track: Bowling Green

Visit McKain Lakey’s website to buy her albums, follow her on social media, and check her tour schedule: https://www.mckainlakey.com/

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Episode 222: Adam Hurt (Gourd Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! It’s the final week of Get Up in the Cool month; the month where I release some extra-special interviews I’ve been saving in hopes that you’ll support the show. This week’s friend is Adam Hurt! We recorded this a few weeks ago over skype and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Bowback
Horses in the Canebrake / The Morning Star
Biddy
Wolves in the Wood
Lily of the Valley
Bonus track: Waiting for the Boatsman

Buy Back to the Earth, Adam Hurt’s new gourd banjo album! https://adamhurt.bandcamp.com/
Visit Adam website: https://www.adamhurt.com/
Contact Adam: https://www.adamhurt.com/contact

Come watch “Georgia On Our Minds” on Sunday, December 6th at 5:30pm, Pacific! https://www.facebook.com/groups/quarantinehappyhourmusic

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Episode 208: Maddie Witler (Mandolin in Old Time and Lateral Learning)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maddie Witler! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Poplar Bluff
Dunbar
Cranberry Rock
Cherry River Rag
Bonaparte’s Retreat
Bonus track: John Henry

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Episode 204: Brandi Pace (Decolonizing the Music Room)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brandi Pace! We recorded this via Skype last week and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
Sittin’ On Top of the World
Brandi’s Tune
Say Darlin’ Say Feat. Phoenix Pace
Fort Worth Blues
Bonus track: Ain’t Misbehavin’

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Episode 199: Jake Blount (Spider Tales)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jake Blount! We recorded this via Skype a couple weeks ago and I recorded my musical parts afterwards.

Tunes in this episode:
Old-Timey Grey Eagle
Roustabout
Brown Skin Baby
The Angels Done Bowed Down
Beyond This Wall
Bonus track: Rocky Road to Dublin

Buy Spider Tales from Bandcamp on June 19: https://jakeblountmusic.bandcamp.com/album/spider-tales
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Episode 194: Collin Stackhouse (Has a New Album and No Tour)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Collin Stackhouse. We recorded this a month ago in my front yard in Portland, Oregon, about 8 feet apart, with masks.

Tunes in this episode:
Donald Blue
Spotted Pony
Master of My Fate (Collin Stackhouse original)
Pawtuxet (Armand Aromin original https://thevoxhunters.com/)
Lockstep (Collin Stackhouse original)
Bonus track: Far From Home

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Episode 193: Jerry Gallaher (Banjo Playing is Smoke and Mirrors)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Jerry Gallaher. We recorded this in February in Jerry’s home in Seattle.

Tunes in this episode:
The Rooster Tone Blues
Cider Mill
Half-Shaved
Mississippi Sawyer
New River Train
Bonus track: I’m Not Worried

Download Piney Woods, Jerry’s album with Forest Carroll: https://www.amazon.com/Piney-Woods-Forrest-Carroll/dp/B06XWXKDJ4
Download The Hurricane Ridge Runners’ FRC album: https://fieldrecorder.bandcamp.com/album/frc-604-the-hurricane-ridgerunners-old-time-string-band-of-seattle-from-the-collections-of-jerry-gallaher-paul-kotapish-brendan-doyle-and-ray-alden

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Episode 186: Kaitlin Chamberlin (Canadian Banjo Players)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700

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

Tunes in this episode:
American Refugee (Chris Coole original)
Wait a While (Old Man Luedecke original)
Los Algodones (Kaitlin Chamberlin original)
Love Song (Kaitlin Chamberlin original)
Nancy
Bonus tracks: Cherokee Shuffle

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Episode 175: Evie Ladin (Live at the Kauai Old Time Gathering 2019)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Evie Ladin, with special guest Keith Terry! We recorded this at the Kauai Old Time Gathering back in November.

Tunes in this episode:
Five Miles from Town
Jenny Get Around
Lonesome John
Precious Days
I Love My Honey
Bonus tracks: Say Darling Say and a certain 90’s R&B song that will not be named for copyright reasons mashed up with Hunting the Buffalo

Evie Ladin’s website: http://www.evieladin.com
Like and Follow her band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvieLadin/
Evie Ladin’s personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/evie.ladin1
Follow Evie Ladin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evieladin/
Follow Evie Ladin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvieLadin
Listen to the Evie Ladin Band on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1iLSCtfJXy3IVYzeAkJXDJ?si=bX6cpeDPRpKxBrFuEzfDxg
As well as her solo material: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6sTZhHbZkS4PiHlE2StJkc?si=D72fnEZeRsqOjk1-yMInyw
Take Evie’s Peghead Nation Clawhammer Banjo Courses: https://pegheadnation.com/string-school/instructors/evie-ladin/
Crosspulse website (Keith’s intercultural music and dance non-profit): https://www.crosspulse.com/

Kauai Old Time Gathering: https://www.kauaioldtime.com/
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Episode 160: Maggie Shar (Clawhammer Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Maggie Shar! We recorded this at Clifftop a few months ago in the Long Point String Band tent.

Tunes in this episode:
Indian Ate the Woodchuck
Highlander’s Farewell
Josie-O
Horses in the Canebreak
Sally in the Rye
Bonus track: Jon Bekoff’s Durang’s Hornpipe

Visit The Moon Shells’ website and buy their albums! https://www.themoonshells.com/
Like and Follow The Moon Shells on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themoonshells/
Visit Little Roots’ website for kids music classes, concerts, and lessons: https://www.littlerootsmusic.com/
Like and Follow Little roots on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LittleRootsFamilyMusic/
Contact Maggie Shar for Skype or i music lessons! http://maggieshar.com/
The Ephemeral Stringband: https://www.ephemeralstringband.com/
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This episode is brought to you in part by the Kauai Old Time Gathering! So I’m going to pass along a message for them. Aloha y’all. Tickets are on sale for the 3rd Annual Kauai Old Time Gathering this November 22-24. Workshops and performances by Magnolia Sisters, Lone Piñon, Evie Ladin, Jane Rothfield and lots of local Hawaiian artists. Head over to kauaioldtime.com for more information and to reserve a bed or a campsite in the beautiful mountains of Kauai. Lots of music and lots of dancing with Cajun two-step, old time bailes nuevomexicanos and square dancing. Get your tickets now at https://www.kauaioldtime.com/.

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Episode 151: Micah Ling (Old Time Cello, Folklore, and Festival Dress)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Micah Ling! We recorded this in June at the Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp in Rodney, Michigan.

Tunes in this episode:
Lost Everything
Betty and Beauty
Fall On My Knees
Old Man at the Mill
Kingdom Come
Bonus track: Waynesboro

Micah Ling’s album Kingdom Come: https://micahling.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-come

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This episode is brought to you in part by Banjo Newsletter! Banjo Newsletter has published old-time banjo content in every issue since its founding in 1973. Along with Dan Levenson’s quarterly section “The Old-Time Way,” which consists of profiles, reviews and tabs, banjo Newsletter has three monthly old-time banjo columns. Recent players and builders they’ve covered include Frank Lee, Lukas Pool, Mark Olitsky, Noah Cline, Adam Hurt, Nora Brown, RG Hocutt, David Bragger, Rhiannon Giddens, Seth Swingle and collector Jim Bollman, and Chris Coole, Jake Blount, Alison De Groot and Ben Krakauer are all upcoming. Subscribers to either print or online editions also get online access to the last eleven years of back copies, with tabs, accompanying sound files and video links. All that can be found at https://banjonews.com/.

Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for sharing the show with their customers. Visit their website at https://www.elderly.com/.

Don’t miss Earful of Fiddle Music and Dance Camp next year! http://www.earfuloffiddle.com/

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Episode 135: Gary Vann (Traditional Music in Brisbane)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Gary Vann. We recorded this last September at his home in Brisbane.

Tunes in this episode:
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Dry and Dusty
Cherokee Shuffle
Red Haired Boy
Soldier’s Joy
Waltzing Matilda
Bonus track: Mississippi Sawyer

Study banjo, fiddle, and mandolin with Gary Vann: http://www.garyvann.com.au/

Cameron is going on tour with Jake Blount in April! Follow the links below and RSVP:
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Thanks to Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan for supporting the show. Visit their website: https://www.elderly.com/.

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Episode 107: Tom MacKenzie (Twin Banjos)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Tom MacKenzie from Vermont! We recorded this at Vermont’s own Old Time on the Onion! Thanks again to RD Eno for inviting me to come teach the workshop!

This episode of Get Up in the Cool is brought to you by Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan—my goto for traditional instruments and accessories. Next time you want to upgrade your instrument or you run out of strings, or lose your favorite pick, or your tuner breaks, go stock up at https://www.elderly.com/.

Tunes we’ll play:
Roses in the Morning
Dog-Eared
Farewell to Trion
Billy in the Lowground
Elzic’s Farewell
Bonus Track: Hangman’s Reel

Tom MacKenzie’s website (books, cds, booking, lessons, etc.): http://tmackenzie.com/

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Episode 101: Brad Kolodner (Old Time in the Community)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Brad Kolodner! Brad was my guest for episode one, and this is episode 101, and I feel very sentimental about that. I love having guests return on the show, because we get past the basic “how did you get in to old time” question and into the good stuff! And Brad has lots of good stuff to share, especially about why he’s an old time music organizer and community builder.

Buy Charm City Junction’s new album, Duckpin! And Check their tour dates: https://www.charmcityjunction.com/
Baltimore jam: https://www.facebook.com/groups/445722452176784/
Baltimore square dance: https://www.facebook.com/baltimoresquaredance/
Check out Brad’s house shows at Bmore Old Time: http://www.bmoreoldtime.com/
The Brad Kolodner Show on Bluegrass Country: https://bluegrasscountry.org/shows/the-brad-kolodner-show/
Old Time Jam on Bluegrass Country: https://bluegrasscountry.org/shows/old-time-jam/
Brad's website: http://www.bradkolodner.com/
Brad and his dad's band: http://www.kenandbrad.com/
Save the date for the Baltimore Old Time Festival March 2019!

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Episode 89: Molly Tenenbaum (Mystery, Joy, and Old Time Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 09 May 2018 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is old time banjoist and poet Molly Tenenbaum.

Tunes we’ll play:
Sail Away Ladies
Sikepa Inongwa Mukaye
Betsy
Roscoe’s Gone
Such a Gittin Upstairs
Bonus Track: Jack Wilson

Visit Molly's website for her old time music albums and poetry: https://mollytenenbaum.com/
Augusta Old Time Week: https://augustaheritagecenter.org/old-time/
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Listen to Think Outside the Box Set: http://boxset.website

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Episode 76: Brooks Masten (Banjo Builder)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Brooks Masten. The banjo builder!

Tunes we’ll play:
Sandy River Belle
Barlow Knife
Rats Gone to Rest
Rocking in the Weary Land
Cumberland Gap
Bonus Track: Moist and Musty

Brooks' Website: https://www.brooksbanjos.com/
Contact Brooks: brooksbanjos@gmail.com
Follow Brooks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brooksmasten/
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Episode 74: Ken Perlman (Melodic Clawhammer Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Ken Perlman. The Ken Perlman!

Tunes we’ll play:
Billy in the Lowlands
Folding Down the Sheets
Squirrel Hunters
Grover Jones Waltz
Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
Bonus Track: Jerusalem Ridge

Frails and Frolics: http://kenperlman.com/frails-frolics/
or CD Baby: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/kenperlman2
Ken’s Website: http://kenperlman.com/
Ken’s work on the music of Prince Edward Island: http://kenperlman.com/pei-fiddling-materials/
Attend one of Ken’s camps: http://kenperlman.com/music-camps/
upport Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool

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Episode 69: Jake Blount and Cameron DeWhitt (Live at John Salmon's House PART II)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s episode is part II of my show with Jake Blount at John Salmon’s house. Once again, this is a bit of a departure from the normal format of the show, in that there’s no interview, just tunes and tune introductions. But, also once again, I promise the music is excellent. And we’ll be back to our regular programming next week.

Tunes we’ll play:
Chilly Winds
We’re Gonna Hunt the Buffalo
Hunting the Buffalo
Raleigh and Spencer
Johnny Court the Widow
Running Home to Doris
Bonus Tracks: (IT’S A SECRET, BUT THERE’S TWO OF ‘EM!)

Jake’s website: http://jakeblount.com/
Buy Jake’s EP with Tatiana Hargreaves, Reparations: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jakeblount
Like and follow Jake on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notjacobnotblunt
Like and follow The Moose Whisperers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MooseWhisperers/
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Episode 65: William Seeders Mosheim (Maker of Banjos and Tunes)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is William Seeders Mosheim, of Seeders Instruments and Carling and Will! We recorded this in front of a live audience at Black Creek Fiddlers’ Reunion, and I’ve been eager to share it with everyone who couldn’t make it in person! Big thanks again to Teri and the gang for hosting us!

Tunes we’ll play:
Fort Smith Breakdown
Red Prairie Dawn
Cherokee Shuffle
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Creek
Bonus Track: Bee’s wings

Get a custom banjo or guitar from Seeders Instruments: http://seedersinstruments.com/
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Carling and Will's website: http://carlingandwill.com/
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Listen to Think Outside the Box Set: http://www.boxset.website/

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Episode 62: Agnes Brogeby, Erling Bronsberg, Kristian Herner, Lydia Malmqvist (My New Swedish Pals)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! I have a lot of friends this week! Agnes Brogeby, Erling Bronsberg, Lydia Malmqvist, and Kristian Herner, from the bands The Rockridge Brothers, Six String Yada, and Friendly Neighborhood Stringband. And they’re all from Sweden! This session was thrown together pretty last minute, late in the week during Clifftop, but it was exactly what I needed after a week of pretty cerebral interviews and tunes. We basically played a bunch of Old Time song chestnuts, and we had a blast.

Tunes we’ll play:
Train on the Island
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Katie Dear
Walk Along John to Kansas
Gospel Plow
Bonus Track: The Strike Song from Pajala

Six String Yada at the South Side Cavern in Stockholm: https://www.facebook.com/events/132744920703813/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22messaging%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22attachment%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%7B%7D%7D]%22%7D

The Rockridge Brothers (Kristian Herner) http://rockridgebrothers.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rockridgebrothers/

Buy their albums: https://itunes.apple.com/se/artist/rockridge-brothers/id283781304

Six String Yada (Erling and Agnes) http://www.sixstringyada.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sixstringyada/

Buy their albums: http://www.sixstringyada.com/album/

Friendly Neighbourhood Stringband https://www.facebook.com/FriendlyNeighbourhoodStringband/

Bonefaas Banjos: http://www.johannesbonefaas.com/

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Episode 55: Hilarie Burhans (Queen of Burhania)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is clawhammer banjoist, restaurateur, and queen of Burhania, Hilarie Burhans. We recorded this episode at the Brandywine Revival Festival, and I’m really excited for you to hear it! Hilarie is one of my very favorite humans; she’s charming and generous and hilarious, and I think she’s responsible in no small part for the quality of the culture of Old Time Music, which is mostly why I play, so I feel a lot of gratitude and respect for her.

Oh, and Hilarie Burhans is badass at the banjo. She’s one of the best. Her rhythm is unstoppable, her tone is incredible, and the way she adapts fiddle melodies to the banjo, I think, makes her one of the musically wisest players in the old time community. You have to have a real insight into what makes a tune special to make it sing on the banjo the way Hilarie can.

Buy Hotpoint Stringband’s albums: http://www.hotpointstringband.com/music/4590975104
Follow Sugar Pie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janehilariekelliesabra/
Buy Sugar Pie’s album A Message From Home: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/sugarpie2#
Subscribe to Hilarie’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/clawhammerlady
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Tunes we’ll play:
Cumberland Gap
Avalon Quickstep
Squirrel Hunters
Jeff Sturgeon
Missing You All the Way Home
Bonus Track: Jane and Hilarie’s Tune

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Episode 51: Jake Blount (Reparations)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s guest is one of my dearest friends in the Old Time community, Jake Blount, and this is his second appearance on Get Up in the Cool. I love having Jake on the show, because he’s an incredible musician, and he’s uniquely insightful and sometimes incisive about the roots of this music and the way people perceive it and the discrepancies between the two. Jake actually throws a lot of shade in this interview, which is an interesting choice, considering he’s on the show to promote his new EP with Tatiana Hargreaves, no big deal, and some of the things he says might make his audience defensive.

But every grievance Jake expresses is matched and exceeded with this effusive gratitude, and humility, which he articulates just as eloquently. So, I’m just going to go ahead and encourage you to adopt an open posture while listening to this, because the things Jake has to say are things we need to hear, and no one is going to communicate them as clearly, or as gracefully as he does. If you can do that, you will be touched by this music in the way it’s intended, which is to bring joy, through discomfort.

Stick around after the interview and I’ll give you a sneak peak at Jake’s new EP. You don’t want to miss it. Here’s my wonderful conversation with Jake Blount, who I like a lot. Enjoy.

Tunes we’ll play:
Indian on a Stump
Snowshoes
Sally Ann
Georgia Belles
Johnny Court the Widow
Bonus Track: Running Home to Doris

Jake’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/notjacobnotblunt/
Jake’s first episode: http://www.camerondewhitt.com/getupinthecool/jakeblount
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Episode 41: Tim Rowell (Will Teach You How to Play Banjo)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 10 May 2017 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! I hope you’re ready for more banjo duets, because this week’s friend is Tim Rowell! Tim’s a fantastic clawhammer banjoist, tune collector, and educator, and we had an awesome time hanging out in Bach Bui’s apartment in Boston. And Bach joins us for most of the tunes, kind of playing fiddle back up while we take the melody; it’s awesome.

Tunes we’ll play:
Spider Bit the Baby
Stump-tailed Dolly
Lost Girl
Glory in the Meetinghouse
Hanings Farewell
Half Irish
Bonus Track: Willot’s Hornpipe

Tim's website: https://timrowell.com/
Banjo Camp North: http://musiccampsnorth.com/2017-banjo-camp-north/
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Episode 32: Carl Baron (The Fiddlers of Central West Virginia)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s episode is very special to me; it’s my interview and jam with Carl Baron. My friend Stephen Landis, former and probably future guest of the show, taught me my first tunes, but Carl Baron hosted my first old time jam, and that’s when, for better or worse, my life took a turn. He’s another one of those people that I’ve spent a lot of time with and barely know, because we’re too busy playing tunes to talk.

So I learned a lot about Carl in this interview, and not just through our verbal conversation. Before recording this episode, I mostly associated him with the chestnuts that are typically played at the mermaid inn jam in Germantown, Philadelphia. Playing one on one with Carl is a much different experience; his old time palette is very sophisticated and he draws from a deep well of musical knowledge and experience. And the man likes some quirky tunes.

Tunes we play:
Rickett’s Hornpipe
Black Cat in the Briar Patch
Little Rose
Old Christmas Morning
Yew Piney Mountain
Bonus Track: L&N Rag

Contact me to buy Carl's CD's: getupinthecool@gmail.com
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Episode 29: ‎Ludvig Drevfjäll (Old Time Infatuation)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is the award winning clawhammer banjoist, old time fanatic, and fiddler, Ludvig Drevfjäll. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to ask him about his story, because usually when we get together, we get straight to banjo playing and there’s not a lot of talking.

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