web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:35:24 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Celtic Music” https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/tags/celtic%20music Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 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. en-us episodic Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends Cameron DeWhitt 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. no old time music, old time, old-time, old-time music, clawhammer, clawhammer banjo, banjo, old time banjo, interview, fiddle, old time fiddle, old-time fiddle, bluegrass Cameron DeWhitt camerondewhitt@gmail.com Episode 465: Gray Dawson (Teaching Traditional Music and Addressing Disability at Festivals and Camps) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/465 779938c1-60a7-4798-b0c7-bd5e21075436 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Dawson! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. 50:00 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Dawson! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI. Tunes in this episode: * The Crooked Stovepipe (0:51) * Little Burnt Potato (08:47) * Pays De Haut (23:25) * The Saint Lawrence Jig (42:23) * Sheenboro Hop (46:43) * BONUS TRACK: Spootiskerry Visit Gray’s website (https://graydawsonart.weebly.com/#/) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/grayennisdawson/) Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band play in Oregon (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows) RSVP to Tradwife’s upcoming shows (https://www.bandsintown.com/a/15602292-tradwife?came_from=250&utm_medium=web&utm_source=artist_event_page&utm_campaign=artist) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/) old time fiddle, fiddle, Celtic fiddle, Scottish fiddle, Canadian fiddle, banjo, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer, old time music, Celtic music, Scottish music, Canadian music Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Dawson! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI.

Tunes in this episode:

  • The Crooked Stovepipe (0:51)
  • Little Burnt Potato (08:47)
  • Pays De Haut (23:25)
  • The Saint Lawrence Jig (42:23)
  • Sheenboro Hop (46:43)
  • BONUS TRACK: Spootiskerry

Visit Gray’s website
Follow them on Instagram

Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band play in Oregon
RSVP to Tradwife’s upcoming shows

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Gray Dawson! I recorded them in June at Earful of Fiddle in Rodney, MI.

Tunes in this episode:

  • The Crooked Stovepipe (0:51)
  • Little Burnt Potato (08:47)
  • Pays De Haut (23:25)
  • The Saint Lawrence Jig (42:23)
  • Sheenboro Hop (46:43)
  • BONUS TRACK: Spootiskerry

Visit Gray’s website
Follow them on Instagram

Buy tickets to see Tall Poppy String Band play in Oregon
RSVP to Tradwife’s upcoming shows

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 435: Countercurrent (Original Tunes and Writing Anti-Capitalist Folk Music) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/435 911a5d9c-a91e-4a51-a7fd-1fcc002605ca Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt 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. 56:51 no 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 Visit Countercurrent’s website (https://countercurrentmusic.com/) Follow Countercurrent on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/countercurrentmusic/) Sign up for Cameron’s Ear Training for Old Time workshop series (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/store) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas (https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/) old time music, protest songs, political folk songs, old time fiddle, fiddle, clawhammer banjo, clawhammer duet, banjo duet, banjo, Celtic music, old time guitar, guitar, dodgad guitar 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

Visit Countercurrent’s website
Follow Countercurrent on Instagram

Sign up for Cameron’s Ear Training for Old Time workshop series

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> 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

Visit Countercurrent’s website
Follow Countercurrent on Instagram

Sign up for Cameron’s Ear Training for Old Time workshop series

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 405: Bobcat Opossum (Tune Scavengers) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/405 d1d874ad-b001-4dd9-b088-6c761e60713a Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 56:19 no Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Tune in this episode: * Charles Bee’s Old 22 (0:30) * 12/31/23 (Sean Michael Hoffman original) (10:14) * Bill Malley’s Polkas (25:03) * South Wind / The Connaghtmans (38:26) * The Bravest Cowgirl / Cowboy’s Dream (52:24) * Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird Visit Bobcat Opossum’s website (https://bobcatopossum.com/) Follow The Debutants on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wearedebutants/) Buy The Debutants’ album River On The Moon! (https://debutants.bandcamp.com/album/river-on-the-moon) Subscribe to Bobcat Opossum on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@fistfuloffiddle) Come study banjo with me at Augusta Old Time Week! (https://augustaartsandculture.org/old-time-week-2024/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/) cello, old time fiddle, old time cello, fiddle, original tunes, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, banjo, 5-string banjo, old time music, polkas, irish music, celtic music Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Tune in this episode:

  • Charles Bee’s Old 22 (0:30)
  • 12/31/23 (Sean Michael Hoffman original) (10:14)
  • Bill Malley’s Polkas (25:03)
  • South Wind / The Connaghtmans (38:26)
  • The Bravest Cowgirl / Cowboy’s Dream (52:24)
  • Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird

Visit Bobcat Opossum’s website
Follow The Debutants on Instagram
Buy The Debutants’ album River On The Moon!
Subscribe to Bobcat Opossum on YouTube

Come study banjo with me at Augusta Old Time Week!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Ellen Coplin and Sean Michael Hoffman of Bobcat Opossum. We recorded this at their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Tune in this episode:

  • Charles Bee’s Old 22 (0:30)
  • 12/31/23 (Sean Michael Hoffman original) (10:14)
  • Bill Malley’s Polkas (25:03)
  • South Wind / The Connaghtmans (38:26)
  • The Bravest Cowgirl / Cowboy’s Dream (52:24)
  • Bonus Track: Quail Is a Pretty Bird

Visit Bobcat Opossum’s website
Follow The Debutants on Instagram
Buy The Debutants’ album River On The Moon!
Subscribe to Bobcat Opossum on YouTube

Come study banjo with me at Augusta Old Time Week!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 383: Countercurrent (Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/383 eba22630-497f-412a-aab5-5167a3a75b86 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt 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. 1:02:17 yes 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. Tune in this episode: * Cats in the Henhouse / Free Little Bird / Fair Wind (0:31) * Whiteface (14:06) * The Margaret Keene (from Mile 12) (28:10) * Little Pine Siskin (41:51) * Her Bright Smile / Skating on the Harbourfront (46:59) * Fiddler’s Prerogative (57:00) * Bonus Track: Benton’s Dream Buy Countercurrent’s new album Not So But Far Otherwise on Bandcamp (https://countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/not-so-but-far-otherwise) Follow them on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/countercurrentmusic/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/) Visit their website (https://countercurrentmusic.com/) Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool) Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series! (https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/) Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron (https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons) Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website (https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/) and follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/) fiddle, old time fiddle, banjo, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, old time music, celtic guitar, DADGAD guitar, DADGAD, flatpicking guitar, celtic music, irish 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.

Tune in this episode:

  • Cats in the Henhouse / Free Little Bird / Fair Wind (0:31)
  • Whiteface (14:06)
  • The Margaret Keene (from Mile 12) (28:10)
  • Little Pine Siskin (41:51)
  • Her Bright Smile / Skating on the Harbourfront (46:59)
  • Fiddler’s Prerogative (57:00)
  • Bonus Track: Benton’s Dream

Buy Countercurrent’s new album Not So But Far Otherwise on Bandcamp
Follow them on Instagram
and Facebook
Visit their website

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> 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.

Tune in this episode:

  • Cats in the Henhouse / Free Little Bird / Fair Wind (0:31)
  • Whiteface (14:06)
  • The Margaret Keene (from Mile 12) (28:10)
  • Little Pine Siskin (41:51)
  • Her Bright Smile / Skating on the Harbourfront (46:59)
  • Fiddler’s Prerogative (57:00)
  • Bonus Track: Benton’s Dream

Buy Countercurrent’s new album Not So But Far Otherwise on Bandcamp
Follow them on Instagram
and Facebook
Visit their website

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!
Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 291: Chris Miller (Old Time Tenor Saxophone) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/291 3da96dab-401e-4956-956e-7edba321fa09 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Cameron DeWhitt full Cameron DeWhitt Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Chris Miller. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. 56:45 yes Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Chris Miller. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington. Tunes and songs in this episode: * Katy Hill (0:47) * Dorrigo (13:50) * The Blackest Crow (28:50) * Torrid Romance / Wedding Reel (46:46) * Done Gone (53:00) * Bonus track: Hang Me The Faux Paws https://thefauxpawsmusic.com/ The Revelers https://revelersband.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ old time music, clawhammer banjo, old time banjo, banjo, clawhammer, saxophone, tenor saxophone, old time tenor saxophone, sax, bluegrass, celtic music, irish music Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Chris Miller. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Katy Hill (0:47)
  • Dorrigo (13:50)
  • The Blackest Crow (28:50)
  • Torrid Romance / Wedding Reel (46:46)
  • Done Gone (53:00)
  • Bonus track: Hang Me

The Faux Paws https://thefauxpawsmusic.com/
The Revelers https://revelersband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Chris Miller. We recorded this back in February at Wintergrass in Bellevue, Washington.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Katy Hill (0:47)
  • Dorrigo (13:50)
  • The Blackest Crow (28:50)
  • Torrid Romance / Wedding Reel (46:46)
  • Done Gone (53:00)
  • Bonus track: Hang Me

The Faux Paws https://thefauxpawsmusic.com/
The Revelers https://revelersband.com/

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool
Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/
Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series!
Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/

Support Get Up in the Cool

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