Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Traditional Music”

Episode 504: Portland Pub Sing (Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, Jonathan Lay)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. Lots of friends this week; we’ve got Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, and Jonathan Lay of the Portland Pub Sing! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

Noah’s Ark Shanty (0:34)
Garners Gay (10:40)
Old Fid (31:02)
The Florence Whale Song (49:16)(Claire Williams original)
The Pick and the Malt Shovel (58:34)(Roger Watson original)
BONUS TRACK: Drink Old Portland Dry (Ian Clemons original lyrics)

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Episode 485: Get Up in the Yule (with Dear Crow)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Yule: Holiday Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This year’s friends are Penka Jane Culevski and Brian Lindsay of Dear Crow! We recorded this the day after Thanksgiving in their home in Olympia, WA.

Tunes in this episode:

James Crase’s Christmas Time’s A Comin’ (0:50)
Gloucestershire Wassail (16:55)
Build Up the Bonfire (Zoe Mulford original) (30:28)
Christmas Eve (44:42)
Taylor Kimble’s Breaking Up Christmas (49:27)
BONUS TRACK: Miss Fogarty’s Christmas Cake

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Episode 446: Carolyn Kendrick (Tradition, Reactionary Politics, and the Satanic Panic)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 12 Mar 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 Carolyn Kendrick! We recorded this on Sunday at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

Happy Hollow (1:09)
Wind and Rain (19:12)
Are You Washed (42:38)
A Perfect World (Carolyn Kendrick music, David Keig words) (1:00:40)
Leela (1:09:50)
Bonus Track: Lost Girl

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Episode 325: Chris Bracken and Nicole Singer (Social Singing and Centering Youth in Traditional Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0800

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.

Songs in this episode:

Cape Cod Girls (1:20)
Dashing Away with a Smoothing Iron (18:44)
Bright Morning Stars (29:38)
Rattlin’ Bog (52:16)
Three Jolly Fisherman (58:17)
Bonus track: Pleasant and Delightful

Registration opens December 1st for Youth Trad Song Weekend: https://www.youthtradsong.org/

Raise the Rafters: https://rtrsong.org/
Traditional Music Today: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tradmusictoday
Buy Nicole’s records: https://nicolesinger.com/

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Episode 211: Leela Grace (Family Bands, Songwriting, and Undoing Bad Music Education)

Cameron DeWhitt — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:15:00 -0700

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Leela Grace! We recorded this last week in person in her backyard, a little more than six feet apart.

Songs in this episode:
Squirrel Hunters
Water, Wood, and Wind
Queen of the Earth, Child of the Stars
Rock the Cradle Joe
Sundown
Bonus track: Needlecase

Leela’s website: http://leelagracemusic.com
Rose City Folk School website: http://rosecityfolkschool.com
Her email address: leelagracemusic@gmail.com
The Leela and Ellie Grace website where CDs are available: http://leelaandelliegrace.com

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Episode 168: Alex Sturbaum (Transatlantic Trad Music)

Cameron DeWhitt — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0800

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Alex Sturbaum; we recorded this at his house in Seattle about a month ago.

Tunes in this episode:
Duck River
Pulling Broom (an Alex Sturbaum original)
Cold Frosty Morning
Sweet Mary Starbuck (an Alex Sturbaum original)
Frances Lee
Bonus track: Valley Forge

Alex Sturbaum’s website: https://www.alexsturbaum.com/
Alex Sturbaum’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexsturbaummusic/
The Vashon Sessions’ website: https://www.thevashonsessions.com/
Countercurrent’s website: https://countercurrentmusic.com/
Countercurrent’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/countercurrentband/

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