app01 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:38:10 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Get Up in the Cool - Episodes Tagged with “Unaccompanied Ballads” https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/tags/unaccompanied%20ballads Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 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 532: Heather Blackbird (Unaccompanied Songs about Death and the Afterlife) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/532 85b3fc07-5ef9-4e9d-ad27-0f1a76d90f88 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 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 friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this on Halloween at my home in Portland, OR. 1:00:53 no <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this on Halloween at my home in Portland, OR.</p> <p>Tunes in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Young Girl Cut Down (from Texas Gladden) (1:15)</li> <li>Beyond the Dark Sea (20:34)</li> <li>The City That Lies Four Square (34:19)</li> <li>Idumea (42:43)</li> <li>When I Can Read My Titles Clear (57:05)</li> <li>BONUS TRACK: I Wish the Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen original)</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://heatherblackbird.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Buy Heather Blackbird’s albums</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ticketweb.com/event/a-very-tradwife-christmas-with-showdown-saloon-tickets/14394434?pl=showdown&amp;REFID=clientsitewp" rel="nofollow noopener">Come see A Very Tradwife Christmas at The Showdown Dec 12!</a><br> <a href="https://troutlakehall.eventcalendarapp.com/december-31-2026?fbclid=IwY2xjawVXmRZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR8ApL71nEiI64aOs4JPY_PwVvn5haPtSahP_3jlLGTncJ9IwYphoSmmy337DQ_aem_v9JVQkwFEkDbBx_dIOgjsA" rel="nofollow noopener">and with Never Come Down and Silk and Steel at Trout Lake Hall on New Year’s Eve!</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" rel="nofollow noopener">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br> <a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool" rel="nofollow noopener">Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" rel="nofollow noopener">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" rel="nofollow noopener">and follow us on Instagram</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener">follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram</a> <br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tradwifestringband/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener">follow Tradwife Stringband on Instagram</a></p> unaccompanied ballads, ballad singing, old time songs Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Heather Blackbird! We recorded this on Halloween at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Young Girl Cut Down (from Texas Gladden) (1:15)
  • Beyond the Dark Sea (20:34)
  • The City That Lies Four Square (34:19)
  • Idumea (42:43)
  • When I Can Read My Titles Clear (57:05)
  • BONUS TRACK: I Wish the Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen original)

Buy Heather Blackbird’s albums

Come see A Very Tradwife Christmas at The Showdown Dec 12!
and with Never Come Down and Silk and Steel at Trout Lake Hall on New Year’s Eve!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram
follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
follow Tradwife Stringband 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 Heather Blackbird! We recorded this on Halloween at my home in Portland, OR.

Tunes in this episode:

  • Young Girl Cut Down (from Texas Gladden) (1:15)
  • Beyond the Dark Sea (20:34)
  • The City That Lies Four Square (34:19)
  • Idumea (42:43)
  • When I Can Read My Titles Clear (57:05)
  • BONUS TRACK: I Wish the Wars Were All Over (Tim Eriksen original)

Buy Heather Blackbird’s albums

Come see A Very Tradwife Christmas at The Showdown Dec 12!
and with Never Come Down and Silk and Steel at Trout Lake Hall on New Year’s Eve!

Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas

Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron

Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
and follow us on Instagram
follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
follow Tradwife Stringband on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 523: Leather Britches (Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/523 2b872dd4-e746-4202-bc81-1f834c6f333e Wed, 02 Sep 2026 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 Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering. 43:28 yes <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.</p> <p>Tunes and songs in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Sally Goodwin (0:30)</li> <li>Kittypuss (7:54)</li> <li>Jonah in the Windstorm (20:06)</li> <li>The War it Is A-Raging (30:22)</li> <li>Dubuque (39:13)</li> <li>BONUS TRACK: Hannah at the Springhouse</li> </ul> <p>Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tea.and.tuning/" rel="nofollow noopener">Eleanor Chen</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/likes2fiddle/" rel="nofollow noopener">Andy Ferrell</a> on Instagram!</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" rel="nofollow noopener">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br> <a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool" rel="nofollow noopener">Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas</a><br> <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!</a> <br> <a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" rel="nofollow noopener">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a><br> <a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" rel="nofollow noopener">and follow us on Instagram</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sweetenthethird/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener">follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram</a> </p> old time, old time music, old time fiddle, old time banjo, clawhammer banjo, banjo, string band, fiddle, clawhammer, unaccompanied ballads, ballad singing Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Sally Goodwin (0:30)
  • Kittypuss (7:54)
  • Jonah in the Windstorm (20:06)
  • The War it Is A-Raging (30:22)
  • Dubuque (39:13)
  • BONUS TRACK: Hannah at the Springhouse

Follow Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell on Instagram!

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
follow Sweeten the Third 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 Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell, also known as Leather Britches! We recorded this last weekend at the Queer and Trans Old Time Gathering.

Tunes and songs in this episode:

  • Sally Goodwin (0:30)
  • Kittypuss (7:54)
  • Jonah in the Windstorm (20:06)
  • The War it Is A-Raging (30:22)
  • Dubuque (39:13)
  • BONUS TRACK: Hannah at the Springhouse

Follow Eleanor Chen and Andy Ferrell on Instagram!

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
follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram

Support Get Up in the Cool

]]> Episode 474: Anna RG (Old Time Ballads, Community, and Disability in Traditional Music) https://getupinthecool.fireside.fm/474 65efe2fa-6a04-4ef2-b392-9b08a587d719 Wed, 24 Sep 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 Anna RG! We recorded this on Monday over Discord, which we’ll get into more in the interview. 2:04:21 yes <p>Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Anna RG! We recorded this on Monday over Discord, which we’ll get into more in the interview.</p> <p>Tunes in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>The Willow Tree (0:34)</li> <li>Rock Andy (34:40)</li> <li>Red Rocking Chair (57:46)</li> <li>The Death of Harry Simms (Aunt Molly Jackson original) (1:24:49)</li> <li>Won’t You Come and Sing for Me (Hazel Dickens original) (1:59:48)</li> <li>BONUS TRACK: Lungwort (Anna RG original)</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://sickcenter.net/" rel="nofollow noopener">Sick center website</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/covidactionmap/?hl=en" rel="nofollow noopener">Follow Covid Action Map on Instagram</a><br> Email Anna RG if you’re an old time musician with long covid: <a href="mailto:sickcenters@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">sickcenters@gmail.com</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.southbysoutheast.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Come see Tall Poppy String Band in Myrtle Beach</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool" rel="nofollow noopener">Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon</a><br> <a href="https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/get-up-in-the-cool" rel="nofollow noopener">Send Tax Deductible Donations to Get Up in the Cool through Fracture Atlas</a><br> <a href="https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Sign up at Pitchfork Banjo for my clawhammer instructional series!</a> <br> <a href="https://www.camerondewhitt.com/banjolessons" rel="nofollow noopener">Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron</a><br> <a href="https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tallpoppystringband/" rel="nofollow noopener">and follow us on Instagram</a> </p> guitar, old time guitar, old time fiddle, old time banjo, banjo, clawhammer banjo, ballads, unaccompanied ballads Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Anna RG! We recorded this on Monday over Discord, which we’ll get into more in the interview.

Tunes in this episode:

  • The Willow Tree (0:34)
  • Rock Andy (34:40)
  • Red Rocking Chair (57:46)
  • The Death of Harry Simms (Aunt Molly Jackson original) (1:24:49)
  • Won’t You Come and Sing for Me (Hazel Dickens original) (1:59:48)
  • BONUS TRACK: Lungwort (Anna RG original)

Sick center website
Follow Covid Action Map on Instagram
Email Anna RG if you’re an old time musician with long covid: sickcenters@gmail.com

Come see Tall Poppy String Band in Myrtle Beach

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 Anna RG! We recorded this on Monday over Discord, which we’ll get into more in the interview.

Tunes in this episode:

  • The Willow Tree (0:34)
  • Rock Andy (34:40)
  • Red Rocking Chair (57:46)
  • The Death of Harry Simms (Aunt Molly Jackson original) (1:24:49)
  • Won’t You Come and Sing for Me (Hazel Dickens original) (1:59:48)
  • BONUS TRACK: Lungwort (Anna RG original)

Sick center website
Follow Covid Action Map on Instagram
Email Anna RG if you’re an old time musician with long covid: sickcenters@gmail.com

Come see Tall Poppy String Band in Myrtle Beach

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

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