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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.

Get Up in the Cool Cameron DeWhitt

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    • 4.9 • 195 Ratings

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.

    Episode 400: Emily Mann (Relaxed, Notey, G Tunes and Nashville Spring Distractions)

    Episode 400: Emily Mann (Relaxed, Notey, G Tunes and Nashville Spring Distractions)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Emily Mann. We recorded this yesterday in Nashville at the home of Rachel Baiman and George Jackson.


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    Burl Hammons’ Shelvin’ Rock (0:46)
    Forks of Reedy (13:51)
    Clyde Davenport’s Sally Johnson (29:19)
    Long John (41:58)
    Hell Up Coal Holler (50:30)
    Bonus Track: Icy Mountain


    Visit Paper Wings’ website
    Follow them on Instagram
    Follow Emily Mann on Instagram
    Follow Steamboat on Instagram
    Buy Emily Mann’s album Clifftop 2020


    Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance
    Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time


    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

    • 55 min
    Episode 399: Ian Desiderio (Old Time Jam Democracy)

    Episode 399: Ian Desiderio (Old Time Jam Democracy)

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


    Tune in this episode:



    Chinquapin Hunting
    The Gray Funnel Line
    Short Song About God Being Spatial Awareness (Ian Desiderio original)
    Road to Malvern
    Farther Along
    Bonus Track: John Brown’s Dream


    Visit Elbow Room’s website
    and follow them on Instagram


    Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance
    Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time


    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

    • 57 min
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    Tomorrow's episode will be delayed until midday; sorry!

    Tomorrow's episode will be delayed until midday; sorry!
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    • 26 sec
    Episode 398: Noa (Bowing Bass and Physical Melodies)

    Episode 398: Noa (Bowing Bass and Physical Melodies)

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


    Tune in this episode:



    Hunting the Buffalo (1:05)
    Squirrel Hunters (25:09)
    Dry (Judy Hyman original) (42:57)
    Fast Down (51:35)
    Red Prairie Dawn (1:06:55)
    Bonus Track: Red Rocking Chair


    Buy Fog Holler’s albums and check their tour dates
    Follow them on Instagram
    Follow Noa on Instagram
    Follow Noa on YouTube
    Follow Noa on TikTok


    Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance
    Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time


    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

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Episode 397: The Carolina Rose (Caroline Oakley and Rose Minkler)

    Episode 397: The Carolina Rose (Caroline Oakley and Rose Minkler)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are Caroline Oakley and Rose Minkler of The Carolina Rose. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.


    Tune in this episode:



    The Boll Weevil Drag (1:32)
    Cranberry Rock (16:39)
    I Once Loved a Sailor (34:42)
    Muskrat (57:54)
    Dora Dean (1:05:01)
    Bonus Track: Lowe Bonnie


    Visit Caroline Oakley’s website


    Check Tall Poppy String Band’s April tour dates with Northern Resonance
    Sign up for my workshop series Music Theory for Old Time


    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

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Episode 396: Church for Dogs (New Converts to Contra Dance)

    Episode 396: Church for Dogs (New Converts to Contra Dance)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friends are the members of my new contra dance band, Church for Dogs! Kate Gregory and Jonathan Craig Roberts. We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, OR.


    Tune in this episode:



    Isham Monday’s Fire on the Mountain (0:58)
    Halifax (22:05)
    Old Blind Sow She Stole the Middlins (36:02)
    Polly Put the Kettle On (1:03:04)
    The Old Yeller Dog Went Trotting Through the Meetinghouse (1:14:01)
    Bonus Track: Leland’s Waltz


    Follow Church for Dogs on Instagram
    and follow Kate Gregory,
    Jonathan Craig Roberts,
    and Cameron DeWhitt


    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

    • 1 hr 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
195 Ratings

195 Ratings

Waitlossgyrl ,

Wonderful Podcast

I’ve been listening since this podcast was brand new. It is a really wonderful jam/interview format that makes you feel like you are sitting around the campfire jamming with some of your favorite artists. There are a lot of thoughtful discussions about the history of the music and it’s place in our modern world and in trad culture.

KMH1057 ,

Wonderful content from amazing musicians

This podcast is great, full of great tunes you won’t hear anywhere else!

JWSkills ,

Interesting & High-Quality

THE podcast for fans of traditional (“old-time”) music. Wide variety of styles, regions, instrumentation, and viewpoints represented. Rich and engaging discussion balanced with fantastic musical interludes. Cameron does a great job; production is really top-notch. Well worth a listen!

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