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Get Up in the Cool

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513 episodes
Language
English
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No
Date created
2016/07/06
Latest episode
2026/04/22
Average duration
66 min.
Release period
7 days

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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.

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Episode 504: Portland Pub Sing (Ana Tighe, Ian Clemons, Asrune Reed, Claire Williams, Jonathan Lay)
2026/04/22
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) Join the Portland Pub Sing Google Group Join the Portland Pub Sing at Tomorrow’s Verse Taproom! 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
Episode 503: Sandol Astrausky (Fiddles Are Scary, Jeff Todd Titon, and Teaching Old Time Music)
2026/04/15
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sandol Astrausky! We recorded this earlier this month at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI, and he’ll join us later in the interview. Tunes in this episode: Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still (0:35) Big Black Cat (19:21) Frank Barbee’s Hornpipe (43:29) Forked Deer (55:29) California Blues (1:07:28) BONUS TRACK: Roaring River Learn more about Brown University’s Old Time String Band class! 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
Episode 502: Mareva Lindo and Jay Desrosiers (Old Time Music in Illinois)
2026/04/08
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Mareva Lindo and Jay Desrosiers! We recorded this on Saturday at Jake Blount’s home in Providence, RI. Tunes in this episode: Jump that Log (0:32) Noah Beavers’ Cotton Eyed Joe (12:58) Biford Tite’s Old Shawneetown (31:24) Eleanor Gibson’s Molly Bond (53:25) Jamie’s on the Stormy Sea (a Garry Harrison old time adaptation of an Irish tune) (1:03:29) BONUS TRACK: Damn the Reservoir (Garry Harrison original) 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
Episode 501: Phoebe Sanders (Banjo, Limberjacks, and Jig Dolls)
2026/04/01
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Phoebe Sanders! We recorded this earlier this month at her home in La Mirada, CA. Tunes in this episode: Sugar Hill (0:49) Hell Broke Loose in Georgia (12:41) Cindy (21:32) Going Across the Sea (27:02) Lost Girl (32:54) BONUS TRACK: Hangman’s Reel Follow Phoebe Sanders on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube Support her on Patreon Here’s the YouTube link to the tunes with Gilligan! Last chance to sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly 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 follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
Episode 500: Frank Fairfield (The Theoretical, The Practical, and the Poetical)
2026/03/25
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Frank Fairfield! We recorded this earlier this month at Frank’s home in LA. Tunes in this episode: There’s a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere (1:27) Darlin’ Cory (12:08) Cottonwood Reel (46:19) Old Aunt Jenny with her Nightcap On (1:18:14) Jack o’ Diamonds (1:30:06) BONUS TRACK: Last of Harris Visit Frank Fairfield’s website Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly 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 follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
Episode 499: Kenny Feinstein (Punk to Old Time Pipeline)
2026/03/18
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Kenny Feinstein! We recorded this yesterday at their home in LA. Tunes in this episode: Give Me a Chaw Tobacco (0:35) Jeff City (9:33) The Girl Slipped Down (18:21) Box the Fox (39:48) Lost Indian (44:40) BONUS TRACK: Hell and Scissors Visit Water Tower’s website and follow them on Instagram Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly 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 follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
Episode 498: Tommy Schulz (Settings-Based Music and Shonen Irish Ballads)
2026/03/11
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Tommy Schulz! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Shove that Pig’s Foot a Little Further into the Fire (0:55) Arthur McBride (27:37) Coleman’s March (48:28) The Clyde Water (1:03:42) Isambard's Waltz (Bruce Molsky original) (1:24:39) BONUS TRACK: The Blackest Crow Follow Tommy Schulz on Instagram Buy their music on Bandcamp Visit Fog Holler’s website Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly 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 follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
Episode 497: Caleb & Reeb (Writing in Idiom and the Limits of Genre)
2026/03/04
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Caleb & Reeb! We recorded this last week at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Gold in Your Pocket (Caleb Klauder original) (0:57) He’s Gone (Caleb Klauder original) (18:52) Trust in Your Luck (Reeb Willms original) (43:04) Gathering Flowers (1:00:17) Shame Shame Shame (Caleb Klauder original) (1:11:16) BONUS TRACK: Boll Weevil Visit Caleb & Reeb’s website Buy their album Gold in Your Pocket from Free Dirt records Come to OrcasFest at the end of May! Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly 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 follow Sweeten the Third on Instagram
Episode 496: Evan Coombs (Green Day, Maritime Folk, and Hiking the AT)
2026/02/25
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 Follow The Strongback Shanty Choir on Instagram and stream their album Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 Sign up for my Learning Tunes on the Fly workshop series! Help ReString Appalachia support Jamaican musicians 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
Episode 495: Sophie Enloe (Writing New Old Time Tunes)
2026/02/18
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sophie Enloe! We recorded this yesterday at her home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Lizzie Flew the Coop (Sophie Enloe original) (0:37) Sophie’s Cumberland Gap (Sophie Enloe original) (12:27) Unnamed Tune #1 (Sophie Enloe original) (24:01) Unnamed Tune #2 (Sophie Enloe original) (39:41) Sand Lake (Sophie Enloe original) (46:50) BONUS TRACK: Roses in the Morning Follow Tiki Parlour Recordings on Instagram to hear about Sophie’s band Cookhouse’s new album Come see Morgan Harris and I play at Abbie Weisenbloom’s in Portland on March 12 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
Episode 494: Sparrow Smith (Writing in the Old Time Idiom)
2026/02/11
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sparrow Smith! We recorded this on Monday at my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes in this episode: Katie Morey (0:46) Jewel of the Blue Ridge (Sparrow Smith original) (10:32) Undone in Sorrow (31:47) Young Sally (Sparrow Smith original) (42:34) Chips and Sauce (Ira Bernstein original) (1:00:42) BONUS TRACK: Tend that Flame (Sparrow Smith original) Follow Sparrow Smith on Instagram [Buy her newest album Carolina Mountains](Carolina Mountains | Sparrow Smith - BandcampBandcamphttps://sparrowsmith.bandcamp.com › album › carolina-...) Follow Resonant Rogues on Instagram Visit Resonant Rogues’ website 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
Episode 493: Call Up in the Cool No. 8
2026/02/04
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are you, because this a Call Up in the Cool episode. Tunes in this episode: Goodbye Booze Get Ready With Medo Halimy / Ya Tala'ayn El-Jabal (Cameron DeWhitt original / Palestinian folk song) Curly Headed Woman Old Chattanooga If I Were a Bell (Lyrics by Vera Moller, melody by Creekbed Carter Hogan) BONUS TRACK: Golden Chain Tree Visit Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition’s website 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
Episode 492: Sue Truman (The Crankie Factory)
2026/01/28
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friend is Sue Truman, with special guests Jerry Gallaher and WB Reid! We recorded this at Jinny Macrae’s home during the Portland Old Time Music Gathering. Tunes in this episode: Coondog Tommy Jarrell’s Cumberland Gap Black Jack Grove Sue Truman’s Barn Quilt Trail Crankie Coleman’s March Come On Girls We’re Going to Boston Red Steer Sue Truman’s Tunes and Quilts of the Oregon Trail Crankie Sourwood Mountain Detroit Schottische O Susanna Buffalo Gals BONUS TRACK: Half Past Four Watch the Crankie segments for this episode! [Visit The Crankie Factory’s website](thecrankiefactory.com) Follow Sue Truman 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
Episode 491: Annie and Ellie Davis (ETSU, Learning from Source Recordings, and Old Time Ownership)
2026/01/21
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Annie and Ellie Davis! We recorded this on Saturday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Jimmie on the Railroad (from Fiddlin' John Carson) (0:32) Doe River (Annie Davis original) (20:25) With Kitty I’ll Go (from Jean Ritchie) (58:13) Old Cumberland (Pat Conte original) (1:04:30) Young Maiden (Ellie Davis original) (1:12:04) BONUS TRACK: The Cuckoo (from The Coon Creek Girls) Follow Ellie and Annie Davis on Instagram See Tradwife in Vancouver and at the Bellingham Folk Festival 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
Episode 490: Butterchurch (Smörkyrka)
2026/01/14
Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends. This week’s friends are Liam Barnes, Isabel Dammann, and Collin Stackhouse of Butterchurch, AKA Smörkyrka! We recorded this on Saturday in my home in Portland, OR. Tunes in this episode: Slängpolska efter Juringius (0:42) 1814 (8:14) Eklundapolska 1 (17:06) Slängpolska från Barsebäck (32:41) Vrigstad (39:48) BONUS TRACK: Nail that Catfish to a Tree Follow Butterchurch on Instagram See Tradwife in Vancouver and at the Bellingham Folk Festival 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

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4.9 out of 5
213 reviews
★★★★★
Raa2006 2026/01/04
Exactly what I needed
Episode 470 is my first show to listen to, not sure why it came up in my search. Divine intervention most likely because I have been thinking about le...
★★★★★
Waitlossgyrl 2023/11/05
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 ...
★★★★★
KMH1057 2023/09/06
Wonderful content from amazing musicians
This podcast is great, full of great tunes you won’t hear anywhere else!
★★★★★
JWSkills 2020/12/01
Interesting & High-Quality
THE podcast for fans of traditional (“old-time”) music. Wide variety of styles, regions, instrumentation, and viewpoints represented. Rich and engagin...
★★★★★
cwaigl 2020/01/21
Excellent music podcast!
Cameron DeWhitt's nerdy, open and conversational approach makes this a delightful podcast. Interviews with musicians, who usually have thoughtful thin...
★★★★★
@njhunt 2019/12/29
Amazing show
I love the mixture of interview and music. Cameron DeWhitt travels all over (including Australia!) to interview and jam with musicians, and its so gre...
★★★★★
Jiminipickit 2019/11/21
Just Great!
So happy & grateful Cameron does this. Wonderful music and thoughts from amazing musicians makes for a great resource.
★★★★★
Fiddle Teacher 2019/08/16
A great listen, and a great resource, too!
The best. Period. A broad enough definition of Old Time to keep things interesting, wonderful interviews, and also, a great learning resource. This po...
★★★★★
Brennan. res 2019/07/14
Incredible resource for fans of old time music
If you like old time music, this is an indispensable guide to the musicians, the tunes, and the history of the genre. Thanks Cameron!
★★★★★
Verno086 2019/06/29
Great tour of Old Time music
Cameron is an open and gracious guide, taking you each week to some new corner of the Old Time musical universe. The tunes, the players, the instrumen...
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