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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 • 11 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 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.


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    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


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    • 1 hr 20 min
    Episode 395: Kaden Hurst (Mandolin's Place in Old Time, Gender in Ballads, and Making a Nice Sound)

    Episode 395: Kaden Hurst (Mandolin's Place in Old Time, Gender in Ballads, and Making a Nice Sound)

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


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    Tater Roll (1:05)
    Five Miles from Town (18:36)
    Cold Mountains (34:58)
    Rye Straw (48:43)
    Poor Man’s Song (56:35)
    Bonus Track: High Up on Tug


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    Study Mandolin with Kaden Hurst


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    • 1 hr
    Episode 394: Hal Cannon (Old Time in Utah and Cowboy Music)

    Episode 394: Hal Cannon (Old Time in Utah and Cowboy Music)

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


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    Peter Francisco (0:54)
    Frosted Horses (Hal Cannon original) (14:02)
    Dust Devil (Hal Cannon original) (28:47)
    Crippled Up Blues (Hal Cannon original) (36:12)
    Utah Trail March (Hal Cannon original) (51:17)
    Texas Traveler (1:00:09)
    Bonus Track: Hometown (Hal Cannon original)


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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 393: Kendl Winter (Banjo Mantras)

    Episode 393: Kendl Winter (Banjo Mantras)

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


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    Tuesday’s Noods (0:57)
    Corduroy Pillows (23:59)
    Roscoe’s Blooping (33:25)
    Apple Core (48:54)
    One Blanket to Rule them All (59:06)
    Bonus Track: Island Mantra


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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 392: Hayden Stern (Blasphemy and Hot Nonsense)

    Episode 392: Hayden Stern (Blasphemy and Hot Nonsense)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Hayden Stern! We recorded this a couple weeks ago in Olympia, WA.


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    Loren McKowen’s (0:55)
    Dry and Dusty (14:26)
    Noon Lasses (28:23)
    Hawk is a Mule (Andrew Marlin original) (38:22)
    Farewell Trion (48:39)
    Bonus Track: Fishing at Orbost


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    Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon
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    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
    and follow us on Instagram
    Support Get Up in the Cool

    • 53 min
    Episode 391: Adam Roszkiewicz (Old Time Tunes on Finger-style Guitar)

    Episode 391: Adam Roszkiewicz (Old Time Tunes on Finger-style Guitar)

    Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Adam Roszkiewicz! I’ll be calling him Rosco in the interview. We recorded this last weekend at his home in Olympia, WA.


    Tune in this episode:



    Cumberland Gap (0:37)
    Farewell Trion (19:02)
    A Prairie Jewel (John Reischman original) (35:33)
    Tennessee Politics (John Hartford original) (53:05)
    …? (Adam Roszkiewicz original) (1:03:54)
    Bonus Track: Jeff Sturgeon


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    Schedule a banjo lesson with Cameron
    Visit Tall Poppy String Band’s website
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    Support Get Up in the Cool

    • 1 hr 8 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

The name's James ,

The best place for old time music conversation.

Cameron is really creating something special here. To those of us who are coming to this music from the outside, these conversations make the genre feel more open and welcoming.

scullion01803 ,

Get Up In The Cool

Excellent Podcasts. I have listened to them all at least twice. Lots of info in there for someone just starting out with Banjo. Some good tunes as well.
How about getting one of your guests to interview you.

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